VIC Report Comments Years 3-6

Victorian report comments for Years 3-6: write English, mathematics, science and general comments for every student in one sitting. Type first names, pick a level for each subject (Well above, Above, At, Below or Well below) and an optional effort level, and the picker writes four comments per student: strengths from the areas you taught this semester, one next step with a strategy, and a general comment with work habits.

Made for Victorian semester reports: many Victorian schools report against a five-point scale and write a comment for each learning area plus a general comment. The comments never name a level, a label or a score, and your teacher judgement scores stay in your school’s system. Set your school’s comment limit in characters or words.

What’s included (1,375 comments across 2 pickers):

• Years 3-4: 171 English comments (9 areas), 213 mathematics comments (10 areas) and 152 science comments (8 areas)
• Years 5-6: 133 English, 212 mathematics and 152 science comments, plus 12 Year 6 farewell closings
• Science areas: Living things, Materials and their changes, Earth and space, Forces and energy, plus Questioning and predicting, Planning and fair tests, Recording and data, Explaining and communicating
• Every area: strengths for each of the five levels and next steps for three level bands
• 45 subject openers, Semester 2 and Semester 1 openings and closings in a Positive, Steady and Supportive tone, and work-habit lines
• Two pickers (Years 3-4 and Years 5-6) for up to 40 students each (Excel .xlsx; opens in Google Sheets)
• Two printable PDFs (50 and 48 pages) of every comment with character counts and the five-point scale in plain words

How the picker works:

• Mark the areas you taught; strengths come only from those, and the next step comes from a different area
• Live character and word counters for all four comments; an optional limit turns a comment red when it is over
• Try another reshuffles the wording for one student; Print View lists every comment ready to copy
• In our tests of 40 classes of 30, no two students received the same comment
• Year 5-6 picker: a Year 5 / Year 6 switch for composite classes
• Australian spelling, plain English for parents and carers, third person, strengths first
• Works in Excel (offline) and Google Sheets: no add-ons, no sign-ins

Try it first: the free VIC Report Comments sampler has Reading and comprehension, Addition and subtraction and Living things for both year bands and a picker for 10 students.

Written for Victorian Years 3-6 teachers, around the English, mathematics and science taught in Years 3-6. Please read and edit every comment so it is true for your student. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the Victorian Department of Education or VCAA. Licence: one teacher, your own classes, year after year.