Audio Reports

Kia ora koutou, parents, whānau and caregivers,

By now you should have received your child's audio report from the Bay Academy in your email. This is a significant change to the usual written style of reporting you may have become used to. 

We have trialled this innovative initiative as a way to provide more personalised feedback to you and your child. We think that the combination of the usual report style information combined with the intonation of the teachers voice communicates more overall.

Already we have received much more positive feedback from you than at any time in the past for written reports. We hope this reflects a positive change. I wanted to share one particular piece of feedback as an example (names removed):

Wow Sarah,

Miharo!! Amazing!

We love this new way of reporting!

We are so grateful for this amazing heart felt, personal and detailed report you have created for us.

It was so comforting for us all to hear how well you know and support our girl to grow both academically and socially.
We appreciate the time and effort you have put into this report.

We all sat as a whanau and listened, praising Quilyn with all the pride we have when hearing all your positive and constructive encouraging feeding back, so we can also check in on her progress and encourage at home.

Nga mihi aroha Nui!

Please feel free to continue to send feedback, either positive or otherwise to my email principal@boi.ac.nz or to the classroom teacher. We will evaluate this initiative in a few weeks once we have gathered views and opinions from as many as possible.

Ngā manaakitanga

Chris Bell, Principal.