Understanding stages and goals

If your child's provider runs a learning framework or syllabus - swim stages, music grades, ability tiers - you might see them mentioned in your DoDays account. Here's what to expect.

A stage is a level your child is working through. Different providers call these different things - "Stage 1", "Tadpole", "Grade 2", "Beginner" - but they all mean the same thing: a named level in your provider's syllabus.

Inside each stage are a handful of goals. Goals are the specific skills or outcomes your child is working on during that stage. Once they've worked through them, the provider awards the stage and your child moves on to the next one.

You'll see your child's current stage and the goals they're working on whenever you open their progress in your account. Some providers tick goals off as they're achieved; others show each one moving through a few colour-coded states as your child practises and refines the skill. See Understanding the I/D/M states for what those colours mean.

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Not every provider uses stages and goals - it depends on whether they teach to a syllabus. If you don't see them on your child's account, your provider doesn't track progress this way and that's nothing to worry about.