Strategic Improvement Plan Inverclyde Council Education Services Establishment
Strategic Improvement Plan Inverclyde Council Education Services Establishment Name: Lady Alice Primary School Head of Establishment: Betty Terris Date: NB - Additions to Year 2 are printed in italics and are underlined. These additions were as a result of self-evaluation and consultations with parents/carers. May 2013
What is our current position? Values We have developed our GIRFEC work – stakeholders know of our work, a leaflet is being produced and 2 displays (nursery & foyer) have been put in place. Every child participated in a Health Week in March 2013 and Sexual Health lessons have begun. - May 2013 Learning and Teaching Totality of the Curriculum The work in all 3 garden continues albeit at a slow pace. Our forward planning tool is now totally reflected and completed. We took part in the Enterprise Challenge and the UNICEF challenge thus monitoring our enterprise agenda. We continue our training for cooperative learning where possible. We continue with our assemblies on a monthly basis. We hold fortnightly achievement assemblies and some classes have learning logs too. Peer assessment (staff) is ongoing. Setting targets and profiling is on-going. Experiences and Outcomes Responsible Citizens Confident Individuals A major focus in March on the Health & Wellbeing experiences was very successful. We expanded our home groups during this week and all agreed to do more of this in the future. Personal Support The engaging of children in their own learning has been successful and we will continue this. On the June 2013 inset day we continued our restorative practice work. We involved Parents/Carers in our Health Week work. Entitlements The ‘meet the teacher’ sessions in September 2012 were very successful and will be repeated in September 2013. All stage intervention paperwork was revisited and updated. GIRFEC Successful Learners Effective Contributors Principles We devoted a collegiate time to discuss issues surrounding personilsation choice and challenge and enjoyment. We devised and discussed a clear rationale of the 7 key principles. Assessment All Aif. L strategies were revisited and refreshed. We continue to use PIPS as an assessment tool. The new reporting system was put in place – parents/carers have been asked to comment. The moderation process in on-going. Next year (13 -14) we intend to use our level meetings for more in depth moderation work.
What will it look like in the future? May 2015 Values Our curriculum will be fully developed and firmly embedded. It will be rich, relevant and inclusive and understood and modeled by all stakeholders. We will have improved our lifestyles by fully embracing the health and well being indicators and the GIRFEC agenda will be firmly in place. We will have the highest quality of learning and teaching and all stakeholders will be actively involved in all aspects of school life. Experiences and Outcomes Progression in learning and tracking are in place across the curriculum. The Experiences and Outcomes have been developed through the contexts and the learning experiences is matched to learners’ needs. The principles are fully developed across all areas. Totality of the Curriculum Children will be practising their learning in enhanced and real settings and will be able to apply skills and relevance in all contexts. We will have a prominent place in advancing all aspects of ‘global education’ including enterprise, sustainable development and outdoor education in the immediate and further environments. Every stakeholder will be highly motivated. Responsible Citizens Confident Individuals GIRFEC Successful Learners Effective Contributors Personal Support Transitions programmes will be smooth and robust. We will have considered the current work of Dr Harry Burns (Chief Medical Officer for Scotland) and his team and will have embedded in particularly the Health & Welllbeing outcomes safe in the knowledge that healthier children equate to better learners. Our children will be engaged in their own learning. We will offer a fully inclusive curriculum. Learning and Teaching Planning will be fully embedded to aid learning and teaching is in its simplest form. Our learners and teachers will be well motivated, eager and responsive. We will have created a totally stimulating learning environment where we all celebrate achievement and progress. All stakeholders will be making full use of our inclusive, enriched curriculum. Everyone will be actively involved and will have a say in our learning and teaching. Entitlements All children will have access to a broad education which takes account of individual’s needs (3 -18). The school will work with a range of agencies and professionals to immerse the above. Learning and teaching will be challenging and motivating. Opportunities will be available especially to those who require more choices and more chances. Assessment Principles The principles will have a clear rationale surrounding them and will be applied systematically across our curriculum. This will include life and ethos of the school and the wider community. Interdisciplinary learning will include the principles. All Aif. L strategies will be firmly embedded across learning at all stages. NAR will support our assessment procedures. Tracking and monitoring of young people will be in place with early intervention and support added where needed. Children will have the opportunity to discuss progress and help plan for next steps.
How will we get there ? 2012 - 2013 Values On October 2012 Inset Day Headteacher to deliver GIRFEC presentation to all staff. This will ensure that the GIRFEC agenda is firmly in place. Totality of the Curriculum Opening, levelling and grassing of ground at the rear of the playground to facilitate allotment based on outdoor learning. Revise and remind all stakeholders of our values code and refresh on a monthly basis at assembly. Liaise with outside agencies to gain funding and support for this project (e. g. TSC). Continue with our commitment to ensure that our children's safety and welfare is paramount in all aspects of school life. Maintain enterprise agenda across the school and curriculum. ‘ 4 capacities’ assembly to be held once a month. Experiences and Outcomes See also ‘Principles’ section. Responsible Citizens Learning and Teaching Streamline forward plan to condense paperwork and ‘free up’ time for improving learning and teaching. Continue training staff in cooperative learning. Achievement booklets amended to become ‘Achievement & Attainment’ booklets. Fortnightly assemblies to celebrate ‘pure’ achievement set up. Set up peer assessment timetable (across levels). Set up process for pupils setting targets and profiling. Entitlements Confident Individuals Arrange ‘Meet the Teacher’ sessions. Further develop Health & Wellbeing Experiences and Outcomes, with a focus on tracking, monitoring and progression. Establish a mechanism to set up ‘home groups’ to encourage learning across the curriculum and Cf. E levels. Year 1 Review provision for children and young people to access a broad general education. LST to revise arrangements for IEPs, LCMs and PSPs. GIRFEC Successful Learners Effective Contributors Plan a more ‘More Chances, More Choices’ programme of after school acts. Set up and run a pilot. Personal Support Assessment To engage children further in their own learning they will be invited to be present at Parents’ Nights/ Reporting sessions. Principles Continue to train all staff in Restorative methods across the school. Concentrate on developing much more fully on the principles ‘Personalisation & Choice’ and ‘Challenge & Enjoyment’. Continue to improve our transition processes, especially where ‘new staff’ are concerned i. e. moving from stage to stage. Devise a clear rationale for each of the 7 key Principles. Continue to try to improve our families’ lifestyles by reminding them to consider better diet, more exercise and reduced alcohol consumption through health topics etc. Piloting updated assessment paperwork format. Refresh Aif. L strategies with support from the centre and consider assessment examples of NAR to ensure it is firmly embedded at all stages. Continue using PIPs analysis. Begin to (in term 3) use Seemis to record children’s progress and roll out the profiling process. Continue with the moderation process, beginning this session with Maths. Carry out the moderation process writing (twice yearly).
How will we get there ? 2013 - 2014 Values Continue with the GIRFEC model by ensuring all staff members are fully aware of the process. Totality of the Curriculum Evaluate progress of establishment of allotment at the back of the playground with a view to be cultivated by Eco Committee. Year 2 Learning and Teaching Evaluate latest forward plan and amend as necessary. Complete training of staff in Cooperative Learning. Continue with maintenance agenda for Enterprise. Send Achievement & Attainment booklets home once a month. Evaluate 4 capacities assembly and amend. Continue peer assessment timetable (across levels). Improve pupils’ target setting and roll out profiling. Audit our resources and build in sorting time. Experiences and Outcomes See ‘Principles’ section. Responsible Citizens Confident Individuals Further develop Sciences Experiences & Outcomes with a focus on tracking, monitoring and progression. Continue with ‘home group’ system. Look again at the support of outside agencies and identify the gaps in provisions for individuals. GIRFEC Successful Learners Effective Contributors Personal Support Continue to encourage children to be present at parents’/ carers’ reporting sessions. Principles Further roll out the Restorative methods and inform and consult with parents and carers. Ensure we are still developing the Principles of ‘Challenge & Enjoyment’ and ‘Personalisation & Choice’. Evaluate all transition processes. Ensure the principles are being embedded in the curriculum. Continue with our Healthy Living project and ensure each class does at least 1 health related topic per session. Seek definite advice from the Centre regarding use of sexual health material. Re-visit the anti-bullying policy and procedures documentation; revise, update and re-issue to all stakeholders. Entitlements Continue with the programme ‘Meet the Teacher’. Evaluate its strengths and areas for development. Continue after school acts to develop skills for life-long learning and work, particularly aimed at children who require more choice and more chances. Assessment Ensure that PIPs analysis is being fully utilised for the purposes of assessment. Continue to roll out SEEMIS. If funding continues, further roll out moderation programme and begin on rolling at cluster moderation as proposed at recent cluster meets. Set up moderation writing folder for each stage. One imaginative and one functional piece per stage.
How will we get there ? 2014 - 2015 Values Continue with the GIRFEC model as before. Experiences and Outcomes See ‘Principles’ section. Totality of the Curriculum Whole school involvement in allotment. Learning and Teaching Complete peer assessment across the levels. Evaluate Enterprise programme and continue. Fine tune pupils’ target setting and continue to roll out profiling. Responsible Citizens Confident Individuals Further develop Expressive Arts Experiences & Outcomes with a focus on tracking, monitoring and progression. Evaluate progress across all levels and identify areas for further development and review. Year 3 Ensure the support of outside agencies is completely secure in all areas. GIRFEC Successful Learners Entitlements Continue evaluating our ‘More Choices, More Chances’ programme and further develop. Effective Contributors Fully imbed the ‘home group’ system. Personal Support Fully embed children being involved in parents’/ carers’ meetings. Principles Complete the development of the Principles. To be a fully Restorative school. Continue our ‘Healthy Living’ project. Assessment All assessment records will be shared electronically. If funding continues, continue to roll out moderation programme at cluster level.
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