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We are pleased to have been able to hold all our planned consultation opportunities this year and to meet with our mana whenua, Ngāti Paoa
We have consulted & informed with respect to:
Academic performance for year levels & cohorts in our school during 2024 against National Standardised Testing and our own OTJ's
Delivery of things Maori and for Maori
Delivery of things Pasifika and for Pasifika
Delivery of the Health Curriculum & Student Wellbeing
The Manaiakalani 1:1 Learn, Create, Share Programme
Y7/8 Language
Y7/8 Careers
EOTC and Sports
Ideas for inclusion in our school
Concerns that parents and learners may have
At our Annual Community Consultation in November 2023 the 2024 Targets were agreed and ratified by the Board on December 04, 2023. They were:
To make a shift of 1.5yrs in the 2024 year of learning for All learners in every year level of the school, in Reading, Writing and Maths
To have particular focus on Priority Learners who are below the national norm and with attention could be accelerated toward the norm
Continue developing the Learn, Create, Share pedagogy to motivate our children & raise their achievement and to engage whanau/aiga in their children's learning
Continue to develop and focus on Student Wellbeing, in particular Healthy Weight, Healthy Activity and Healthy Eating, Mental Health
The Manaiakalani Kahui Ako Goals are aligned with the above. The headlines are:
1.5 Years progress inside a year (big 3)
Improving Teacher Practice
Hauora
Attendance
As the year progressed we set new goals in line with the emerging crown priorities
To have 85% of our children attending 90% of the time
To have BSLA implemented to the end of Y2, and in training for Y3, moving on to training for Y4 and up.
To have the NZ Mathematics Curriculum ready to implement in 2025
To have the NZ English Curriculum ready to embed in 2026
To continue embedding theTā Taiako by continuing to enhance the delivery and inclusion of te reo me ona tikanga Maori
To continue embedding the Pasifika Education Plan (Tapa Sā) by whole school participation in our twice yearly Fiafia and by ensuring that the development of the Learn Create Share pedagogy continues to be inclusive of Pasifika desires, values and ideas.
To develop the partnership with Ngāti Paoa and begin interacting with the 3 delivery aspects of their crown contract; -Invidual Learner Support, Staff Training and Activation Programmes
Work with MOE Property to engage in a programme of renovation rather than New Builds of our local schools.
Analysis of Variance:
For the purposes of this analysis, the 2024 Core Subject Targets were:
To make a shift of 1.5yrs in the 2024 year of learning for identified priority learners in every year level of the school against the NZC Expectations in Reading, Writing and Maths
Writing Target:
To make a shift of 1.5yrs in the 2024 year of learning for the students in the "Below NZC Level" band of achievement in every level against the NZC Writing Expectations as measured by e-asTTle Writing followed by Teacher Judgement
What we did
We participated in structured Data Analysis with our Research Team, supervised by Dr Rebecca Jesson of Woolf Fisher Research Centre at a whole of CoL and Manaiakalani Network Level. We participated in structured Data Analysis and Inquiry at an Across & Within School Teacher level and school and team by team level, as well as across the whole of the Manaiakalani Network. We focused on developing identified High Leverage Practices across all levels and all curriculum subjects.
We also participated in Manaiakalani Learn, Create, Share PLD at a Kahui Ako Level, Across & Within School Teacher level and a school and teacher by teacher level. This PLD focused on optimising Learn, Create, Share to support acceleration in Writing.
Performance Outcomes
Overall performance in Writing was once again, very satisfying with the vast majority of Pt England Learners accelerating beyond one year's progress in a year. Our average "Norm Diff Gain" in Writing for the year Nov 2023 - Nov 2024 was +1Yr, 1 Term. This means accelerated progress of more than 2 years in one academic year. This occurred across all Manaiakalani schools and the Manaiakalani Network of 120 schools.
Approximately75% of our learners made 1.5 - 2 yr's progress in Writing.
We are very proud of this result (seen below)
We are pleased to say that our Māori Learners are some of our strong performers and are not under-performing our other ethnic groups.
Our BSLA results are also very pleasing and showed excellent improvement in the domains that lead into writing.
For detailed data behind this summary, please visit Writing Cohort Data
What we are planning to do next
At Network and Cluster level we have agreed that we will continue to focus on developing shared language and understanding for teachers and continue with a focus on vocab building with good structure and punctuation for learners.
We have agreed that we have to re-emphasise the value of individual learner blogs and participation in the Summer Learning Journey. We have agreed that we will work together to produce a new and improved Blogging Platform.
We are following the crown mandate for developing Stuctured Literacy solutions, up through the school.
In line with government priorities we will ensure we deliver 1hr/day of writing.
Teacher Inquiries into Practice will be conducted at the class, team, school and Kahui Ako levels.
Reading Target:
To make a shift of 1.5yrs in the 2023 year of learning for the students in the "Below NZC Level" band of achievement in every level against the NZC Reading Expectations as measured by SEA, 6 Yr Survey, STAR, PAT Reading Comp, Standardised Running Records followed by Teacher Judgement
What we did
We held a cluster Teacher Only Day, ran termly Staff Meetings and Team Meetings to step out for our staff the basics of effective Reading Programmes. We emphasised engagement and the necessary joy of being a Reader. We strengthened and trained more teachers in the Manaiakalani Reading Practice Intensive. We delivered "mini intensive" staff meetings each term. We had staff trained in BSLA and Reading Recovery. We saw a positive difference in performance with our Juniors, through BSLA and look forward to seeing this transfer up through the school. Our Learners on average, made one year's progress in the academic year from Nov 2023 - Nov 2024. This is slightly less than last year and has given us every reason to continue the development of Structured Literacy so we achieve greater acceleration.
We know we need to do better than this though, and now need to strategically work through our staff accessing the Reading Intensive and BSLA training. We note that BSLA continues to have a significant impact on the learning of our junior learners as you can see on our Junior Data Page. Our challenge is the availablity of relievers.
Our evidence suggests that we need to focus on:
Extended reading of texts, both wide and deep
Extended conversations about text
Critical Literacy
Extended reading mileage
Very focused and informed instruction.
Performance Outcomes
Our Average Norm Diff Gain in the 2024 academic year from Nov 23 - Nov 24 is 0, which equals 1 year progress in a year, which is normal for New Zealand. This is not sufficient to bring their performance up to NZC expectations quickly. We would note, however, that if we look at progress over time as in the chart below, which considers Nov 2022 to Nov 2024, we are making more than a year in a year, approximately 1 term extra progress. Our goal must be to replicate the acceleration we are now reliably achieving in Writing, in Reading. Approximately 50% of our learners made 1 - 1.5 yr's progress in Reading
For detailed data behind this summary, please visit Reading Cohort Data
What we are planning to do next
We are fortunate that we have evidence and practice available to inform the imperative practice change requirement, both from the previous time we accomplished the necessary sustained acceleration in Reading and from the current Teachers and their Inquiries in our school and other Manaiakalani schools who are achieving these gains right now.
We need to get more of our staff through the capability lifting Reading Practice Intensive.
We need to get the remainder of ourStaff BSLA trained. This is now a matter of crown mandate.
In line with government priorities we will ensure we deliver 1hr/day of Reading.
We will continue to hold a cluster wide Teacher Only Days to focus on Reading. We will also be delivering staff meetings term by term and getting our teams to discuss and plan before implementing in their classrooms. We will continue working with the Manaiakalani Research and Development Team along with Woolf Fisher Research Centre to inform and evolve practice.
Maths:
To make a shift of 1.5yrs in the 2024 year of learning for the students in the "Below NZC Level" band of achievement in every level against the NZC Mathematics Expectations as measured by SEA, JAM, PAT Maths, Assessment Tasks, followed by Teacher Judgement
What we did
Prior to the crown mandate about Structured Maths, we had already become clear that we needed to apply the same approach as we were developing for Reading so the Manaiakalani Roopu agreed that we would employ a Mathematics specialist and begin developing a Mathematics Practice Intensive like we have for Reading.
This person was employed at the end of 2023, and we began designing the programme for piloting in Term 1, 2024. We began training cohorts of teachers in T2. Our Maths Practice Intensive maps almost perfectly onto the government intentions enunciated in the new Maths Curriculum, so we are on track for training more teachers.
Performance Outcomes
Our average progress for the Nov 23 - Nov 24 2022 academic year was 1 year +1 Term . We are pleased with this result as we are making some progress in the improvement of mathematics. We know though, that we need to be consistently making more than a year's progress as our learners have catching up to do. As with Reading, if we consider progress over time, as displayed in the chart below, our acceleration is clearly better for learners who remain in our programme and have not just arrived from another school. Approximately 50% of our learners made 1 - 1.5 yr's progress in Mathematics. Our Average Norm Diff Gain was + 1 Term
For detailed data behind this summary, please visit Maths Cohort Data
What we are planning to do next
We intend to continue to develo the Mathematics Practice Intensive to develop shared practice, language and learning across our roopu.
We agree to deliver customised in-house PLD at staff and team Meetings
We will receive MOE PLD and Numicaon and Prime Maths PLD in 2025
In line with government priorities we will ensure we deliver 1hr/day of Mathematics.
What we have proven over the years of research, is that although enrolment in this Manaiakalani School can produce at least a 1.5x shift in one academic year, you have to be present at school for it to work and you really need to stay at the same school in excess of 3 years. We also need each teacher to know how to apply the effective practice for each cohort or group of learners.
Summer Drop Off
Another significant area of inquiry for us is the Summer Drop Off or "Summer Slump". Along with Woolf Fisher Research Centre we have investigated the magnitude of this effect and what might be able to be cost effectively done about it without wrecking teacher or learner lives!
The chart below displays the magnitude of the Summer Drop Off in Writing, in the Manaiakalani Schools with the red line displaying the drop of all Manaiakalani Writers and the red line showing the huge remedial effect of our Summer Blogging programme.
The second chart in this series displays the comparison for Reading. We are pleased with the results and disappointed that this programme does not receive more national recognition.
Junior Data:
Junior Data Commentary:
The chart above shows the gain made in just 10 weeks by ākonga in the BSLA Structured Literacy Programme. We are immensely encouraged by these results!
Overall Data contributing to our analysis:
SEA (School Entry Asessment)
6 Yr Survey
JAM & GLOSS Y1 upwards
PM Benchmarks and Probe Y1 upwards
STAR Reading Test Y3
PAT Reading Comprehension Y4 - Y8
PAT Maths Y3 - Y8
e-asTTle Writing Y2 - Y8 (moderated across CoL)
Teacher moderation, triangulation analysis and Judgement
What these results tell us overall:
We have +1 Term's acceleration in some year groups of the school for Maths
We have norm progress (1 year in a year) across the school in Reading
We have significantly accelerated progress ( i.e. more than 2 year's progress in a year) in Writing from Y1 - Y8
We have some significant acceleration across subjects from Y1 - Y3
We need to increase the acceleration from Y6 - Y8 and specific year groups in Reading and Maths
An analysis of the Manaiakalani Research Team findings along with our analysis of 3 years of achievement data in describing our Achievement Challenge and attendant PLD Programme proposition can be found www.manaiakalani.org These findings are incorporated in the Pt England School Annual Plan and Strategic Plan.
As we plan for 2025, the Board, Staff and Learning Community will detailing out the new goals we have set for our Kahui Ako and writing them into a new Achievement Challenge format.
Developing Learning:
The analysis of our own data and performance, the Woolf Fisher Research Centre, The Manaiakalani Research and Development Report and the Teacher Inquiries into practice both in our own school and across our Kahui Ako all point to the fact that we still need to develop shared language, shared understanding and embed the "Pillars of Practice" to raise teacher capability across all levels and subject domains.
Every teacher must embed the Pillars of Practice and sustain them in order for us to raise achievement across domains.
To that end we have invited Dr Rebecca Jesson to continue guiding our Research and Development Team so that we continue to have robust critique and oversight of our development of Teacher Practice Intensives
We have secured funding and support to develop and continue the Manaiakalani Learn, Create, Share pedagogy.
We have continued the Teacher Capacity Building approach to the development of Reading, Writing and Mathematics and will be consulting with Woolf Fisher Research Centre regarding this Learning Design and the meta-analysis of Teacher Inquiries into Practice.
Targets 2025
At our Annual Community Consultation in November 2024 the 2025 Targets were agreed and ratified by the Board on December 04, 2024. They are:
To make a shift of 1.5yrs in the 2025 year of learning for All learners in every year level of the school, in Reading, Writing and Maths
To have particular focus on Priority Learners who are below the national norm and with attention could be accelerated toward the norm
Continue developing the Learn, Create, Share pedagogy to motivate our children & raise their achievement and to engage whanau/aiga in their children's learning
Continue to develop and focus on Student Wellbeing, in particular Healthy Weight, Healthy Activity and Healthy Eating, Mental Health
The Manaiakalani Kahui Ako Goals are aligned with the above. The headlines are:
1.5 Years progress inside a year (big 3)
Improving Teacher Practice
Hauora
Attendance
The short movie below gives a brief insight into our focus on wellbeing, engagement and learning this year.
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We have managed an unbroken year of sport this year, as you will note from the detailed Sports Report further down this site.
535 students have participated in Kiwi Sport and the school contributed all of its $7,923.00 Kiwi Sport Funding to Sport Auckland who manage this contract for our cluster.
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