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St. Patrick’s N.S.
Ballinagore
16340N
School Improvement Plan
Evaluation period: September 2013 – June 2014
Plan issue date: 1-9-2014
Summary school improvement plan
1. Introduction
1.1 The focus of the evaluation
As part of our ongoing work in the school, we conducted a school self-evaluation of teaching and learning this year. We evaluated Numeracy. For more information on how the evaluation took place, please see our School Self-Evaluation Report which is available on our website under School Improvement Plans.
This school improvement plan sets out the actions that we will undertake in the school over the next three years in Numeracy. The main purpose of these actions is to improve our pupils’ learning.
2. Summary of school self-evaluation findings
2.1 Our school has strengths in the following areas:
Strengths
90% of our students achieve a STEN 5 or above.
We have ample resources for the teaching of maths.
Standardised test results are analysed and used to inform teaching & learning.
The teachers are open to change & willing to implement new programmes, methodologies & approaches.
We know this because we consulted with pupils, teachers & parents, via questionnaires and focus groups and examined test results in the school.
2.2 Our school has decided to prioritise the following areas of development:
Areas for development
1. Direct teaching of reasoning & problem solving skills.
2. Parental involvement at home and at school.
2.3 Our school has set the following targets for improvement which are related to pupils’ achievement and has identified the following actions which will help in achieving those targets over the next three years.
Target for Improvement
Decrease the percentage of students performing within the low average - average range (STen 4 – 6) from 50% to 48% in year 1, to 46% in year 2 and to 44% by the end of year 3, thereby increasing the figures in the high average – well above average range (STen 7-10) accordingly.
Action
1. Teachers will engage in Continuous Professional Development in problem solving.
2. Teachers will timetable a ‘problem solving time’ in their classroom one per week.
3. Problem solving skills will be directly taught eg. rucsac/rude
4. A scheme of parental involvement will be implemented.
As a parent you can help us by playing maths games at home, encouraging the use of the rucsac/rude method when solving problems and fostering a positive attitude to maths.
2.4 We know we will have achieved our targets when the afore-mentioned improvements in the standardised test results are achieved, when children demonstrate an improvement in problem solving tasks and when parental involvement in maths is developed.
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Items requiring attention:
Update Attendance & Participation Strategy
Update Health & Safety Statement
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