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Our Lady of the Sacred Heart School – 2016-2020 Our Strategic Intent

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OurVisionToigniteinourchildrenthepassionforlimitlesslearning

navigatedbyCatholicvalues.

OurMissionOurLadyoftheSacredHeartisaCatholicCommunity

withaloveoflearning.We:

Navigatethe21st CenturyusingourCatholicCompassLivingourlivesinthelightofJesus

EmpowerourLearnerstothriveinthe21stCentury

Excitechildrentobeginalifelongjourneyofexploringtheirtalents

andpassions.

GoverntoExcelProvidethebesttobethebest

WeconstantlystrivetolivebyourMercyValuesof:

Truth Justice Compassion

OurPrinciples:

Engagedtoachievetheirbest

RespectfortheTreatyofWaitangi Embraceculturaldiversity Studentdirectedlearning

WorkingwithourCommunity Supportforalllearners GrowingourFaith ReadyfortheFuture

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart School – 2016-2020 Our Context

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Students’ Learning Our Lady of the Sacred Heart School focused on providing effective environment, teachers, structures, resources and tools to support all our Learners to achieve their best. Our Strategic Plan continues to focus the Board on supporting our Learners. In establishing this plan the Board has continued and focused the goals outlined in previous Strategic Plan. Our focus remains committed to Empowering our Learners to thrive in the 21st Century. This is reflected in these comments included in the 2015 ERO review report for Our Lady of the Sacred Heart School:

“Highly effective school processes support a clear vision for improving outcomes for learners. The school’s strategic direction, planning and student achievement targets are purposefully aligned. Targeted goal setting is robust and appropriately focused on students at risk of not achieving well. … Teachers make effective use of achievement data to plan and implement relevant programmes to support students’ learning and progress. The board of trustees receives regular information about student achievement. Trustees make strategic and responsive resourcing decisions based on well-analysed data.”

And related to curriculum: “The school’s broad and well designed curriculum is effective in promoting and supporting student learning. Curriculum programmes are responsive to students’ interests and learning needs. Students show themselves to be competent, confident and focused in their learning. They take pride in their school and actively engage in the wide variety of extra activities offered, including sporting events, music and drama opportunities. Students have access to a wide range of curriculum resources and tools to support their learning. Digital devices are used as an effective communication tool between home and school.”


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Student Engagement Our Lady of the Sacred Heart School recognises the importance of Student Engagement in support of effective learning and achievement. Teachers and Management monitor attendance and attentiveness to ensure our students are able to learn effectively, and the Board receives reports on attendance levels. Actions are implemented to support continued engagement and enjoyment of learning.

This is reflected in these comments included in the 2015 ERO review report for Our Lady of the Sacred Heart School:

“Collaborative and respectful learning partnerships are highly evident among staff, students, parents and the community. Processes for reporting to parents are well developed and useful. Students work with teachers to share information about their learning with their parents/whānau. Students are becoming knowledgeable about their own learning and are increasingly setting goals to extend their learning. Senior leaders agree that students could be further supported to become self-directed learners, through more explicit understanding of their progress and achievement.”

Review of Charter and Consultation

In 2015 the Board undertook a formal review of the Charter and consulted with the School Community on the priorities for the education of their children. All parents of currently enrolled students and new families for 2016 were able to provide input. In reviewing the Charter and setting the direction for the next Strategic Plan (through 2020), the Board included a number of inputs. These included:

• Education Review Office review report, completed in June 2015; • Catholic Schools Office review report, confirmed in May 2015; • progress against the Board’s strategic priorities over the term of the current board; • feedback and priorities obtained from community consultation – both a community presentation held on 26

August and online survey providing feedback, priorities and preferences; and • current resources available to the Board – funding, staffing and community.

This Charter is the output of this work and sets the direction for the School for the next 5 years.


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School Organisation and Structures

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart School continues to evolve the organization and structures that can best support our Learners. Our school remains under the leadership of our Principal, Rosemary Kemp. The new leadership team structure established in 2015 will continue, with the roles of Deputy Principal (also Innovative Learning Practice (ILP) Leader), Assistant Principal (also Curriculum Leader) and Director of Religious Studies. In addition, the E-Learning Co-ordinator role introduced in 2015 will continue – to both support our children with their digital learning and to support staff in further embedding digital technology into their teaching practice. As the school’s facility development progresses 2016 will see the introduction of two team leaders – for the Junior and Senior School. In addition, with the employment of a Beginning Teacher, we have one staff member acting as a Tutor Teacher. More information on the School’s operational organisation and structures are available in the 2016 Information Booklet and the School’s Annual Plan. Organisation was addressed in the following comments from the 2015 ERO review report for Our Lady of the Sacred Heart School:

“The school continues to benefit from the principal’s professional leadership. She is well respected by staff, parents and students. The principal and deputy principal promote high levels of collegial trust, recognising teacher’s strengths and offering leadership opportunities to staff. Senior leaders, teachers and support staff have respectful and collaborative professional relationships. Self review is systematic and purposeful. Community members, staff and students provide multiple perspectives in school review. The school’s values and culture, and community engagement and relationships, provide a sound foundation for continually improving outcomes for students.”


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Māori Dimensions and Cultural Diversity

The principles of the Treaty of Waitangi – Partnership, Protection and Participation – are central to the Board’s planning. This is reflected in the revision to our Treaty of Waitangi Policy in June 2014. The Board highlights the following comments from the 2015 ERO review report for Our Lady of the Sacred Heart School:

The school shows commitment to supporting Maori student success. There are high expectations that staff use bicultural practices and acknowledge Māori perspectives. These expectations are clearly stated in the curriculum, teacher’s performance appraisal and the school values. Students in Years 5 and 6 are able to attend kapa haka, which the school values and celebrates. Students take lead roles in karakia and waiata. They talk of their pride when performing for the school and their enthusiasm about learning te reo Māori and about Māori culture. Tuakana/teina relationships are evident in students’ interactions and cooperative learning activities. A valued part of the curriculum is developing students’ knowledge and sharing of their pepeha. School leaders and staff continue to participate in professional learning to develop their knowledge of and confidence in using te reo Māori me ōna tikanga. They take advantage of Ka Hikitia and Tātaiako, Ministry of Education resources, to guide teachers’ curriculum planning and performance appraisals.


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Special Character In 2015 the Board received the Catholic Schools’ Office review report. The review affirmed the importance and commitment the School has to its Special Character, the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the values of our Catherine McAuley and her Mercy sisters who founded the college. The Board regularly reviews and supports activities that address the three key dimensions of:

• Catholic Community: Te Iwi Whanui Katorika • Pastoral Care: Manaakitanga • Religious Education: Te Whakaakoranga Whakapono

The Board highlights the following staff comment included in the report as reflective of the approach we take in our role of governing the school:

“We promote a caring, calm and peaceful attitude of respect throughout the school from staff, students and parents. We strive everyday to be ‘Better than Before’ and foster a Catholic community with a love of learning” (Staff questionnaire comment).

We also noted the following comment of the review team on the progress the School is continually making towards our Vision:

The senior children interviewed by the reviewers are living testament that the school is achieving what the community aspires to in their Vision Statement:

“Ignite in the children the passion for limitless learning, navigated by Catholic Values.”.

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart School – 2016-2020 Strategic Section

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Strategic Goals Core Strategies for Achieving Goals

2016 - 2020

Empower our Learners to

thrive in the 21st Century

Learners

• Excite and enable our learners to become self-directed • Continued to build competencies for today’s world • Develop talents & passion • Extend Parent/Home engagement

Teachers & Leaders • Continue to invest in our teachers and staff • Continued focus on “Teachers as Learners” • Inquiry Focused Learning

Facilities • Deliver Building Master Plan • Deliver Innovative Learning Environment & Technologies

Navigate the 21st Century using our Catholic

Compass

Enriching our Faith

• Live, teach and nurture the Catholic Faith • Nurture Mercy Values • Extend our relationship with Parish • Continue our works of Mercy • Grow our love of cultural richness • Extend our appreciation and sustainability of our World

Govern to Excel Provide the best to be the best

• Continue to seek the voice of our Community • Ensure Ministry and Proprietor obligation met • Provide opportunities for all learners • Fund delivery of our Strategic Outcomes

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart School – 2016-2020 2016 Annual Action Plan

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Empower our Learners to thrive in the 21st Century

Strategic Goal Core Strategy 2016 2017 2018 - 2020


- Learners

Excite and enable our learners to become successful and self-directed

Continued individual goal setting between teacher & student Leverage Innovative Proactive Framework across curriculum

Collaborative and flexible organisation of learning Provide proven programme to support our in need learners

Continue building competencies for today’s world

Visible learning – key competencies & learning strategies Appreciation of our Bi-cultural heritage and multi-cultural society

Develop talents & passions Continue extension programmes and opportunities

Utilise and extend talents & strengths of staff

Extend Parent/Home engagement Fully deploy classroom blogs Extend to a collaborative home/school

partnership

Continue and extend online newsletter


- Teachers &

Leaders

Continue to invest in our teachers and staff

Explore & Embed Digital Technology & Innovative Learning Practice Further develop Professional Reflection & Growth

Emerging areas as identified

Continued focus on “Teachers as Learners”

Innovative learning pedagogy Strengthen Inquiry approach

Embed and extend approach

Continued ICT Skills development

Inquiry Focused Learning Confirm planning process

Review of Māori, Science, ICT & Technology

Review of Health/PE,ICT &

The Arts

Review of Literacy, Mathematics and other

areas by rotation


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- Facilities

Deliver Building Master Plan Complete Stage 1 – New Build

Complete Stage 2 – Library, Admin

Junior Playground

Commence Stage 3 – Classroom refurl

Deliver Innovative Learning Environment & Technologies

Furniture refresh – Y3-6; Deploy new tech in new build

Complete furniture refresh Extend new tech (replacements)

Furniture renewals (as required)


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Navigate the 21st Century using our Catholic Compass


Navigate the 21st Century using our Catholic Compass

- Enriching our Faith

Live, teach and nurture the Catholic Faith Review Pastoral Care Review Catholic

Community

Continued Annual Reviews

Prepare for CSO visit

Nurture Mercy Values Extend relationship with Sisters of Mercy

Continue to share the Mercy Values and stories

Extend our relationship with Parish

Assess potential joint events

Complete one new joint event

Continue to extend relationship

Continue our works of Mercy

Special emphasis on “Year of Mercy”

Support for relevant causes Acts of Service for our community

Grow our love of cultural richness Continued joint celebrations

Explore additional ways to involve wider community and ethnic groups.

Extend our appreciation and sustainability of our World

Green Team & WasteWise School

Extend garden areas

Sustainability Review to BoT

Implement actions from Review


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Govern to Excel Strategic Goal Core Strategy 2016 2017 2018 - 2020

Govern to Excel -

Provide the best to be the best

Continue to seek the voice of our Community

Continued Board communication to key

stakeholder groups

Community voice in Curriculum reviews

Specific comms on Building & Funding

Elections preparation and context


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Elections preparation and context

Ensure Ministry and Proprietor obligations met

Action to progress CSO & ERO observations Successful CSO & ERO reviews

Review Student Achievement Information and Relevant Actions Continue timely reporting, policy and risk reviews Recognise and address our Bi-cultural obligations

Provide opportunities for all learners Invest in programmes for support and extension in line with Curriculum

Review Student Achievement Information and Relevant Actions

Fund delivery of our Strategic Outcomes Monitor funding plan for Strat Plan horizon

Fundraising for Stage 3 Property Active Grants plan for minor capital and Property

Govern with a Catholic Compass Values directed Governance


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Empower our Learners to thrive in the 21st Century – Learners Core Strategy Annual Goal Action Who

Excite and enable our learners to become successful and self-

directed

- Continue individual goal setting between teacher & student

- Leverage Innovative Proactive Framework across curriculum

- Collaborative and flexible organisation of learning

- Provide proven programme to support our in need learners

- Continue with individual goal setting between teacher & student

- Further develop deeper use of Hapara Dashboard and DB Primary programmes

- Extend understanding the philosophy of collaborative teaching & learning

- Further deepen the use of Innovative Learning Practices

- Continue with proven programme to support or CWSA/CWSM. Source other resources to continue with this (potentially CogMed and WordQ)

- Complete all relevant testing and reporting as required by MOE and BoT

- Facilitate new timetabling of daily programme to use maximum effective time

- All staff; all students - Year 3-6 students and all

teachers; E-learning co-ordinator

- All staff through contract with Cognition; all students

- All staff lead by ILP leader and Cognition contract; all students

- All staff; E-learning co-ordinator; ILP leader; Cognition through contract

- Principal Senior Team; Curriculum leader

- All staff; all students


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Continue building competencies for today’s world

- Visible learning – key competencies & learning strategies

- Further develop visible learning and authentic learning

- Use of MLA within school to build learning of another language

- All teachers; Cognition contract; all students

- MLA & Teachers – facilitated through the 3 school cluster

- Appreciation of our Bi-cultural heritage and multi-cultural society

- Review of Taha Māori – (Term 1 & 2) including review of Māori Intensive format

- Visit Ōrākei Marae (Term 2) - Wider involvement of parent

community into Māori heritage

- Consult and implement suggestions from other cultures within our school

- Deepen expertise in all digital technology to facilitate participation confidently in today’s world

- All staff - Teaching staff; all students;

Members of school community

- Curriculum leaders & Māori Curriculum team

- Other community leaders, staff liaison person

- E-Learning Co-ordinator; all staff; students with students


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Develop talents & passions

- Continue extension programmes and opportunities

- Continue extension programmes and learning strategies

- Use offsite facilities/opportunities as much as possible

- Develop other relationships with surrounding schools – both primary & secondary.

- PE focus – lift fitness of all students

- All staff; Senior team - All staff - Senior Team, other staff - Explore extra opportunities in

PE due to restrictions on grounds/buildings

- Utilise and extend talents & strengths of staff

- Deepen innovative learning pedagogy

- Develop, sustain groups in music, choir, orchestra, instrumental, writing, art, kappa haka, sports

- E-Learning co-ordinator - All staff with related talents –

particularly new staff - Explore children’s abilities to

lead.

Extend Parent/Home engagement

- Fully deploy classroom blogs - Continue and extend online

newsletter

- Using new E-Tap platform develop new reporting systems – collect parent voice

- Fully deploy classroom blogs - Redevelop School website for

smarter use, more friendly layout

- E-Learning co-ordinator; All staff; Parent community

- E-Learning co-ordinator; All staff; Parent community

- E-Learning co-ordinator


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Empower our Learners to thrive in the 21st Century – Teachers & Leaders Core Strategy Annual Goal Action Who

Continue to invest in our teachers and staff

- Explore & Embed Digital Technology & Innovative Learning Practice

- Further develop Professional Reflection & Growth

- Teachers as Learners

- Develop the role of Team Managers

- Explore and embed Digital Technology using MoE PD contract – Digital Technologies

- Continued use of Apps, devices and Google Apps

- Extend Innovative Learning Practice – transfer pedagogy to own rooms, share with staff, changes made thru professional reflection

- See also 2016 ICT Plan

- Principal, Senior Team - All staff; E-Learning co-

ordinator; Cognition as provider and facilitator

- E-Learning co-ordinator - All staff; ILP leader,

Cognition - E-Learning co-ordinator

Provide opportunities for all learners

- Innovative learning pedagogy - Strengthen Inquiry approach

- Strengthen inquiry approach through school wide plan, procedures, language and understanding.

- Curriculum Leader; all staff


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Empower our Learners to thrive in the 21st Century – Teachers & Leaders Core Strategy Annual Goal Action Who

Provide opportunities for all learners - Continued ICT Skills development

- Develop use of E-Tap as new platform

- Continued development of Google Docs

- Deeper understanding of Appraisal Connector and its relationship to developing Teachers as Leaders and their accountability to the profession

- Implement e-Learning Plan at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart – (Students plan)

- E-Learning co-ordinator; E-Tap facilitator for all staff

- All staff - Facilitator from Interlead

Consultants - E-Learning co-ordinator; All

staff

Inquiry Focused Learning

- Confirm planning process - Review of Māori, Science, ICT &

Technology

- Complete our own planning document; use of language; transfer pedagogy to rooms, bring on board new staff.

- Review of Māori (Term 1&2) - Review of Science &

Technology – under Inquiry umbrella (Term 3&4)

- ICT (Term 2 & 4) - Implement any open

recommendation for review, notably 2015 Maths review

- Planned Marae visit (Term 2)

- Curriculum Co-ordinator; all teaching staff

- Māori curriculum leader - Curriculum Co-ordinator - E-Learning Co-ordinator - All staff (where relevant);

Curriculum leaders; Maths Lead Teacher

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Empower our Learners to thrive in the 21st Century – Facilities Core Strategy Annual Goal Action Who

Deliver Building Master Plan

- Complete Stage 1 – New Build - Prefab to be installed and commissioned

- Relocate classes in Room 4 and 5 - Building to be completed by Dec

2015

- Property Working Group - Board - Staff - Catholic Schools Office

Deliver Innovative Learning

Environment & Technologies

- Furniture refresh – Y3-6

- Deploy new tech in new build

- Commission new furniture into classes with Year 3 to 6 students

- Assess and select appropriate technology for new building

- Implement technology in line with building commissioning.

- Explore and embed Digital Technology using MoE PD contract – Digital Technologies

- Principal & Staff - ICT Leader - Property Project Team - Staff


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Navigate the 21st Century using our Catholic Compass – Enriching our Faith Core Strategy Annual Goal Action Who

Live, teach and nurture the Catholic

Faith

- Review Pastoral Care - Engage unbaptised students in the life of the Church

- Internal review of Pastoral Care - Celebrate Catholic Schools day (16

May) - Continue delivery of RE

Curriculum, upskill new staff - Continue to ensure Catholic

Character permeates all our everyday dealings

- Continue to invite all community to Masses/Liturgies

- All staff; - DRS to lead review

process; - BoT reporting - All staff - Principal; DRS

Nurture Mercy Values

- Extend relationship with Sisters of Mercy

- Continue to share the Mercy Values and stories

- Continue extending & sharing relationship with Sisters of Mercy

- Understand, research aspects of Mercy history to take into our new buildings

- Share Mercy stories and values with students and families through communications

- Continue with Mercy Week/Mercy Day traditions

- Celebrate the Churches year of Mercy

- DRS; Principal; BoT - DRS; Principal; BoT

Property - DRS; Principal


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Extend our relationship with

Parish

- Assess potential joint events - Complete one new joint event

- Assess potential joint events - Share each others methods of

correspondence for wider communication

- Plan and hold one new joint event

- Principal; Parish Priest; DRS; Parish Council rep; BoT rep

Continue our works of Mercy

- Support for relevant causes - Acts of Service for our community

- Support for relevant causes as they arise and where we can support – fundraising; prayer

- Acts of Service for our community – Mission Day; Outreach;

- Contact with elderly in our community

- Celebrate the Churches year of Mercy

- All staff; All students; families

Grow our love of cultural richness

- Continued joint celebrations - Continue joint celebrations - Explore and understand the various

cultures in our community - Continue open relationships with

cultures through group representatives

- All staff; - Principal, Senior

Management; Staff liaison - Principal; Parent

community


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Extend our appreciation and

sustainability of our World

- Green Team & WasteWise School - Extend garden areas

- Continue the Green Team (Leadership opportunity for staff member)

- Continue WasteWise actions - Implement caretakers’ EcoArea

plan - Continue sustainability – bokashi;

worm farm; garden development

- Students; Green Team staff leader;

- Caretaker; community; students;

- Green team members; garden group members, All staff and students in support


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Govern to Excel - Provide the best to be the best Core Strategy Annual Goal Action Who

Continue to seek the voice of our Community

- Continued Board communication to key stakeholder groups

- Community voice in Curriculum reviews

- Specific comms on Building & Funding

- Elections preparation and context - Support and enable our Communities

preferred education pathways

- Board newsletters as per Board Annual Plan; comms at events

- Curriculum reviews to include Student and Parent voice

- Milestone driven communications on Building and Funding plans

- Planned succession, including appropriate identification of candidates for election

- Acknowledge & develop the cultural diversity within our community

- Join appropriate Community of Schools reflecting the education pathways sought by our community.

- Chair, Secretary, All BoT - Principal, Curriculum Leader,

Staff - Chair, Secretary, Property

Lead, All BoT - All BoT members

Ensure Ministry and Proprietor

obligations met

- Action to progress CSO & ERO observations

- Review Student Achievement Information and Relevant Actions

- Continue timely reporting, policy and risk reviews

- Recognise and address our Bi-cultural obligations

- Monitor progress on external review observations;

- Monitor and evaluate recommendations from PAT, National Standards and other sources of Student Achievement information

- Execute Board Annual Plan

- BoT, Principal - BoT, Principal, Leadership

team - BoT, Chair - BoT, Chair, Principal, Staff


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Govern to Excel - Provide the best to be the best Core Strategy Annual Goal Action Who

Provide opportunities for all

learners

- Invest in programmes for support and extension in line with Curriculum

- Review Student Achievement Information and Relevant Actions

- Monitor and evaluate recommendations from PAT, National Standards and other sources of Student Achievement information

- Monitor and evaluate recommendations from curriculum reviews

- BoT, Principal, Leadership team

- BoT, Principal, Leadership team

Fund delivery of our Strategic Outcomes

- Fund for Strat Plan horizon - Fundraising for Stage 3 Property - Active Grants plan for minor capital

and Property

- Develop 3-year and Annual budget

- Define and implement fundraising for Stage 3 – community and external sources

- Define and implement Grants Plan

- Chair, Treasurer, Principal, All BoT

- Chair, Treasurer, Principal, All BoT, PTFA

- Chair, Treasurer, Principal, All BoT, PTFA

Govern with a Catholic Compass

- Values directed Governance - Affirm Code of Behaviour - Lead in line with our Values - Progress towards our Vision

- All BoT -

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart School – 2016-2020 Student Outcomes

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Summary The school is justifiably proud of students’ successes. Achievement information indicates that most students achieve at high levels in reading, writing and mathematics in relation to the National Standards. School data show that Māori and Pacific students are achieving at similar levels as other students.

Reading Our Targets for 2016 are informed by our recent achievement data, which is

Reading Well Below Below At Above

2015 2% 4% 45% 49%

2014 - 6% 42% 52%

2013 - 5% 39% 56%

2012 2% 3% 40% 55%

2011 1% 4% 43% 52%

In the light of previous actions, achievement results and the needs of our learners, the following targets are in place for 2016:

• All students identified as Special Needs, will receive learning support and will progress towards National Standards by one sub - level or more.

• All students, not identified as Special needs, below National Standards in 2015 will achieve the National Standard by the end of 2016.

• All students above National Standards in 2015 will be extended in comprehension, vocabulary and independent study skills in 2016.

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Writing Our Targets for 2016 are informed by our recent achievement data:

Writing Well Below Below At Above

2015 1% 4% 80% 15%

2014 - 5% 71% 24%

2013 15% 56% 29%

2012 1% 10% 64% 25%

2011 1% 13% 57% 29%



• All students, not identified as Special Needs, below National Standards in 2015 will achieve the National Standard by the end of 2016.

• All students above National Standards in 2015 will be further extended in 2016 (extension writing group 2016 - Yr. 5&6)

Mathematics Our Targets for 2016 are informed by our recent achievement data:

Maths Well Below Below At Above

2015 1% 4% 71% 24%

2014 - 6% 52% 42%

2013 - 5% 48% 47%

2012 - 5% 55% 40%

2011 - 4% 60% 35%



• All Year 2 & 3 students, not identified as Special Needs, below National Standards in 2015 will achieve the National Standard by the end of 2016 including Cosdbricks intervention where needed.

• All students above National Standards in 2015 will be further extended in 2016 including an Otago Problem solving group for students in year 6 working at Stage

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