ANNUAL PLAN BIRKDALE PRIMARY SCHOOL 2019 TO 2021 - SCHOOL CHARTER, STRATEGIC and - Submission date to Ministry of Education

 
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ANNUAL PLAN BIRKDALE PRIMARY SCHOOL 2019 TO 2021 - SCHOOL CHARTER, STRATEGIC and - Submission date to Ministry of Education
SCHOOL CHARTER, STRATEGIC and
        ANNUAL PLAN

  BIRKDALE PRIMARY SCHOOL

                                     2019 TO 2021
   Principals’ endorsement:
   Board of Trustees’ endorsement:
   Submission date to Ministry of Education:

                                                    Birkdale Primary School Charter 2019 -2021   1
ANNUAL PLAN BIRKDALE PRIMARY SCHOOL 2019 TO 2021 - SCHOOL CHARTER, STRATEGIC and - Submission date to Ministry of Education
Our Vision
To empower positive, creative kaitiaki (guardians) of the future.

Our Mission
To inspire a community of caring, curious thinkers who aim the highest.

               kaitiakitanga     resilience, curiosity, self-directed
 Our Values    manaakitanga      respect, caring, honesty
               whanaungatanga community, relationships, friendship

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Birkdale Primary School Strategic Plan 2019-2021
                                 Mission: Inspiring a community of caring, curious thinkers who aim the highest through a Culture of Responsiveness
Our                                Strategic Goals                                        Strategic Outcomes                             Core Strategies for Achieving Goals 2019- 2021
VALUES                         Why … is this important?                                   How …do we do it?                                         What … do we need to do?
                                     1. Learning                  Increasing student achievement through:                           •   Pertinent, relevant opportunities for teacher development to
                                                                   •   High quality effective teaching practice creates 21
                                                                                                                               st       improve pedagogy and knowledge and skills.
                                 Learning is extended                  century learners                                             •   Powerful learning opportunities Facilitated Learning
Manaakitanga - respect,

                                  ‘from their reach to                                                                                  (dialogic culture) enabling voice and agency triggering high
                                  beyond’ increasing                                                                                    levels of curiosity, divergent thinking, creativity, risk taking.
   caring, honesty

                                 success and raising               •   Evaluative capability lifts individual and collective        •   Responsive learning through deliberate, consistent and
                               student achievement for                 capacity i.e. I THINK I KNOW I WONDER                            effective assessment practices, self review and Teaching as
                                           all                                                                                          Inquiry, Collaborative Teacher efficacy
                                                                                                                                    •   Integration of Digital technology to improve learning
                                                                   •   Integrated Birkdale Primary School Curriculum                •   Equity and excellence supporting all students to stand
                                                                   •   Celebration of cultural diversity increases success              strong in their worlds.
                                                                                                                                    •   MaSaM- Māori Achieving Success as Māori
                                     2. Environment                •   Personal growth and development continues to be              •   Innerfit that is integral to everything across the curriculum
                                                                                                                                        building strength of character within each individual
Kaitiakitanga -

curiosity, self-

                                enabling and empowering                nurtured
  resilience,

                                                                                                                                    •   Green gold enviro award achieved through the principles of
   directed

                                students within a safe and         •   Emotional wellbeing is nurtured and developed                    enviro (sustainability)
                                 caring our environment            •   Physical environmentally sustainable community               •   Create a safe and nurturing environment where
                                                                       continues to reach our local and wider environment               increasingly realistic achievement expectations build mana,
                                                                   •   Inclusive environment enables access to every aspect             rights and dignity. (Knowing the child)
                                                                       of the curriculum.
                                      3. Partnerships              •   Strong communication, active engagement                      •   Use of digital and other forms of communication with
   community, relationships,

                                                                       consolidating our learning community.                            increasing effectiveness for interactive learning and
     Whanaungatanga -

                               Enriching partnerships between
                                   home, school and local          •   Learning partnerships Parents as Partners voice and              feedback.
                                                                       agency                                                       •   Increased opportunities for involvement in literacy and
        friendship

                                 community raising student
                                        achievement                •   Attendance, Induction, Transition processes effect               numeracy workshops supporting learning of their
                                                                       positive social, emotional, physical and academic                tamariki.
                                                                       outcomes                                                     •   Relationships with ECE, external agencies provide
                                                                                                                                        opportunity for improved pathways.
                                                                                                                                    •   Induction process for students, parents and staff effects a
                                                                                                                                        positive and ‘knowing’ culture.
                                        Leadership                • PLD opportunities support and grow an effective and             •   Research, review and develop best leadership practices
                               build the collective strength by    collaborative lead team including leaders across school.         •   Succession plan leadership through a range of
                               growing knowledge and skills                                                                             opportunities
                                                                  • Leadership continue to build capacity to effective
                                continually improve teaching                                                                        •   Development of strong evaluative practices at leadership
                                                                   evaluation practices raising student achievement
                                        and learning.                                                                                   level filters to teacher and student levels.
                                                                  • The BoT uses best governance practices to ensure                •   The board commits to upskilling in governance practices
                                                                    student progress and well being of staff and children
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2019 Annual Plan

                                                  Key Improvement Strategies (SEE BELOW FOR BASELINE DATA
Strategic Goal 1:1 Learning … is extended from their reach to beyond increasing success for all

Improvement Strategies                                           2019 Actions                                                   Budget            Timeframe          Personnel Responsibility
                         Maths PLD is sought building upon the 2017/2018 PLD continuing to focus on:                        12 release days                         Teachers with support from
                                                                                                                           for observations,                        syndicate leaders, PL
                                   o improving pedagogy, content knowledge and teaching of mathematics                                           Ongoing 2019
                                                                                                                             modelling and                          facilitators of Maths and
                                   o Strand maths content knowledge and pedagogy                                           feedback $3600                           Innerfit, and principal
                                   o development of maths OTJs
                                                                                                                                                    Term 1 to
                            • Development of a Maths Curriculum Team (MCT) –utilising staff strengths                              $0               establish.      Laurie O
                                                                                                                             $4000 (2019)                           MCT
High quality effective       •   Maths resourcing audit                                                                                              Term 1
teaching practice        Innerfit PLD continues to strengthen teacher knowledge and understanding teaching                 6 release days for
           st
creates 21 century       character building:                                                                               observations,                            Teachers with support from
                                                                                                                                                  Throughout 2
learners raising                                                                                                           modelling and                            syndicate leaders, PL
                                    o modelled and co-taught with new teachers                                             feedback $1800
                                                                                                                                                     terms
                                                                                                                                                                    facilitators of Maths and
student achievement
                                    o observations with feedback from facilitator and peers.                               +pld $4150
                                    o Transference of skills across all teaching and learning
                         Facilitated Learning (dialogic culture) i.e. teacher practice moving from instructional to
                         guided (triggering high levels of curiosity, divergent thinking, creativity; risk taking; voice
                         and agency).
                             o Deliberate opportunities for teacher collaboration to build depth of pedagogy i.e.                  $0                               Teacher strengths utilised
                                  teachers actively engage Talk Moves when interacting with each other; then
                                  transferring those skills to practice:
                             o teachers as learners alongside their each other and their children.
                             o questioning supports thinking (much more than simple recall)
                             o encouraging elaboration of ideas or more detail (thinking in different ways)
                             o challenging each others thinking
                             o giving reasons, justifying; negotiating their position and changing their mind
                             o answers are justified, followed up and built upon rather than merely received
                             o feedback which informs and leads thinking forward as well as encourages
                             o contributions which are extended rather than fragmented
                             o classroom organisation, climate and relationships which make all this possible.
                                                                                                                                   $0                Ongoing        Senior Leaders, colleagues
                             •   Regular reflections shared with facilitator and team leader (Teaching as Inquiry)
                                                                                                                                                                    with PLD facilitator/s,
                                 i.e. own ability to take risks, to be wrong, to fail, to change direction, to start                                                teams
                                 again.
                             •   collaboration with peers seeking feedback

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Fostering Collaborative Teacher Efficacy (CTE):
                                                                                                                                                                      Senior Leaders with
                                  •        Strengthen understanding of CTE identifying our current position with our                                                  teachers, syndicates and
                                           practice                                                                                 $0                                leadership team
                                  •        Provide time for regular and deliberate discussions, sharing, planning and
                                           activating suggestions, which may determine focus areas and how together we
                                                                                                                                                   Ongoing
                                           can support each other.
                                  •        Opportunities to respond to challenges
                                  •        Reviewing ETC’s influence on teacher practice using progress and
                                           achievement data as evidence.

                            PLD –use of data with a focus on impact and effectiveness of teaching:
                                                                                                                             2 release days                           Laurie with leaders then
                        •     Close monitoring of disparity, progress and acceleration (longitudinally and short                                     Terms 1-3
                                                                                                                             each per term for                        leaders with syndicate
                              term) using a wider range of evidence                                                          leaders to work                          teachers
                                 o Review current monitoring and tracking system for early identification.                   with teachers
                                 o Increased learning opportunities for all teachers to maximise their use of the            $5400
                                     data to identify gaps and needs
Evaluative capability
lifts individual and                  o      a range of evidence to form an OTJ including use of effect size, scatter                              ongoing
collective capacity                         graphs etc
          I THINK                     o     developing greater use of Probe/running records, asTTle and PAT evidence
          I KNOW                            for learner progressions
        I WONDER                      o     using the available data to inform and justify planning and teaching
                                      o     Ensure we get the most out of our SMS
                                      o     Ongoing reviews re approach to assessment to maintain consistancy and
                                            clarity
                        Evaluation teams:                                                                                                                             ETeam Maths (Laurie)
                                                                                                                                                                      ET Reading (Peter)
                              •           formed for Reading, Writing and Maths to support the collection and collation of                            Feb 2019
                                                                                                                                                                      ET Writing (Carly)
                                          data.                                                                                                                       Adrienne supports across
                              •           Criteria finalised across the teams to form roles and position of the teams

                        Monitoring and evaluating Target Students (see Targets 2019)                                                                                  Senior leaders with
                                                                                                                                                                      teachers
                              •           at teacher level - teachers regularly checks formal and informal evidence,                                   Ongoing
                                          questioning and discussing to seek understanding of shifts.                                              At least 3x per    Evaluative teams
                              •           at syndicate level – sharing PoPs children – being open to learning, receptive,                               term
                                          challenging. Evidence always available
                              •           at leadership level - when the data has enabled SMS reports to be produced or                                               leaders then
                                                                                                                                                   At least 2x per
                                          when syndicate leaders bring discussion to the SL team. Evidence always                                       term          each leader with syndicate
                                          available additional but can be sought.                                                                                     teachers

                        Analysis of data to inform progress and achievement narratives                                                                                ET Team Maths (Laurie)
                                                                                                                             Classes shared                           ET Reading (Peter)
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during blocks           1x per term      ET Writing (Carly)
                         •   Tuakana teina teams (TTT) are established to support narrative development by
                                                                                                                 when the ET is                           Adrienne supports across
                             the ETs.
                                                                                                                 working. Tuakana
                         •   Evidence to be available to support the narrative i.e. examples of good practice
                                                                                                                 Teina days
                             or children’s work.
                         •   Draft reports given to Adrienne to be finalised with SLs.
                                                                                                                         $0
                         •   ET’s to deliver report to board.

                      Strong focus on:
                                                                                                                                                          Leaders, peer to peer,
                         •   monitoring assessment for learning (formative assessment practice) i.e. goal                $0
                                                                                                                                            ongoing
                             setting, learning intentions, success criteria, next learning steps that are
                             collaboratively developed with students; displayed and measured
                         •   monitoring use of modelling books, anecdotal notes, next steps, feedback etc
                         •   use of learning progressions

                      Review:
                         •   assessment systems and processes                                                            $0
                         •   tsunami graphs including accuracy of achievement expectations against NZC
                             /TMOA levels, links to standardised testing tools and                                                          Term 1
                         •   use and purpose of ASSEMBLY i.e. types of reports, domains,

                      ASSEMBLY: with Brett M (facilitator)
                                                                                                                 Release days for
                         •   Development and trialing of Learner profiles.                                       SL’s +costs for                          Leadership Team
                         •   Systems for tracking longitudinally                                                 Brett M
                         •   Systems for tracking to measure disparity                                           $2000
                         •   Tsunami Reports

                       Integration of Digital technology                                                         35 additional
                                                                                                                 ipads/cases
                                                                                                                 2 additional ipad     T1 2019
                       PLD provided to support teachers to deliberately plan and use digital technology across                         purchase
                       learning areas:                                                                           minis $5750                              Digital Innovation Team
                                                                                                                 Purchase /lease                          Laurie to lead
                         •   Students use ipads to collaboratively create video clips of their learning          10 extra ipads        PLD ongoing
                         •   Teachers use apple tvs as a collaborative learning tool                             $3000 TBC
                         •   Teachers collaborate to share digital tools to create, communicate and interact.
                         •   Students presenting through digital tech                                                 $0 PLD

                       Formation of Digital Innovation Team (DIT):                                                                                        MoE funded
                                                                                                                                                          Laurie
                         •   roles and position of the DIT to be finalised                                               $0
                                                                                                                                       T1
Integrated Birkdale      •   PLD to begin development of digital curriculum                                                            T 2/3
Primary School           •   Action Plan presented                                                                                     T3/4
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Curriculum
             Digital Innovation Team
                •   supports at syndicate level                                                            $0            Ongoing            Laurie to oversee
                •   meets regularly to share and plan feeding back at syndicate level.                                   2x per term
                •   Reports to the board                                                                                 May /Sept
                •   Devices including apple TVs, additional ipads /chrome books leased                $34000 (TBC)                          Peter
                                                                                                                         Term 1 / T2

             Contextualising the Curriculum: authentic, flexible, problem based, developing
             curious, inquiring minds
              Formation of Curriculum Innovation Team (CIT):
                                                                                                                                            Peter to oversee
                •   roles and position of the CIT to be finalised                                          $0
                                                                                                                         Ongoing
                •   supports at syndicate level                                                                          2x per term
                •   meets regularly to share and plan feeding back at syndicate level.                                   August /Dec
                •   Reports to the board                                                                 $4000           Terms 1/2          CDT
                •   Literacy resources audit
             Review of: Health / PE curriculum
                •   Review team established                                                                              March
                •   Plan established including working with Health Promoting Schools and Sue
                    Innerfit
                                                                                                                         April - May
                •   Key competencies are deliberate, evident, observable and self assessed within                                           Adrienne,
                    all contexts                                                                                         Completed          1 SL
                                                                                                                         end T 2            Teachers with interest
                •   Integration of Treaty of Waitangi principles (PPP)
                                                                                                           $0
                •   Consultation with:                                                                                   June
                       o Parents
                       o Students
                       o Community
                                                                                                    $2400 (to be         Synd T2
                                                                                                    disbursed
                •   Progress meetings with teachers for feedback                                    between SS,
                •   Draft plan presented to teachers                                                Tech, Science
                •   Audit resources
             Review of Maths
                •   Review team established                                                                              June
                •   Plan established including working with Bina?                                                        August
                •   Key competencies are deliberate, evident, observable and self assessed within
                    all contexts                                                                           $0                               Laurie / Peter / Adrienne
                • Integration of Treaty of Waitangi principles (PPP)                                                                        Teachers from Maths
                                                                                                                                            Curriculum Team
             Consultation with:                                                                                          Early August
                        o Parents
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o Students                                                                                    Synd 2x T3/4
                                           o Community                                                                                   November
                                     •   Progress meetings with teachers for feedback                                                    Completed
                                     •   Draft plan presented to teachers                                                                end T4

                                 Māori Achieving Success as Māori: (MASAM)
                                  Treaty of Waitangi:
                                                                                                                          $450                              Hilary Fogat
                                     •   refresher PLD                                                                                   ToD Jan 2019
                                     •   Incorporate Treaty of Waitangi principles (PPP) into BPS contextualised           $0            ongoing            All teachers supported by
                                         curriculum i.e. pepeha; Maori legends; history                                                                     kaiako

                                 Graduate Profile:
                                 Te Puāwaitanga:
                                                                                                                                                            Whānau / Carly, Mere,
                                     •   Complete a review of Graduate Profile.                                                                             Pati, Adrienne
Celebration of cultural              •   Develop a framework for measuring student success against the Graduate            $0            Term 1
diversity increases                      Profile.
success                             • Review of Powhiri protocols                                                                                           English immersion whānau
                                                                                                                                                            / interested Te
                                 English Immersion:                                                                                                         Puāwaitanga whānau
(Equity and excellence
supporting all students to           •   Develop with consultation, a draft of a Graduate profile                          $0            Term 2-3           Carly, Mere, Pati, Teachers
stand strong in their worlds).                                                                                                                              Adrienne
                                     •   Te Puāwaitanga students become tuakana for English immersion students and
                                         teachers as they learn e.g. syndicate partnerships
                                     •   English immersion senior students (Years 5/6) trained as tuakana
                                             o the school karakia recited daily.
                                             o a repertoire of waiata

                                                                                                                                                            All teacher with support
                                     • Māori English Immersion senior students have the opportunity to join Te             $0            ongoing            from kaiako
                                       Puāwaitanga:
                                     o during powhiri
                                     o Te Puāwaitanga’s kapahaka ropu

                                     •   All students have opportunity to join school kapahaka ropu
                                  Te reo:
                                                                                                                                                            DP with te reo tchr
                                     •   A te reo teacher (budget dependent) to deliver weekly lessons to English     $10500 (TBC)
                                                                                                                                         Term 2 start
                                                                                                                                                            (Kendall)
                                         immersion classes. Teachers remain in class at the time.                    $1000 resources
                                    • Te reo strengthened across classes.                                                                Term 2 start       Carly with eng tchr (Louise)
                                 English classes Mahoe yrs 5/6                                                        $10500 (TBC)

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PLD
                                                                                                                                                           All English immersion
                             •   Consideration given for teachers participating in ‘He Papa Tikanga’ PLD through         $0             Terms ¾ to         teachers.
                                 Te Wananga o Aotearoa to build language and tikanga                                                    start
                                                                                                                                                           Te Puāwaitanga kaiako to
                             •   Teachers learn waiata and karakia recited at PLD meetings and assemblies.                                                 support
                          MAC –Māori Achievement Collaborative:
                                                                                                                       ($TBC)                              Principal attends MAC hui
                             •   Adrienne to attend MAC meetings sharing with SL’s                                                                         Taranaki
                             •   MAC Matrix to be reviewed with actions to be followed up.                                              Term 1-4           Adrienne with leaders,
                                                                                                                                                           transferring to syndicates
                         Pasifika Achieving Success as Pasifika: (PaSaP)
                             •   Students have opportunities to take part in the Pasifika Dance group.                                      Ongoing                  All teachers
                             •   Teachers provide opportunities for students to learn about Pacific Islands              $0
                                 cultures and language                                                                                                                Adrienne
                             •   The Pasifika community and Pasifika students is consulted on how they wish to                                 T2
                                 emphasise the Pacific Islands culture.
                         Teachers provide opportunities for cultural celebrations linked to:
                             o Language weeks /days                                                                 $500 from
                             o Book Week cultural celebrations                                                     curriculum
                                                                                                                   budget TBC           T2 TBC                         All staff
                             o Displays depict the diversity of cultures at Birkdale Primary School.                                    ongoing
                                                Key Improvement Strategies (SEE BELOW FOR BASELINE DATA
Strategic Goal 2: Environment … enabling and empowering students within a safe and caring environment

Improvement Strategies                                          2019 Actions                                          Budget             Timeframe          Personnel Responsibility
                          Innerfit PLD:                                                                            ToD 25 Feb 2019                             Innerfit –Ken and Sue
                             •   Building a staff culture which is innerfit                                             $850                ongoing                  facilitators
                             •   Syndicates create their mission statement based on the ToD learnings
                             •   Revisit the mission statements regularly                                                                                       Every staff member

                             •   Transfer learning to classroom for an innerfit culture - construct Treaty
Growing and nurturing            Statement with students.                                                                $0                Feb 2019                  All teachers
Personal growth and          •   Student voice: Is our school a winning school yet? What do we want it to look
development                      like?
continues to be
nurtured                 Review of SEL:
                             •   Share with SEL what has been reviewed to date                                                            Early March                   Peter
                             •   Share the changes or adaptations                                                        $0
Emotional wellbeing          •   Share the next areas for focus including Consultation with staff and community.
is nurtured and              •   Use student voice form the BTB ‘Y-chart’ activity                                                          Term 2                   Peter +SEL
developed                    •   SEL Review completed
                                                                                                                     SWIS $500              ongoing
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Behaviour management tracking continues with action taken based upon the presenting
                         trends and patterns.

                          Student leadership:
                            •   Distribute student leadership of Cool Schools. Training refresher to be             $0?                                        Lead person TBD
                                considered.                                                                                            Term 1
                            •   Deliberate and regular teaching across the school for the Tuakana Teina              $0                                            All tchrs
                                programmes so that student leadership continues to develop
                                                                                                                                       Ongoing
                            •   Big buddies refresher training within Tuakana Teina
                            •   Teachers seek opportunities to grow leadership - linking to Citizenship
                         Celebrating successes:
                            •   Citizenship Awards to be developed                                                                     Term 1                     SEL team
                            •   Review the PB4L awards                                                            $200 tbc
                            •   Review and strengthen house systems.

                                                                                                                                       Ongoing         SLs with syndicates
                            •   Monitor emotional wellbeing and social skills growth using the information to
                                                                                                                                                                  Peter
                                strengthen the SEL and the SENCO programmes                                                                                      Sharon
                            •   Concerns shared with SL/ SENCO
                            •   Communicate regularly with parents /whanau                                           $0             As necessary                  Teachers
                            •   Engage external agencies where appropriate
                                                                                                                                                               Adrienne /Sharon
                         Create a safe and nurturing environment:
                            •   The PB4L values are displayed and highly visual in any setting.                                        Early T1                  All teachers
                            •   Remodel PB4L /SEL displays in classrooms – useful and utilised
                                                                                                                 Unsure yet?
                                                                                                                                                                SEL to monitor
                            •   Recognise PB4L in action at any time and voice that.
                            •   Continue to build the mana of every child and staff member in our school:                          At all times
Physical                        recognise them as individuals, provide support and acknowledgement for effort.
environmentally             •   Maintain the dignity of every person.
sustainable community
continues to reach our
local and wider          Green gold enviro award
environment              Form an Enviro Team:
                            •   Establish roles and position of the CIT to be finalised
                            •   Review current position within green /gold with support from Sustainable         Unsure yet?
                                                                                                                                       Term 1                  Enviro team TBD
                                Schools Advisor Environmental Services Unit Auckland Council

                            •   Involve students and parents /whānau, local community to get voice as to types                         Term 2
                                of projects they want or could support

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Term 2
                           •   Action Plan presented identifying achievable projects that demonstrate the
                               sustainability of this enviro principles in this first year.

Inclusive environment   Enrich our supportive learning environment within the wider school & local community
enables access to                                                                                                      $0              Early term 2
                           •   Unpack the end of 2018 Inclusive Practices Survey outcomes planning for
every aspect of the
                               next steps to strengthen our inclusive envronment.
curriculum.
                           •   Well Being Survey to be undertaken within the Health and PE Review (gather                                Term 2
                               parent /whānau, student and staff voices)                                                                                            SEL
                           •   Innerfit helps to establish an inclusive culture through character building        Costs above            Ongoing
                           •   Use the information from surveys to make changes or adapations to our
                               environment
                           •   Continue to monitor wellbeing through the behaviours and needs of our more
                               vulnerable children.                                                                                     onßgoing

                           •    Consider our classroom and playground environment for ways to meet the
                               needs for all learners
                               http://olms.cte.jhu.edu/olms2/simulator/web/simulations/69#!/scene/148                                                            All teachers
                           •   Adapt the environment to engage and encourage learning (what suits the learner   $unknown at this         Ongoing
                               rather than the teacher)                                                              stage
                           •   Teachers to visit the MoE UDL website for ideas and innovations which may
                               help a struggling learner.

                        Continue to monitor effectiveness of ESOL:
                           •   ESOL teacher works with teachers providing PLD and guidance                                                 T1/2            Judy/ SENCO/ principal
                                                                                                                  $18000(TBC)
                                                                                                                                         ongoing         SENCO with teachers /TAs
                           •   Teachers implement ESOL PLD re assessment, planning and montiitoring.
                           •   TA’s trained to support ESOL in the classroom. Tchrs plan for this.              LSN TA budget:                                    SENCO
                                                                                                                                       T2 onwards
                           •   Deliberate closer monitoring and planning is reflected in outcomes of ESOL            TBD                                     SENCO with RTLB
                               students in the classroom.
                           •   ELLPs indicators reflected in planning for each ESOL child.

                        GATE:
                          • Using the PLD 2018, develop a GATE register                                            $500 TBC                 T2           SENSO with support from
                          • Develop a profile for each GATE student                                                                                             Brooke.
                          • Seek support for planning adaptations and programmes from RTLB

                        Learning Support Programme:
                           •   Continue to review the Special Ed Register updating regularly                           $0                Per term
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•    Review of IEP /CAP management                                                                              Early T1
                              •    Work closely with TA’s meeting regularly                                                                Each Wed (20        SENCO /Adrienne /RTLB
                              •    PLD for TA’s identified through RTLB                                                     $0                mins)
                              •    SENCO meetings networking and PLD through RTLB                                      Release day $0
                              •    Upgrade the term by term profile of all support programmes and interventions
                              •    Explore additional programmes which may support those who require learning           $750 (steps
                                   and / or behaviour support                                                             licence)

                                                   Key Improvement Strategies (SEE BELOW FOR BASELINE DATA
Strategic Goal 3. Partnerships … Enriching partnerships between home, school and local community raising student achievement
Improvement Strategies           2019 Actions                                                                     Budget                  Timeframe           Personnel Responsibility
                        Digital communications are used more effectively:
                              •    Students develop a digital portfolio of learning through Seesaw which is shared          $0
                                   with parents /whānau                                                                                       Ongoing                   All teachers
                              •    Teachers communicate regularly through Seesaw

                        Explore the use of digital and other forms of communication
                              •    School app upgrade                                                                  $2500 (TBC)            Term 1                  Leanne /Adrienne
                              •    Upgrade of website
                                                                                                                            $50
                        Consultation with community re options for communication                                                              Term 1                  Leanne /Adrienne

                        Increased opportunities for parent /whānau involvement in learning workshops
                        supporting learning of their tamariki.
                          •       Parents join te reo classes once they have started                                        $0                Term 2
Learning
partnerships Parents
as Partners voice and     •       ‘Reading Together’ offered to help parents /whānau to support their children                                                   Teachers with leaders
                                                                                                                           $100
agency                                                                                                                                        Term 3

                          •       Breakfast with Dads – sharing tips for support and be involvement in their child’s       $100               Term 1
                                  learning

                          •       Develop a home learning programme linked to term inquiries, which build vocab,
                                  experiences and discoveries.

                        Focus group Parents as Partners meetings for Māori, Pasifika, New parents and others
                              •    Invitations for each group - seeking discussion and ideas about ways we can
                                   best support parents to support their children.                                         $100             Feb Term 1                   Adrienne
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•    New parents morning tea – getting to know each other
                              •    Plans developed with aspirations and actions to met those aspirations.                                                      Adrienne with Michelle
                        Pilot programme:                                                                                                     Term 1                  Planned with tchrs
                              •    Invitations to parents to collect the home learning pack and participate in a mini
                                                                                                                          $30
                                   workshop to offer suggested approaches to help parents to use the resource                                Term 2
                                   packs. (Teachers released during school to do this)
                                                                                                                                                                         Adrienne
                              •    Grand celebration with parents for parents recognising their contribution to                                                      with key teachers.
                                   engaging their own students in learning:
                              •    Invitations to be part of a presentation afternoon with their child to share the                        Term 3 end
                                   success of the parents home support.

Attendance,             Attendance tracked for patterns, trends and procedures
Induction, Transition
processes effect                     •    Review our current system
positive social,                     •    Identify the responses to our trends from the attendance                         $0
emotional, physical                  •    Consider the types of engagements / relationships with families and                                                   Adrienne with leaders
and academic                              external agencies within our current practice.
outcomes                             •    Student / parent voice – how we can improve

                        Review our Induction process:
                          • Seek new staff feedback re:
                                   o Current induction programme                                                           $0
                                                                                                                                             Term 2
                          •       Development induction programme                                                                                              Adrienne with new staff
                                      o Before, within 2 weeks, follow up
                                      o Systems and processs i.e. PB4L; accessing information, assessment
                                                                                                                           $0                Term 3
                                           and reporting practices etc.
                                      o    PCT induction and mentoring programmes
                                      o    Support i.e. appropriate PLD , montioring,
                          •       Review of staff and reliever handbook

                        Transition:
                                     •    Strengthen relationships with local ECE’s including visits to them or to
                                          Birkdale Primary School.
                                     •    New parent focus group (includes parents of children moving between                               Term 1/2         Adrienne, Leanne, NE / Yr
                                          schools) to provide feedback and recommendations on current transition                                               1 teachers in Eng and
                                          process                                                                                                                 Māori immersion.
                                     •    Transition plan from the focus group response.
                                     •    Open Days for all to showcase our school.                                       TBD
                                     •    Invitations to attend any events, which might occur pre starting e.g. book
                                          Week, Cultural Days etc.
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•    Review of our Information Pack.
                                     •    Website updates on our processes for transition.
                                     •    Review of information that follows ‘exiting’ children.
                                     •
                                                       Key Improvement Strategies (SEE BELOW FOR BASELINE DATA)
Strategic Goal 2: Leadership: build the collective strength by growing knowledge and skills continually improve teaching and learning.
PLD opportunities       Leadership practices                                                                                                                               All leaders
support and grow an     Develop and enrich leadership capability though:
effective and               • Research including Best Evidence Synthesis, Hattie, Visible learning                                               Fortnightly
collaborative lead              https://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/topics/BES ; collaborative impact, current                   $0                 senior
team including                  leader strengths, networking                                                                                     leadership
leadership across the       • Investigate Visible Learning PLD for leaders in the first instance and in                                         meetings and
school                          particular: collective teacher efficacy.                                                         $?                ongoing            Leaders / syndicates /
                                                                                                                                                                           teachers.
                              •    Influences related to student achievement.
                              •    Building sustainable, collaborative practice through discussion; decision making;
                                   review; voice and agency (evaluative capability)

                          Succession plan leadership through a range of opportunities:
                                                                                                                                 $0
                              •    Development of Innovation Teams (Its) i.e. Curriculum, Digital, Partnerships                                  Term 1 and           All leaders /teachers
                              •    Build leadership capability within the IT’s                                                                    ongoing
                              •    Development of Evaluation Teams taking lead roles leading to ‘we know’
                              •    Recognise initiative linked to accelerating achievement                                     P/Unit
                              •    Leadership development in Te Puāwaitanga                                              Tutor Tchr allwnce
                                                                                                                                                     2019                     TBC
                              •    Mentor roles offered for PCT’s
Leadership continue to    Leaders with all teachers
build capacity to
effective evaluation          •    Fostering Collaborative Teacher Efficacy through powerful learning                                            4X per year
practices raising                  conversations at leadership and syndicate levels                                                                +more
student achievement           •    Regular critical analysis ensures Review of Assessment and Reporting                                           regularly
                                   including:                                                                                    $0               informal.
                              o    current assessment tools, procedures for consistency of implementation,
                                   timelines                                                                                                     PLs T’s 1/3
                              o    maximising use of ASSEMBLY for reports; PAT longitudinal reports tracking                                    All Others T’s
                                                                                                                                                                      All leaders / teachers
                                   disparity.                                                                                                        2 /4
                              o    Closer monitoring of 2109 Targets

                              •    Review of board reports (ET’s)
                          Appraisal process:
                              •    Goal setting (professional) linked to evaluative capability at leadership and
                                   teacher levels                                                                                $0                                   Adrienne with leaders
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•   Opportunities for observation and feedback based on evidence and new learning                                                including ITs / ETs
                             •   Collaboration with peers / Innovation Groups / Evaluation Team                                       ongoing
The BoT uses best         The board of trustees governs within the Board of Trustees Framework ensuring:
governance                   •   wellbeing of its staff,                                                                              Ongoing
practices to ensure          •   approprite resourcing                                                              $0                                           All members
student progress and
                             •   continued motnitong of progress and achievement.
well being of staff and
children                                                                                                                          Twice per year
                             •   The board as an entity regularly reviews its performance

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Key Improvement Strategies (SEE BELOW FOR BASELINE DATA)

                                  3.0 Personnel                                      To support teachers and staff to undertake their positions in a professional and
                                                                                     effective manner
  Improvement Strategies                                  2018 Actions                                   Budget             Timeframe                Personal Responsibility

All staff are empowered as leaders of their own learning and practice maintaining a professional learning culture of self-responsibility,
Develop effective                                                                                    $4000 (TBC)          term 2 to term 2       Board
                              •   Principal appraisal - Action recommendations
leadership capacity,                                                                                 $0                   term 2 to term 2       Principal
                              •   Senior leaders appraisal
capability and
consistency across all                                                                               Release days x9                             Principal with maths
levels of leadership i.e.     •   Continue Maths PLD at leadership level and distribute              $8900                                       facilitator
BoT, principal, senior            leadership to syndicate level to all teachers (PLD yet to be
leadership, teachers.             confirmed)

Provide and embed                                                                                       MoE $4000               T 1-4
                              •   Accelerating Literacy Learning (ALLS) – 1teacher
professional learning                                                                                     $3000                 T1/2
                              •   Continue Maths PLD –3 new tchrs 3 days (Bina) 9x release
opportunities supporting
                                  days                                                                   $4150                terms 1/2                      Principal
teachers to enhance
effective practice and        •   Continue Innerfit PLD –all                                           Moe funded              terms 1
lead learning                 •   Oral Language (2 tchrs)                                              RTLB funded            terms 2/3
                              •   incredible years teachers                                                $0                    T1/2
                              •   ESOL for TA’s
Strengthen appraisal                                                                                  $1200 (4               Term 1 end                SL team, principal
                              •   Complete the 2018/2019 appraisal cycle
system linking Tataiako                                                                              leaders) + $1200
                              •   Establish professional and personal goals 2019/2020                release days           Term 1 April
                                                                                                                                                   Principal with all teachers
to the reviewed (2018)
standards for the
teaching profession

Mentor programmes             •   PCT’s and their mentor teachers to attend PLD with local PCT                                                      Mentor teachers, PCTs,
for:                                                                                                                             Terms 1-4                principals
                                  network.(Otago University)                                                $0
   •    2 PCTs                •   Mentor teachers to provide ongoing support and written
                                  progressive reports.

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Other 2019 Key Improvement Strategies to Achieve Strategic Vision
                                                                                                 To provide Governance and Leadership to support improved student
                                                                                                 outcomes
                         NAG 2 Self Review and Documentation
Actions                                                Who will lead?           Resourcing        When by                          Indicators of Progress

Implement the Board Governance Manual                  Boardchair                                Term 1-       Board Policy Framework has been reviewed and
                                                                                                 early T/ß2    implemented

Engage the Board in ongoing professional               Boardchair              NZSTA (free)      Ongoing as    2019 NZSTA series of professional development workshops
development and training                                                                         modules       completed by the board.
                                                                                                 arise.

Provide effective self- review of school policies      Boardchair              $1400             Cyclical      Review policies informing SchoolDocs of changes
   and procedures.                                                                               calendar      Policies and procedures have been reviewed in a timely and
                                                                                                               cyclical manner

MOE Reports: To review and provide direction           Boardchair                                1 March       The 2018 Analysis of Variance Report, Charter, Strategic and
with regards to NAG 7 and 8 reports                                                              2019          Annual Plan are submitted

Board Triennial Elections process completed            Boardchair              $900 approx       17 April      The new board is duly elected into office.
within the legal guidelines                                                                      2019

                                               Other 2019 Key Improvement Strategies to Achieve Strategic Vision
                                      Nag 4:2 Property                                            4.2 To ensure the 5YA/10YP funding is used to reflect the strategic
                                                                                                  direction of the school

Actions                                             Who will lead?           Resourcing         When by                          Indicators of Progress

     Manage and review the capital works                                    5YA remaining     Term 1            •   Library repaired and open for learning
     and maintenance initiatives outlined in                                $? awaiting
     the school’s 5YA /                             Martyn Hooper           confirmation of
     10 YPP.                                        (Property Manager       funds (MoE)       Awaiting          •   Refurbishing Durham Hall completed
                                                    liaison between                           confirmation      •   Autex Bock 1rooms (TBC 5YA)
                                                    school and MoE)                           from MoE
                                                    with the principal in
     Maintain an efficient building                 consultation with
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maintenance programme                        Board of Trustees                  April
                                                                                    Holidays
                                                                                                     •   Block 2 toilet paint-over
    Monitor and review the long term                                 $47400
    maintenance plan                                                                                 •   Painting Block 1 classrooms exterior ($11700 +gst)
                                                                                                     •   RTLB office facia (%620 +gst)
                                                                                    Ongoing
                                                                                                     •   Planning and rebuilding of the playgrounds to meet
                                                                                                         Health and Safety requirements – (Property Manager to
                                                                                                         undertake)

                                                                                                     •   Maintain an efficient building maintenance programme -
                                                                                                         painting of admin, blocks 3 and 4

                                                                                                     •   Monitor and review the long term maintenance plan
    Playground maintenance – top up              Property manager    $84000 (Lion   Term 2       Fundraising for Sand pit top up ($500); Shade for library deck
    sandpit, Seek funding though Lion                                Foundation)                 ($25000), pool, ($25000), sandpit ($33500)
    Foundation for shading: sandpit, pool,
    library
    TreeHut Playground Stage 1 designed          Property sub-       $12000         Mid term 4   Plans completed
    with building progress evident               Committee           (approx.)      2019         Playground complies with H&S and Playground Standards
                                                                                                 https://www.education.govt.nz/school/property/state-
                                                                                                 schools/school-facilities/playgrounds/
                                                                                                 Stage 1 started
                                              Other 2018 Key Improvement Strategies to Achieve Strategic Vision
Nag 4:1 Finance -                                                                                   •    Monitor and control expenditure.
To ensure funds are allocated to reflect and support the school’s strategic and operational         •    Ensure that annual accounts are prepared and audited.
plans
                                                                                                    •    Improve the financial position of the school.
Monthly reports are completed                Accountant Mary             $7500      Monthly          •   Monthly reports are prepared and discussed with the
showing income and expenditure               Shelley (Top Class)                                         accountant
current position.                            Principal                              Each board       •   Monthly reports are shared at board meetings and
                                             Board                                  mtg 2x per           ratified by the board.
                                                                                    term             •   Recommendations from Mary shared with the board
                                                                                                     •   Board recommendations acted upon
All financial audits completed           Auditor                         $8645      annually     All documentation is prepared and presented to the MoE
                                         Accountant Mary Shelley                                 approved auditors
                                         (Top Class), principal,
                                         principal’s PA

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Other 2018 Key Improvement Strategies to Achieve Strategic Vision
                                                                                   5.0 To ensure that health and safety systems and processes enable a
                                                                                   safe and happy environment for students to learn and play, for staff to
                              NAG 5 Health and Safety
                                                                                   work and families to participate in.

                  Actions                      Who will lead?      Resourcing            When                            Indicators of Progress

Complete Property Health and Safety audits    Principal with      $190 per month   As needed           Regular property meetings
                                              Property Manager
                                              and MoE / school                     Each board mtg      Property Report filed at each board meeting
                                              liaison Martyn
                                              Hooper Associates                                        Health and Safety meeting minutes are shared with all
                                                                                   Twice per term at   staff
                                                                                   least
 Carry out emergency evacuations i.e. fire,
 earthquake, lockdown, gas and chemical        Principal                           Each term           Emergency procedures reviewed and shared with all staff.
 leaks                                                                                                 Consultation with emergency services as required.

Health and Safety checks of the playground     Property                            Weekly
and building are carried out                   Manager
                                                                  $500             Annually            Boiler checks made – annual certificate

                                                                                   2x daily at least   Pool checks and maintenance – audit checklist available
                                                                                   while pool in use
Security systems maintained                    Property           $10000           Each term           Regular alarm monitoring completed ensuring smoke
                                               Manager                                                 alarms and fire alarms are checked.
                                                                                                       Any security incidents which require intervention i.e.
                                                                                                       police, fire, medical are reported to the board.

School cleaning meets health and safety        Property           $33500 (pa)      Ongoing             General report book available for concerns to be fed back
standards                                      Manager            ACE Cleaners                         General checks made by property manager
                                                                                   annual              Carpet clean
                                                                  $1200

Incident reports completed                     Principal                           As required         All notifiable incidents have been reported to WorkSafe
                                                                                                       NZ with recommendations followed

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