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Charter 2017 2019 - St Brendan's School
Charter
2017 – 2019
Charter 2017 2019 - St Brendan's School
St Brendan’s School Charter
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Strategic Plan
    The Strategic and Annual goals are organised under the three learning and change priorities, in colour below, as determined from community consultation and ongoing internal evaluation.

Productive Partnerships:                                  To have rich, connected relationships where ALL are valued and empowered with a clear, shared moral purpose.

Strategic Goals:                                                         Annual Goals: 2017                                        Annual Goals: 2018                                      Annual Goals: 2019

Catholic Character: ​Be a supportive community            To strengthen students’ spiritual and social             To determine how RE programmes will be                  To explore the new National RE curriculum.
where our faith and love of God is evident through        relationships, defining St Brendan’s “Steward.”          evaluated and reported to the Board with reference      To sustain learning centred partnerships with
the way we act and interact. As stewards of God’s         To strengthen communication and learning centred         to the affective domain and the Reciprocity Learning    members of our Maori, Pasifika, Asian communities
given gifts we all contribute to ‘make a difference’ in   relationships our Maori, Pasifika and Asian              Muscle.                                                 with ongoing support from their broader
our own lives and the lives of others. We will            communities, with support from Orongomai Marae,          To sustain learning centred partnerships with           communities.
nurture spiritual growth in both students and             a Mandarin Language Assistant and Mena                   members of our Maori, Pasifika, Asian communities
teachers through the teachings of Christ.                                                                                                                                  To continue to provide opportunities for our alumni
                                                          Aukuso.                                                  with ongoing support from their broader                 to connect, and support our school.
Community: ​Foster an understanding and                   For our alumni to connect and share their stories.       communities.
appreciation of cultural diversity within New                                                                      To develop a sister school relationship with a school
Zealand, with a particular emphasis given to Te Reo                                                                in Asia.
and Tikanga Maori, enhancing a sense of
ownership and belonging.                                                                                           To continue to provide opportunities for our alumni
                                                                                                                   to connect, and support our school.

Empowered Learners:                                       For students, teachers and parents to take responsibility for their learning, developing the attitudes, skills and strategies necessary, when faced with challenges.

Student Achievement                                       To develop effective literacy practices that             To explore how to achieve acceleration in reading       To build teacher capability in effective intervention
Nurture the physical, emotional and spiritual health      accelerate Literacy performance across the school.       and Mathematics.                                        practices that accelerate reading and maths
development of people who strive for personal             To implement student leadership programme.               To define the St Brendan’s “Adventurer.”                performance and develop school-wide coherence.
excellence, who are independent thinkers, are             For leadership to develop their understanding and        To revise the way we implement our Topic areas.         To revise our RE Curriculum.
adventurous, creative and innovative. People who          skills in Ensuring Quality Teaching.
are “navigators” of their own learning journey.                                                                    For students to serve their parish as part of their
                                                                                                                   leadership Passion projects.
Quality Teaching and Learning
                                                                                                                   For leadership to develop their understanding and
Have inspirational staff, who implement quality                                                                    skills in Ensuring an orderly and supportive
teaching and learning programmes, who set high                                                                     environment.
expectations and actively foster a climate of inquiry
and reflection.

Innovative 21st Century Learning                          For all learners to have access to innovative, well-resourced 21​st​ century learning environments.
Environments:

Leadership and Management:                                To provide a digital platform to support students in     To provide a digital platform to support students in    The Board will ensure the School’s Charter is
Through effective leadership and management,              planning, evaluating and communicating their             planning, evaluating and communicating their            student focused, communicated to the community,
provide a school environment that is a safe and           learning in literacy, phasing in BYOD in Y 5 & 6.        learning in mathematics.                                and is implemented and reviewed in accordance
stimulating place to learn, through the continual         To install picnic areas, adventure playground and        To alter rooms 8 and 9 so they form one open            with School Policy and appraise the principal.
improvement and sustainability of facilities,             install sliding doors and sinks into rM.s 4, 5 and 6a.   learning space.
resources and operations.                                  The Board will ensure the School’s Charter is           The Board will ensure the School’s Charter is
                                                          student focused, communicated to the community,          student focused, communicated to the community,
                                                          and are implemented and reviewed in accordance           and are implemented and reviewed in accordance

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with School Policy and appraise the principal.      with School Policy and appraise the principal.

                                                                             Student Achievement Targets 2017
    STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE               ANNUAL OBJECTIVE                      BASELINE DATA                                                                TARGETS:
W   For priority to be given to       To continue to raise the              In 2016 we were successful in moving all our current Year 4, 5, 6 and 8      Target Groups: ​ Students who are
R   Literacy and Numeracy with a      achievement of students not           students, bar one, who had performing well below to below.                   performing below or well below the
I   focus on continual improvement    achieving the Writing National                                                                                     National Standard and are:
T   of performance with particular    Standard, and to raise the                                                                                             ● In years 3-8.
I   emphasis placed on those          proportion of pupils performing         Writing      2014                 2015                      2016               ● Maori and Pasifika.
N   students who are Below            above the Writing National
G   National Standards and / or are   Standard, through the                   Current      WB       B           WB           B            WB       B     Target: ​ To accelerate the
    Gifted and Talented.              integration of reading and              Year                                                                       performance of those students in the
                                      writing.                                                                                                           target groups by 2 years, reducing
                                                                              Y4           0%       0%          0%           10%          0%       19%   the percentage of students
                                                                                                                                                         performing below the National
                                                                              Y5           0%       48%         5%           24%          0%       23%   Standard by 20%.

                                                                              Y6           6%       9%          3%           18%          0%       16%

                                                                              Y7           0%       13%         8%           26%          0%       21%

                                                                              Y8           3%       11%         8%           25%          3%       13%

                                                                              Maori        11%      11%         15%          15%          3%       31%

                                                                              Pasifika     0%       41%         4%           40%          0%       35%

                                                                              Male         8%       21%         2%           18%          7%       23%

R   For priority to be given to       To continue to raise the              We continue to have high reading performance on average across the school.   Target Groups: ​ Students who are
E   Literacy and Numeracy with a      achievement of students not           The Year 1 and 2 performance for reading however is odds with the rest of    performing below or well below the
A   focus on continual improvement    achieving the Reading National        the school performance and is likely to be impacting on low junior writing   National Standard who have been at
D   of performance with particular    Standard, and to raise the            performance also.                                                            school after 1 year and after 2 years.
I   emphasis placed on those          proportion of pupils performing
N   students who are Below            above the Reading National              Readin       2014                 2015                      2016           Target: ​ To accelerate the
G   National Standards and / or are   Standard, through the                   g                                                                          performance of those students in the
    Gifted and Talented.              identification and sharing of                                                                                      target groups by1 year, reducing the
                                      best practice when explicitly           Current      WB       B           WB           B            WB       B     percentage of students performing
                                      teaching Reading strategies.            Year                                                                       below the National Standard to 10%.

                                                                              Af 2 yrs     N/A      N/A         N/A          N/A          0%       43%

                                                                              Af 3 yrs     N/A      N/A         0%           48%          0%       26%

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M   For priority to be given to       For the majority of students to   Our students generally perform well in mathematics but the Year 5 and 8      Target Groups: ​ Students who are
A   Literacy and Numeracy with a      be performing above the           students had less students performing above compared to the other years      performing at the National Standard
T   focus on continual improvement    Mathematics National              where they averaged 30% above. Less girls are achieving above the national   who are:
H   of performance with particular    Standard, through the clear       standard compared with the boys.                                                 ● In years 5 and 8.
E   emphasis placed on those          communication of achievement                                                                                       ● Female
                                                                         Maths      2014                 2015                 2016
M   students who are Below            expectations and the required
A   National Standards and / or are   learning journey, supported by                                                                                 Target: ​ To accelerate the
T   Gifted and Talented.              the use of exemplars and the       Current    At        Ab         At         Ab        At         Ab          performance of those students in the
I                                     explicit teaching of Number        Year                                                                        target groups by 1 stage in maths to
C                                     Knowledge and Strategies.                                                                                      achieve 30% of students achieving
S                                                                        Y5         63%       23%        74%        13%       65%        12%         above the National Standard.

                                                                         Y8         75%       11%        67%        11%       81%        16%

                                                                         Female     67%       26%        74%        14%       70%        13%

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ANNUAL PLAN 2017

 LCN Priority -      Annual Objectives                                   Action                            Who        Costs      Due Date                      Expected Outcomes

                   To strengthen              Students will use their gifts, talents and treasures to     DRS &                  Term 1     RE programmes will attend to the development of the
                   students’ spiritual and    support communities challenged by natural                  Powerful                Ongoing    affective domain.
                   social relationships,      disasters and climate change.                              P. PLG:                            Students will know what their values are and how to
                                                                                                                         $0
                   defining St Brendan’s      For staff to participate in the following​ PLD​:          Alan Grant                          live by them, and resolve social issues when they
                   “Stewards.”                                                                                         $5,000
                                                   1. RE: The Affective Domain                             PLG                              arise.
                                                                                                                         $0
                                                   2. PLG: The Reciprocal Learning muscle               Celia Fleck                         NZCER Wellbeing Survey results will indicate
                                                   3. Play.Sport: The revision and integration of                                           improved wellbeing of students.
                                                                                                          Nadia
                                                        Health and PE programmes.                                       $0                  School bully survey will show an increased decline in
                                                                                                           Cann
                                                   4. PB4L: Restorative Practice Approaches                                                 incidences over the year.
                                                                                                        Principal &
                                              To revise the SBS Curriculum, under the                                                       Teachers, students and whanau will know what the
                                                                                                           DRS
                                              Missionary to reflect new learning.                                                           Reciprocal Learning Muscles are.
                                                                                                             “
                                              To revise our school report to include Catholic                                               Teachers will be able to apply Restorative
                                              character goals and evaluations related to the            Principal &
                                                                                                                                            approaches and lead Restorative conferences.
                                              affective domain.                                         PB4L team
                                                                                                                                            SBS curriculum is revised under the Missionary so
                                              To revise our BMS to include Restorative                   Principal
                                                                                                                                            that it outlines: the related learning principles,
Partnerships:                                 approaches and conferences.                                                                   cultural competencies, the reciprocity learning
  To have rich,                               To use the NZCER Me and My School and the                                                     muscle, the affective domain, and RE, Health and PE
    connected                                 School Bully surveys to monitor progress made.                                                programmes are amended.
  relationships
 where ALL are     To strengthen              To continue to plan, implement and review learning            AP        N/A        Term 1     Learning plans that have been informed and
   valued and      communication and          experiences with Maori and Pasifika students, their                                ongoing    evaluated by students, whanau and community.
   empowered       learning centred           whanau and communities to accelerate learning.                                                Rangatira from Orongomai marae has met with Maori
   with a clear,   relationships our Maori,   For Orongomai rangatira to meet regularly with staff                                          families and helped with key school events.
  shared moral     Pasifika and Asian         and Maori families to form relationships and support                                          Improved school attendance for some students.
     purpose.      communities, with          the use of Te Reo.
                   support from                                                                                                             Cultural experiences organised by various
                                              For staff to improve their use of Te Reo, including                                           representative groups within the school community.
                   Orongomai Marae, a
                                              Catholic karakia, under the advice and guidance of
                   Mandarin Language                                                                                                        Students and staff are integrating Te Reo daily into
                                              our Maori tutors.
                   Assistant and Mena                                                                                                       learning experiences across the curriculum.
                   Aukuso.                    To continue to enlist the guidance and support of
                                                                                                                                            Students and staff will know a variety of Catholic
                                              Meena and Malo to help us work with our Pasifika
                                                                                                                                            karakia.
                                              community to support our Pasifika students’
                                              learning and staff use of Pasifika language.                                                  Student cultural awareness of the Asian culture and
                                                                                                                                            language broadened (in accordance with the Asian
                                              To broaden our students experience of Asian
                                                                                                                                            Awareness Implementation plan).
                                              language and culture with the support and
                                              guidance of a Mandarin Language Assistant.

                   For our alumni to          Invite alumni from a decade to visit, socialise, share    Comm.                   Term 3      Alumni event is held, stories are recorded
                   connect and share          their stories (recorded electronically) and find out if   officer                             electronically and list of ways they are happy to
                   their stories.             they would like to support the school.                                                        support the school documented.

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LCN Priority -        Annual Objectives                                 Action                          Who        Costs   Due Date                      Expected Outcomes

                    To implement practices     To continue with the third stage of ALL PLD:            ALL        $8,000   Term 1     All staff:
                    that accelerate Literacy       ● Outlining to all staff what acceleration is in   & Emp,               ongoing         ● Understand what acceleration is in writing.
                    performance across                  writing and reading.                           PLG:                                ● Are applying strategies that successfully
                    the school.                                                                                                                  accelerate writers
                                                   ● Sharing and applying successful strategies
                                                        for accelerating writing.                                                          ● Using useful writing tools to support writing.
                                                                                                                                           ● Are interpreting e-asTTle data consistently
                                                   ● Sharing key tools teachers, students and                                                    across the school.
                                                        whanau can use to support writing across
                                                        the school.                                                                   Students are being accelerated in writing.
                                               To receive PLD in the interpretation of e-asTTle                                       Learner Licence developed for the Navigator.
                                               data to better evaluate and moderate writing.                                          Improved student achievement in reading in the junior
Empowered                                      To develop the Navigator part of the Learner                                           syndicate.
  Learners:                                    Licence as part of the Teacher only days at the                                        Internal evaluation for reading achievement outlining
 For students,                                 beginning of 2017.                                                                     the inquiry and the outcomes.
 teachers and                                  For the junior syndicate to conduct a syndicate         Junior
parents to take                                inquiry into reading achievement for all students on
                                                                                                      syndicate
 responsibility                                the After 1 year and After 2 year reporting cycle.
     for their
    learning,       To embed reflective
developing the      and resourceful
attitudes, skills   language and thinking
and strategies      to support writing.
  necessary,
  when faced
       with         To implement student       To provide leadership opportunities to students        Teachers    $0        Term 1    Class timetables are adjusted to allow time for the
  challenges.       leadership programme.      across the school as outlined in the Navigator                                         Navigator Leadership programme.
                                               Leadership programme and for this to be recorded                                       Students have opportunities to lead across the
                                               and celebrated.                                                                        school.
                                                                                                                                      Database maintained showing leadership assumed.

                    For leadership to          For teachers to be adaptive experts by using           Leaders     $7,000   Term 1     For teachers’ inquiries to show the application of new
                    develop their              purposeful inquiry and evidence to understand           Mark                ongoing    learning, regular reflection on data and other
                    understanding and          which approaches are most effective in accelerating    Sweeney                         information about the learner and the impact of their
                    skills in Ensuring         achievement in literacy.                                                               and student actions.
                    Quality Teaching.          For team leaders to be meeting regularly with their                                    Team leader / teacher coaching notes to reflect
                                               teachers to ensure the inquiry process is robust and                                   discussions around the impact of teacher, student
                                               responsive.                                                                            and other actions on student outcomes.

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LCN Priority -        Annual Objectives                                  Action                           Who        Costs      Due Date                    Expected Outcomes

                   To provide a digital        To train Upper Middle Syndicate teachers on the          Digi PLG:    $16,20      Term 1    Staff and students will be:
                   platform to support         management of use of 1-1 devices to enhance                             0–                       -   collaborating using Google Docs.
                   students in planning,       learning and flip classrooms.                                         capital                    -   Sharing evidence of learning using Hapara
                   evaluating and                                                                           “        assets
                                               To provide teachers with further PLD on the                                                          Workspace
                   communicating their         following digital tools to support student shifts                    (furnitur                   -   Sharing their learning journey using
                   learning in literacy,       from::                                                                 e and                         imovies, Seesaw and MUSAC Parent
                   phasing in BYOD in Y 5           ➔ being dependent, isolated learners to                           ICT)      Term 2-4            Portal.
                   & 6.                                  independent, collaborative learners using                                              -   Working independently consistent with
  Innovative                                             Google Docs.                                                                               their Navigator Learner licence.
 21st Century                                       ➔ monitoring their own learning to providing                                           BYOD in Middle and Senior syndicates.
   Learning                                              evidence of their learning / progress, using
Environment:                                                                                                                               Lockable storage is provided for chromebooks in
                                                         Hapara Workspace.
                                                    ➔ sharing their work to sharing their learning                                         Years 5 and 6.
For all learners
to have access                                           using iMovies, Seesaw and MUSAC
 to innovative,                                          Parent Portal.
well-resourced                                      ➔ work with increasing independence, as
  21​st​ century                                         outlined by their Navigator Learner
    learning                                             Licence.
 environments                                                                                           Principal                Term 1
                                               To allow Y3-8 students to bring the specified BYO
both within and                                Devices to school once the appropriate agreements
  outside the                                  and permissions have been signed by parents and
 school driven                                 to redistribute school owned chromebooks.                Principal                Term 1
   by current
                                               To purchase lockable cupboards for chromebooks
 pedagogy and
                                               in the after school care and the Year 5 and 6
   authentic
                                               classrooms.
   contexts.
                   To install picnic areas,    To upgrade the garden area on the field by               Principal   $10,00       Term 2    Garden area has park benches and picnic tables.
                   adventure playground        installing park benches and picnic tables.                             0                    Adventure playground installed.
                   and install sliding doors   To seek and approve quotes for sliding doors and                     capital
                   and sinks into rM.s 4, 5    sinks in rooms 4 - 6. Organise work for a holiday                    assets
                   and 6a.                     period. (This is with PTF raised funds)                              CAP -
                                               To seek support funding for adventure playground                      PTF
                                               and install. (From approved surplus expenditure)

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The Board will ensure     Strategic and Annual plan are developed and              BOT               Each term   Charter is developed and reviewed biannually
the School’s Charter is   reviewed biannually and include a variance report of   Principal                       accompanied by a Variance report of achievement
student focused,          student achievement against the National                                               against the National Standards.
communicated to the       Standards.                                                                             Principal will report to Board areas outlined on the
community, and are        The Self Review Policy and programme will outline                                      Board Report Planner.
implemented and           the review process and areas for review.                                               Staff will be appointed in accordance with
reviewed in accordance
with School Policy and    Principal will report to Board the attendance of                                       Personnel Policies and procedures and supported
                          pupils, truancy issues, stand-downs and                                                to be able to meet their performance requirements
appraise the principal.
                          suspensions and the actions the school is taking to                                    and those expectations outlined in the Charter.
                          improve attendance and reduce the other issues.                                        Principal is appraised annually.
                          Staff will be appointed in accordance with
                          Personnel Policies and procedures and provided
                          with the work environment and professional support     BOT chair
                          to be able to meet their performance requirements        Mark              Term 1
                          and the Strategic and annual plan objectives.          Sweeney             ongoing
                                                                                             $3000
                          Principal will be appraised annually.

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