Ruapotaka School Strategic Plan for 2021-2023
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Strategic Plan
2021-2023
for
Ruapotaka School
“Empowering Learners; Shape Our Future”
Ko Wai Tātou…
Ruapotaka School
“Empowering Learners; Shape Our Future”
Ruapotaka School caters for students from Year 0-8. We are located in the heart of East Auckland in Taratoa Street, in between Panmure
and Glen Innes. We are close to the Panmure Transport Hub with the Mighty Maungarei Mountain (Mt Wellington) as our beautiful
backdrop. We belong to the wider Tamaki community and are part of the Manaiakalani Kāhu Ako.
With a roll of approximately 108 students, 32% of which are identified as Maori and 63% Pasifika and 5% others, our school places great
emphasis on engaging our community, providing a warm, welcoming and inclusive environment and creating an atmosphere of
whanaungatanga. We are committed to meeting the needs of all our students in an inclusive and encouraging environment and open
door policy at all times.
Our community is undergoing change and development which has created a small roll. The Tamaki Regeneration Company (TRC) has
removed housing surrounding the school. They intend to replace the houses removed with three times more housing. Housing
development will have privately owned housing as well as social housing. This will eventually mean an increase in our roll.
We are a school that is committed to meeting the needs of all our students in an inclusive and encouraging environment and open door
policy to whanau at all times. Whanau connections are important and new whanau are encouraged to look around the school and be
a part of any events that happen throughout the year. Whanau are encouraged to visit classrooms throughout the term with open
mornings and afternoons. Parents are encouraged to volunteer in the school, within their child’s classroom as well as other areas of the
school.
We have many connections with our community and utilise opportunities from our local and extended community such as Kiwi Can, Kids
Can, Duffy Books, St Johns Rotary Club, Auckland Sport, Vero Whitewater Park, Toi Toi, Life Education, PWC (financial literacy), Auckland
Zoo, to enhance the learning opportunities for our learners.
There is a strong sense for all learners, including staff and whanau to be “Better than Before” in our learning, relationships, behaviours and
attitude. This has been a long standing “motto” of the school and is visible throughout the school spaces.
Our New Vision and Core Values: In 2020, our staff and Board of Trustees went through a review of our school vision. We are proud to now
have a new school vision and new core values that will guide us into the future.
New Vision: “Empowering Learners; Shape Our Future”
New Core Values: Respect, Resilience, Responsibility, Integrity
Respect Resilience Responsibility Integrity
For Self, Others and Environment Bounce Back and Move For our Words, Actions and Take Ownership
Forward Roles
• Think before we speak • Keep going even when • Meet deadlines • Owning up to our actions
• Look after our things seem tough • Doing the right thing as and words
environment • Ask for help the right time and in the • Walk our talk
• Be punctual • Stay focussed right place • Be a role model for others
• Use kind words and • Keep Calm • Follow the rules • Treat others the way you
actions • Aim for Better than Before • Apologising when we are want to be treated
• Dress appropriately • Apologise for our mistakes wrong • Show gratitude
• Use out manners • Take risks • Be punctual • Be honest
• Be welcoming and • Look after our resources • Do what you say you are
friendly and our school grounds going to do
• Speak kindly to each
other and about each
other
Strategic Plan for Ruapotaka School
“Empowering Learners; Shape Our Future”
Goal 1: Build learner agency to Goal 2: Our school is the school of Goal 3: Provide opportunities to
Goals accelerate learner achievement. choice for our community. grow leadership capability for all.
• Develop formative assessment • Increase visibility in the community • Develop a leadership programme for
practices by leveraging school signage, digital our school prefects
• Teachers collaborative inquiries into platforms, direct marketing • Develop a leadership pathway for
their practice • Increase participation in community staff and students
• Develop teacher capability in events and our school events for the • Establish monitoring and responsibility
Strategic curriculum content knowledge
•
community
Update the internal and external •
roles across the school
Develop leadership roles across the
Initiatives environment including resources and school
equipment
• Develop a transition programme with
local ECE
• Provide more opportunities to socially
interact with our community
• Form a parent group (PTA)
All learners are able to articulate Our school roll increases because our There are leaders in all areas of the
Success what they are learning, why they are school reputation is enhanced and school.
learning it and what their next steps our community see us as their school
are. of choice.
Respect Resilience Responsibility Integrity
For Self, Others and Bounce Back and Move For our Words, Actions and Take Ownership
Environment Forward Roles
3 Year Plan for Ruapotaka School
“Empowering Learners; Shape Our Future”
2021 2022 2023
• Employ DP for Learner Agency • Review and develop Learner Agency • Review Learner Agency practices in
Goal 1: /curriculum focus with student focus the school
• Develop & Implement Learner Agency • Redevelop assessment practices • Review teacher as Inquiry practices
Build learner
Programme with teacher focus • Increase teacher content knowledge in into student learning
agency to accelerate • Develop & implement teacher inquires Mathematics PLD • Review teacher inquiry model
learner achievement. linked to student learning needs • Redesign mathematics programmes • Review Mathematics programme
• Continue with Literacy PLD with LA with assessments
• Design a leaflet about our school to use • Increase amount of extracurricular • Review community view of school
as marketing tool activities in the school • Review Marketing practices
• Hold information evenings for new • Continue to update external • Invite local newspaper to school
Goal 2: families environment with garden events
Our school is the school • Enter more community events • Hold community social event • Review transition to school
of choice for our • Develop a transition programme with • Organise and hold cluster event programme
community. local ECE • Implement Prep to School Classes • Review impact of prep classes
• Develop a parent group to support the • Plan and implement open days and
school direction evening for new families to look around
our school
• Research and design leadership • Redesign the use of “monitors” in • Review leadership roles across
Goal 3: opportunities for our Prefects our school the school
Provide opportunities to • Create leadership pathway • Introduce school guides and other
grow leadership structure for staff roles for student leadership
capability for all. • Develop the role of Curriculum • Introduce specialist teacher to lead
leaders area in arts, tech or science
Respect Resilience Responsibility Integrity
For Self, Others and Bounce Back and Move For our Words, Actions and Take Ownership
Environment Forward Roles
Goal 1: Build learner agency to accelerate learner achievement.
Learner Success
Initiatives Develop formative assessment Teachers collaborative inquiries into Develop teacher capability in
practices their practice curriculum content knowledge
• Employ DP for Learner Agency • Develop an inquiry cycle for teachers. • Teachers participate in Writing
/curriculum focus • Share and model use of inquiry cycle. /Reading PLD.
• Develop & Implement Learner Agency • Introduce inquiry cycle to new staff • Teacher attend all TOD for
2021 Programme with teacher focus writing/reading.
and implement into their programme
• Develop & implement teacher inquires • Teachers working independently on • Teacher workshops twice
linked to student learning needs inquiry model for their inquiry
• Continue with Literacy PLD Teachers report on classroom data
based on Teacher as Inquiry model.
• Review current practices. • Review Learner Agency practices in • Teachers participate in Mathematics
• Classroom observations of new the school PLD.
teacher’s and those needing more • Review teacher as Inquiry practices • Teacher attend all TOD for
2022 support into student learning mathematics.
• 3 Staff PLD sessions each term on LA. • Review Mathematics programme with • Teacher workshops twice a term.
assessments
• Review Learner Agency practices in • Teachers use inquiry model. Review • Teacher attend all TOD for
2023 the school and develop Learner Agency with mathematics.
• Review teacher as Inquiry practices student focus • Teacher workshops twice a term
into student learning • Redevelop assessment practices • Continue with Mathematics PLD
• Review Mathematics programme with • Redesign mathematics programmes •
assessments with Learner Agency focus
•
• Student Data will increase positively. • Teachers inquire into their practice and • Content knowledge of teachers
• Teacher vocab relates to learner adapt their practice increase
agency. • Teachers strengthen understanding of • Classroom programmes are
Measures • Learners know what they are learning, interventions to support learners strengthened
why they are learning it and what their • Student achievement data
next steps are. increases
Goal 2: Our school is the school of choice for our community.
We are connected to our community.
Initiatives Increase visibility in the community by Increase participation in community Update the internal and external
leveraging school signage, digital events and school events environment including resources
platforms, direct marketing and equipment
• Design a marketing plan for the next • Enter community events for us to • Design and implement new
three years. participate in. playground.
• Purchase Digital Signage. • Increase school events for whanau to • Purchase desks and seating for Y7/8
2021 • Produce and display external art work. class
attend.
Develop relationship with local ECE. • Provide seating around school
grounds.
• Review and update marketing strategy. • Continue to enter community events for • Build a school vegetable garden.
• Cultural Groups perform outside of us to participate in. • Purchase Shade Canopy for court
school. • Increase school events for whanau to area.
2022
attend. • Provide seating around school trees.
• Introduce a Preschool Programme for 4
year olds.
• Review and update marketing strategy. • Plan and implement a Fiafia Evening • Review new classrooms with
2023 • Introduce a Preschool Programme for 4 resources.
year olds. • Review external environment.
• Increase school events for whanau to • Maintain gardens and introduce a
attend. worm farm.
• Our school is visible to our community • The amount of events the school is aprt • Our school is modern and spaces
• Our school roll is increasing of is increased are fit for purpose
• The amount of whanau who come into
Measures our school to support events is
increased
Goal 3: Provide opportunities to grow leadership capabilities for all.
Leadership Capability
Initiatives Develop a leadership programme Develop ways for staff and students to Establish monitoring and
for our prefects lead responsibility roles across the school
• Select teacher to lead prefects. • Design and implement the roles of the • Develop a system to support
• Design Leadership Programme for 2 new DPs. monitors and teachers.
2021 prefects. • Increase ways for learners to present to • Design expectations of monitors and
• Enter prefects into GRiP Leadership an audience. their teacher responsibilities.
Develop Curriculum Leader roles
• Review roles they currently do and • Selection of House Leaders. • Review current roles and reassign or
update. • Lunchtime sports for Juniors organised add new roles.
2022 • Develop more structure to by House Leaders. • Develop job applications for
Tukana/Teina relationships. • Curriculum Leaders provide more monitoring roles.
workshops for teachers • Students to apply for monitoring
roles.
• Continue to grow the leadership of our • Review current roles and reassign or • Increase mount of monitor roles to
prefects. add new roles. include digital, flag , photographer
2023 • Prefects to be school guides • Develop job applications for and mail monitors.
• Prefects and House Leaders make up monitoring roles. • Increase staff to support our monitors
Student Leadership Team. • Students to apply for monitoring roles. in their role.
• The amount of activities and events • Students and staff lead many • All learners have the opportunity to
our prefects lead is increased events/activities across the school lead durin their time at Ruapotaka
• Our prefects understand their • School
Measures leadership role • Leadership capabilities are
increased amongst all learners
2021 Annual Plan
Goal 1: Develop Learner Agency to accelerate Learner Achievement.
Learner Achievement.
Initiative 1.1 Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 Measure
Develop formative Plan an overview of the role Overview completed and shared
assessment practices of the learner agency with staff. Overview implemented.
leader.
Classroom observations of each teacher. Classroom practices beginning to
change.
4 Staff PLD sessions each term on LA. Teachers using vocab around
learner agency.
Resourcing Meeting times, paper work Reliever for releasing teachers Photocopy budget, meetings Reliever for releasing teachers
Initiative 1.2 Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 Measure
Teachers collaborative
Develop an inquiry cycle for Understanding of inquiry process
inquiries into their is used by teachers.
teachers.
practice Share and model use of inquiry Inquiry cycle is being used and
cycle. information collected.
Teachers inquire into their
Teachers use inquiry model. practice using vocab,
programme change,
observations.
Resourcing Photocopy budget Photocopy budget Staff / Team Meetings
Initiative 1.3 Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 Measure
Develop teacher
Teachers participate in Writing PLD. Writing data improves.
capability in curriculum
TOD for writing/reading. TOD for writing/reading. Student and teacher confidence
content knowledge in writing increases. Data
improves
Teacher workshops twice a term. Writing programmes changed.
Resourcing MoE Funding, Reliever Funding MoE Funding, Reliever Funding MoE Funding, Reliever Funding MoE Funding, Reliever Funding
Key: Learner Agency Leader (Michele) – Red; Principal – Green; PLD Facilitators – Purple; James – Orange;
Executive Officer – Navy Blue; Local Artist – Steel; Board of Trustees – Plum, Enviro Leader - Teal
2021 Annual Plan
Goal 2: Our school is the school of choice for our community.
We connect with our community.
Initiative 2.1 Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 Measure
Increase visibility in the Design a marketing strategy. Visibility is increased within the
community by community.
leveraging school Purchase Digital Signage. Beginning of term 2, 2021. Community keeps updated of
events.
signage, digital
Produce and display external art work. School cultures are represented in
platforms, direct our external artwork.
marketing
Resourcing $28,000.00 digital sign Creatives NZ funding $10,000 Artist and teachers
Initiative 2.2 Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 Measure
Increase participation
Enter community events for us to participate in. Increase in the amount of events
in community events the school participates in over the
and increase school year.
events for community Increase school events for whanau to attend. Number of times whanau attend
school events.
to participate in.
Develop relationship with local Number of students coming from
ECE. local ECE increases.
Resourcing Photocopying, entry forms, Photocopying, entry forms, Photocopying, entry forms, Photocopying, entry forms,
costumes practises costumes practises, advertising costumes practises, advertising costumes practises, adv ertising
Initiative 2.3 Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 Measure
Update the internal and
Design and implement new Playground completed and an
external environment playground. increase in the amount of
including resources and students using the playground.
equipment Build a school vegetable garden. Amount of whanau knowing and
helping with garden
maintenance.
Provide seating around school grounds. Amount of seats around the
school being used during school
events by whanau and students.
Resourcing Board Funded $200,000 budget Enviro teacher and St Johns Board Funded $5,000.00
Rotary
Key: Learner Agency Leader (Michele) – Red; Principal – Green; PLD Facilitators – Purple; James – Orange
Executive Officer – Navy Blue; Local Artist – Steel; Board of Trustees – Plum, Enviro Leader - Teal2021 Annual Plan
Goal 3: Provide leadership opportunities to grow leadership capabilities for all.
Leadership Capability.
Initiative 3.1 Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 Measure
Develop a leadership Select teacher to lead prefects. End of term 2, 2021. The amount of meetings the
programme for our prefect have with Teacher
prefects /Leader.
Design Leadership Programme for prefects. The amount of events the
prefects are leading across the
school.
Resourcing Meeting times. Set Budget Meetings, exercise books and Grip Leadership course $200.00
$500.00 for year. resources.
Initiative 3.2 Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 Measure
Develop ways for staff
Design and implement the roles Deputy Principals have clarity
and students to lead of the 2 new DPs. of roles.
Increase ways for learners to present to an audience. Amount of students and staff
presenting will have increased.
Increase staff who provide workshops. Amount of times staff have led
workshops.
Resourcing Release teachers for meetings, photocopying, digital applications
Initiative 3.3 Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 Measure
Establish monitoring
Develop a system to support monitors and teachers. All staff have clarity of roles and
and responsibility roles expectations of monitors.
across the school Design expectations of monitors and their teacher responsibilities. The amount of monitors are
increased.
Resourcing Time for meetings. Release Time for meetings. Release Time for meetings. Release Time for meetings. Release
teacher teacher teacher teacher
Key: Learner Agency Leader (Michele) – Red; Principal – Green; PLD Facilitators – Purple; James – Orange
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