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School Charter
Strategic and Annual Plan
for
Sancta Maria Catholic
Primary School
2021 - 2024
Endorsement Principal: Gina Benade Date: 23 February 2021
Endorsement Board of Trustees: Mario Barbafiera Date: 23 February 2021
Submission Date to Ministry of Education: 1 March 2021
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Sancta Maria Catholic Primary School
" God can bring peace to your past, purpose to your present and hope to your future." J ohn 14:27
Our Vision:
Students growing Catholic faith in their hearts, minds and actions, and who are
confident, connected, collaborative and critically discerning.
Our Mission:
With Mary as our model, we are committed to creating a responsive, innovative and inspiring
Catholic education of excellence.
Our Mary Values: Commitment to growing in faith Our Principles:
in Christ Jesus needs,
❖ Full of Grace home, parish and schools - High expectations - culture of collaboration and excellence
❖ Obedient - Treaty of Waitangi - partnership, protection, participation
❖ Faithful - Cultural Diversity - i ntegrated and celebrated
❖ Compassionate - Inclusion - connected, nurtured and valued
❖ Thoughtful - Learning to learn - explore, discern, reflect and act
❖ Hopeful - Community engagement - active partnership
- All -
❖ Contented working together - Coherence - connections, transitions and pathways
❖ Determined - Future focus - embrace learning for and about the future
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Walking with Mary, as our guide into a life with Jesus
we are:
Full of Grace + Compassionate + Faithful + Thoughtful + Obedient + Contented + Determined + Hopeful
We are full of grace We are obedient when We are faithful when we We are compassionate
when we show: we show: show: when we show:
❖ Patience ❖ Responsibility ❖ Unity ❖ Love
❖ Humility ❖ Confidence ❖ Loyalty ❖ Kindness
❖ Gentleness ❖ Truthfulness ❖ Trust ❖ Forgiveness
We are thoughtful We are hopeful when we We are contented when we We are determined when we
when we show: show: show: show:
❖ Consideration ❖ Justice ❖ Joyfulness ❖ Courage
❖ Understanding ❖ Respect ❖ Thankfulness ❖ Self-discipline
❖ Courtesy ❖ Generosity ❖ Friendliness ❖ Perseverance
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Sancta Maria Catholic Primary School
will reflect:
The unique Position of Māori New Zealand’s Cultural
Culture by Diversity
▪ Developing an awareness of Tikanga ▪ All cultures within the school will be
Māori and Te Reo Māori valued and treated with dignity
▪ Providing the means of fostering better ▪ Quality teaching will respect and
cultural understanding consistent with affirm cultural identity and optimise
the Treaty of Waitangi educational opportunities for each
▪ Providing regular consultation with the child
Māori families to discover the views and ▪ Staff members will ensure that a
concerns of the Māori community non-racist school culture and ethos
▪ Drawing on the knowledge and is upheld
expertise of our two Maori teachers ▪ The teaching staff and Board will
reflect the diversity of our school
What reasonable steps will the school take to incorporate tikanga Māori (Māori culture and protocol) into the school’s curriculum?
Classrooms and school celebrations will reflect Māori culture through signage, waiata and greetings, appropriate to the class programme or
school event and the level of the students.
Curriculum planning will include a Māori perspective, incorporating Tikanga Māori and Te Reo Māori, as appropriate to the learning concept.
All classes will have the opportunity to visit the Matariki Marae in Howick. Teachers will have a staff meeting at the marae prior to the visits.
What will the school do to provide instruction in te reo Māori for full time students whose parents ask for it?
All such requests will be given full and careful consideration by the Board of Trustees with regard to personnel with the requisite skills and
qualifications, the overall school financial position, and the availability of accommodation within the school.
The school will provide te reo Māori instruction through the Te Aho Arataki Marau mo` te Ako i Te Reo Māori Curriculum and support material on
http://tereoMāori.tki.org.nz , and make use of the new Kauwhata Reo website
Teachers and students will be supported and guided by our Maori Lead Teacher and her Team.
Teachers are encouraged to register for the online Te Reo course.
What steps will be taken to discover the views and concerns of the school’s Māori community?
The Board of Trustees will consult with the Māori families in the development of the Strategic Plan.
The Board of Trustees will provide funding to support classroom and Kapa Haka initiatives.
The Ka Hikitia - managing success for Māori document will be used to inform decisions and practice.
The updated Ka Hikitia – Accelerating Success 2013 -2017 will support and guide action so that Māori students can enjoy and achieve education
success as Māori. Phase 3 and Beyond: Ka Hikitia 2018-2022 we will focus on realising Mãori potential. The Board of Trustees will make use of
the Hautū - Māori cultural responsiveness self-review tool for boards of trustees.
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Student Learning Charter
Sancta Maria Catholic Primary School Learners are growing as faithful, capable life-long learners who are
striving for excellence.
A faithful, capable life-long learner at Sancta Maria Catholic Primary School
➢ Wants to learn in and outside school - independent and ubiquitous learners
➢ Learns things anytime, anywhere and talks about their thinking
➢ Asks questions to find out more
➢ Always try our best and never give up
➢ Trusts in God and serves others by living our Mary Values
A nurturing teacher at Sancta Maria Catholic Primary School
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➢ Is fair and manages a safe, peaceful and caring learning environment
➢ Builds positive, helpful relationships with all students
➢ Lets us struggle until we discover for ourselves
➢ Is wise, understands the world and has good general knowledge
➢ Encourages us and models the Mary Values through their actions
Caring parents and whanau at Sancta Maria Catholic Primary School support our learning by
➢ Making time to support us with our learning
➢ Letting us struggle to learn from our mistakes (trust us)
➢ Making sure we have the right equipment to support our learning
➢ Supporting us to live our faith and providing opportunities to encounter Christ in different ways
Developed by a cross section of our student community. A group of senior students collated the information gathered, looked at our old Student Charter and
reviewed to reflect student learning in our school today. February 2019
5Baseline Data and School Context
Students’ Curriculum Expectation in Reading
Learning Students Year Well Below At Above
By the end of 2015: 89 % at or above in Reading
below
11% below - 36 students reading below All 2018 (397) 3 (1%) 25 (6%) 292 (74%) 77 (19%)
Maori 2018 (18) 1 (6%) 2 (11%) 9 (50%) 6 (33%)
By the end of 2016: 85 % at or above in Reading
Pasifika 2018 (83) 2 (2%) 5 (6%) 70 (85%) 6 (7%)
15% below - 57 students reading below
All 2019 (379) 7 (2%) 31 (8%) 286 (75%) 55 (15%)
Maori 2019 (16) 2 (13%) 2 (13%) 10 (62%) 2 (12%)
By the end of 2017: 92 % a
t or above in Reading
Pasifika 2019 (76) 3 (4%) 6 (8%) 59 (78%) 8 (10%)
8% below - 32 students reading below
All 2020 (372) 15 (4%) 50 (13%) 277 (74%) 30 (8%)
By the end of 2018: 93 % at or above in Reading Maori 2020 (11) 2 (18%) 1 (9%) 7 (64%) 1 (9%)
7% below - 27 students reading below Pasifika 2020 (75) 8 (11%) 16 (21%) 49 (65%) 2 (3%)
By the end of 2019: 90 % at or above in Reading 2020 Well Below At Above Total
Below Number
10% below - 38 students reading below
Year 1 0 22 (42%) 31 (58%) 0 53
Year 2 4 (6%) 6 (10%) 52 (83%) 1 (2%) 63
By the end of 2020: 8
2 % at or above in Reading
Year 3 3 (5%) 2 (3%) 49 (83%) 5 (8%) 59
17% below - 65 students reading below
Year 4 5 (8%) 6 (10%) 48 (77%) 3 (5%) 62
Year 5 2 (3%) 2 (3%) 52 (83%) 7 (11%) 69
Year 6 2 (3%) 12 (17%) 44 (61%) 14 (19%) 72
6Student Attendance rate for 2020 - 93.5% Justified Absences - 4.3 and Unjustified Absences - 2.1
Engagement Comparative data: Attendance rate for 2019 - 92.3%, Attendance rate for 2018 - 92.8%, Attendance rate for 2017 - 92.2%,
Attendance rate for 2016 - 94.6%, Attendance rate for 2015 – 94.1%,
Attendance rate per Gender 2020 – Female – 92.9% Male – 94.0%
Highest Year Level Attendance rate – Year 3 – 93.9%
Lowest Year Level Attendance rate – Year 1 – 92.4%
Ethnicity Group rate – NZ Māori – 91.9%
Ethnicity Group rate – Pasifika – 92.3%
Our school has a very high percentage of immigrant students, resulting in many going overseas to visit extended family and this often
is during school learning time. During 2020 travel overseas dropped significantly due to Covid-19, however, many families were
cautious and some chose to keep students at home for longer periods of time.
Students are contented and engaged in their learning.
Review of Consultation process : The Board of Trustees of Sancta Maria Catholic Primary School conducted a full strategic planning
Charter and review during 2020. The staff, students, board and school community, including the Māori and Pasifika families were consulted. This
Consultation Charter reflects the priorities identified by staff, parents, whanau and our community and guides our future strategic direction.
During 2020 a Community Cultural Evening was held to give the opportunity of coming together to share in ethnicity groups and
make suggestions for future improvements. The Board of Trustees worked with a consultant to collate the information gathered and
to formulate five Strategic Goals to guide us through the next four years.
Our community Health & PE consultation will take place in 2021 to support and inform our teaching and learning concepts.
Our annual Special Character review and consultation will continue in Term 1 & 2 involving our whole school community and the
actions identified.
7Strategic Plan 2021 – 2023
Strategic Goals Core Strategies for Achieving Goals
2021 2022 2023 2024
Catholic Faith 1. Provide authentic opportunities that will ● Building on knowledge of RE and Catholic traditions we will deepen and
foster and nurture spiritual growth. strengthen spiritual growth to actively live out our faith with God/Mary as
our guide/model.
Building 2. Strengthen and sustain capability so that ● Teachers participate in a professional growth cycle through a coaching
Agency teaching and learning is enhanced. culture to support reflective practice, leading to self directed professional
learning.
● Create and consolidate a shared understanding of student agency to grow
learner capabilities.
Future Focus 3. Design concept learning through a
localised curriculum so that students ● Continue to develop a future focused localised curriculum that connects to
become critical, confident and connected our wider world that enables students to actively transfer their learning into
learners able to engage in a rapidly changing life situations.
world.
Connectedness 4. Strengthen the partnerships within our ● Actively engage in our Kāhui Ako workstream projects to collaboratively
South East Christian Kāhui Ako to empower meet the student achievement challenge/s.
all teachers to grow professionally.
● Creating opportunities for teachers to engage in the new learning to affect
teaching and learning practices.
Cultural 5. Embrace and strengthen cultural efficacy ● Actively work together to embed tikanga in our school through providing
Efficacy in order to live our shared Catholic faith. opportunities to embrace and celebrate who we are.
● Grow and strengthen mana across our community as we strive towards
excellence.
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Annual School Improvement Plan - 2021
Special Character - Catholic Faith
Strategic Goal 1: Provide authentic opportunities that will foster and nurture spiritual growth.
Annual Goals Action Actual Result
Building on knowledge of RE and ● Teachers & leaders to complete the RE TH 501 paper - What Catholics Believe
Catholic traditions we will deepen and ● Teachers begin to familiarise themselves with the new RE Curriculum
strengthen spiritual growth to actively ● New church on our campus will create opportunities for authentic teaching & learning
experiences
live out our faith with God/Mary as our
● Join in and be part of the Official Opening of our new St Luke’s Catholic Church
guide/model. ● Plan three parish/school Masses in 2021
● Increase our school wide meditation to twice a week
● Complete review of how effectively our school provides a hope-filled Catholic Christian
witness which empowers its community members to integrate their faith and their life
Special Character Review 2020 – Dimension 3: Christian Witness / Te Whakaatu Karaitiana - How effectively does the school provide a hope-filled Catholic Christian witness
which empowers its community members to integrate their faith and their life?
Goals developed in response to the 2020 Christian Witness review: RE Goals for 2020
● Complete the annual Special Character review by the end of Term 2
● Identify two goals that will fall out of the review process
● Work on these goals in Term 3 and 4
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Building Agency
Strategic Goal 2: Strengthen and sustain capability so that teaching and learning is enhanced.
Baseline Data: Agreed next steps are:
● embed and deepen ‘student agency’ ensuring children are equipped to lead and manage their learning
● continue to develop professional coaching and the role of the recently introduced ‘learning leaders’ to strengthen effective teaching and learning." - ERO Report 2017 through our Professional Growth Cycle
Annual Goals Action Actual Result
Teachers participate ● Develop a shared understanding and collaboratively create our school Professional Growth Cycle All teachers, leaders & Learning Assistants
in a professional ● Teachers take responsibility for action, support & evidence of professional growth attended the Structured Literacy TOD
growth cycle through a ● Develop a shared understanding & pedagogy of diagnostic, explicit & systematic teaching of facilitated by Sarah Stock to gain an
evidence-based structured literacy introductory shared understanding of this
coaching culture to
● Sarah Stock, Learning Matters facilitator to lead & guide teachers and leaders PLD sessions new approach to teaching reading & writing
support reflective ● Facilitator in class support of teachers and Learning Assistants - modelling, co-teaching and observations - 5/2
practice, leading to ● Grow the DPs & Principal capability to lead and sustain the new structured literacy approach 3x Staff meeting times set aside in Term 1
self directed ● All teachers and leaders have access to the iDeal learning online platform for professional readings, for teachers to work through the iDeal online
professional learning. videos & online training sessions modules collaboratively
● Access resources & assessments on iDeal for teaching & learning in classrooms
● Purchase decodable reading resources
● PaCT Writing centrally funded PLD - facilitator Nadine Sorrenson to continue building teacher
understanding and confidence in making accurate judgements using the Learning Progression Framework
into the Progress and Consistency Tool
● Teachers are invited to take up professional learning opportunities in Te Reo
Create and ● Continue to develop a shared understanding across the school of how to deliberately grow students’ inner
consolidate a shared desire to want to learn - Learner Agency
understanding of ● Increase teachers' understanding of student intrinsic motivation and learning environments that influence
student motivation through: Attitude & awareness, Interest, relevance & curiosity, Value, Self-concept,
student agency to
Self-efficacy and Goal setting & goal reaching ( D
r Alison Davis paper)
grow learner ● These six facets of learner agency to underpin classroom practice supported by Learning Leaders through
capabilities. coaching, mentoring and ‘walks & talks’ (Dr Lyn Sharett)
● Actively participate in the South East Christian Kāhui Ako collaborative inquiries & work streams
● Learning Maps attached to our vision of students growing faith in their hearts, minds & actions
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Future Focus
Strategic Goal 3: Design concept learning through a localised curriculum so that students become critical, confident and
connected learners able to engage in a rapidly changing world.
Baseline Data:
The 2017 ERO review report stated that “A broad, responsive, and connected curriculum effectively builds on children’s interests. This collaboratively developed curriculum is increasingly promoting ownership
by children of their own learning. There are very clear and coherent systems to guide teachers’ effective planning and delivery of the curriculum, and for children to focus on and engage in learning”. Sancta
Maria Catholic Primary School has focused on implementing a more student-centred curriculum. Our curriculum continuously evolves in response to learners’ needs and strengths. It builds on the school’s
culturally responsive and inclusive environment that supports diversity and promotes student engagement and participation in learning. We would like to continue to strengthen and enhance our future focused
connected curriculum.
Annual Goals Action Actual Result
Continue to develop a ● Continue to develop our responsive, connected localised curriculum supported by Chic Foote - Helix
future focused localised Consulting
curriculum that connects ● Core Curriculum Team Days facilitated by Chic Foote - Core Curriculum Team – 5 Learning Leaders,
DRS, DPs & Principal
to our wider world that
● Chic to work with Learning Communities to develop authentic learning experiences
enables students to ● Chic to connect with DP of curriculum regularly to upskill Kara into leading our curriculum mapping
actively transfer their process
learning into life ● New Teachers supported by Kara & LL into Curriculum Mapping
situations. ● Continue to develop a localised curriculum so that students feel connected to the learning in an
authentic way
● Continue building teacher capability - Te Reo and Tikanga Maori - keep making it visible in the
maps
● Gather baseline data on student knowledge & understanding of Te Reo - PAT Te reo assessment
Year 6 students - inform future next steps
● Focus on developing Key Competencies further - using our SMCPS Curriculum Rubrics
● Deliberately integrate digital technologies into our curriculum mapping
● Appoint a DTc Coordinator to lead the embedding of digital technologies school wide
● Continue to work with the Enviro Schools programme
● Continue to grow our partnership with local iwi
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Connectedness
Strategic Goal 4: Strengthen the partnerships within our South East Christian Kāhui Ako to empower all teachers to grow
professionally.
Baseline Data: Sancta Maria Catholic Primary School is part of the South East Christian Kāhui Ako. We are working with five other schools to further enhance and strengthen students’ learning
pathways and achievement. Our South East Christian Kāhui Ako is a faith based community of learning, involved are: Sancta Maria College, Sancta Maria Catholic Primary School, St Mark’s Catholic School,
Our Lady Star of the Sea, Elim Christian School and Kingsgate Christian School. Our motto is ‘Forward in Faith Together’ and underpins all we do. Our involvement in the Eastern Learning Network (ELN) will
continue this year with the Middle Leaders and Senior Leadership continuing to focus on developing communities of learning and coaching skills to support effective practice and action research.
Annual Goals Action Actual Result
Actively engage in our Kāhui Ako ● Appoint 2 Within School Teachers who will connect with Across School Teachers
workstream projects to collaboratively and drive the selected work streams within our school
meet the student achievement ● Five Kāhui Ako work streams - Learning Through Play, Pacific Learners, Growing
Teacher Capability through Literacy, Measuring Impact and Cultural Narrative
challenge/s.
● Principal and Leaders to continue to work actively with our Kāhui Ako schools and
leaders
Creating opportunities for teachers to ● Continue to be an active part of the Eastern Learning Network (ELN) facilitated by
engage in the new learning to affect Maggie Ogram (Osprey Consulting), Dr Howard Youngs & Mark Osborne
teaching and learning practices. ● Developing collaboration across and between schools to grow leadership capabilities
and practice to improve learning & teaching
● Access to the ELN website resources and tools for collaboration across the network
● Build upon the learning of previous years
● Collaborative inquiry to grow & support middle leadership
● Bridging the gap between theory & practice
● Platform for cross Kāhui Ako connections and sharing
● All Senior & Middle Leaders to attend ELN sessions
● Collaborative teacher inquiries school wide focused on raising student achievement
in reading - What impact will the Structured Literacy approach have on
supporting and accelerating reading achievement?
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Cultural Efficacy
Strategic Goal 5: Embrace and strengthen cultural efficacy in order to live our shared Catholic faith.
Baseline Data: Over the last ten years as a new school our Board of Trustees and staff have focused on building a strong school community with a focus on the
home / school and parish links. We are a diverse ethnic Catholic community and continuous strengthening of this partnership requires mutual cooperation and
responsibility. Our specific goal is to embrace and strengthen cultural efficacy in order to live our shared Catholic faith.
Annual Goals Action Actual Result / Annual Report
Actively work together to embed tikanga ● Curriculum 'Bringing the cultural worlds into the classroom'
in our school through providing ● Incorporate cultural awareness & tikanga into our Learning
opportunities to embrace and celebrate Concepts
who we are. ● Provide practical opportunities for all students to be proud and
share their language and culture through cultural groups, special
events and school festivals that celebrate cultural difference
● Two teachers undertaking the TESSOL paper & to share new
learning with teachers
Grow and strengthen mana across our ● Shoulder tap a lead in each cultural community to help
community as we strive towards organise a meet and greet for each cultural group
excellence. ● Provide opportunities for cultural groups to connect regularly
growing confidence & understanding leading to active
involvement in our school community
● Ask what way can we meet as a group
● Group chooses a lead to meet with SLT on a regular basis
● Appoint a Cultural Efficacy Coordinator lead teacher to build
cultural efficacy and awareness across our school and
community - active connector & liaison person
●
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How can we develop the collective efficacy of teachers to raise student outcomes through the development of learner agency?
As a school we have identified our Maori and Pacific students tracking below and well below expectation in reading. We have also identified other students operating below
and well below at the end of 2020 in reading. Using the cycle of inquiry, teachers will decide on a focus area and a plan of action using the Structured Literacy Approach to
raise student engagement and achievement.
Strategic Goal 2: Strengthen and sustain capability so that teaching and learning is enhanced.
Building Agency
Strategic Goal 3: Design concept learning through a localised curriculum so that students become critical, confident and
Future Focus connected learners able to engage in a rapidly changing world.
Domain Annual Target Actual Result
Literacy - Annual Objectives:
Reading
65 students have been identified as being at risk of not meeting the expected Curriculum Level in reading at
the end of 2020.
The objectives are:
● The 22 Year 2 students identified reading below expectation will make accelerated progress
towards achieving at the end of Curriculum Level 1 by the end 2021.
● The 10 Year 3 students identified as reading below expectation will make accelerated progress
towards achieving at Curriculum Level 2 by the end of 2021.
● The 5 Year 4 students identified as reading below expectation will make accelerated progress
towards achieving at the end of Curriculum Level 2 by the end of 2021.
● The 11 Year 5 students identified as reading below expectation will make accelerated progress
towards achieving at Curriculum Level 3 by the end of 2021.
● The 4 Year 6 students identified as reading below expectation will make accelerated progress
towards achieving at the end of Curriculum Level 3 by the end of 2021.
15Annual Target Actual Result
Kāhui Ako Across the South East Christian Kāhui Ako we aim to achieve a 3.3% annual
shift in the Year 1-8 student achievement in Writing from below to operating at
Achievement expectation. This will link closely to our school focus on lifting the Writing
Challenge 1: achievement.
Writing Year 1-8 Within the Kāhui Ako overall goal of shifting students in Writing there are
subgoals with a collective focus on shifting our Maori (13.7%) and Pacific
Learners (10.6%), and on our boys (11.4%) in Writing by the end of 2021.
Kāhui Ako Baseline Data:
At the end of 2019 - Kāhui Ako data showed an overall shift of 3.2% for our Year
1-8 students in writing.
At the end of 2019 - Kāhui Ako Year 1-8 data showed the following shifts:
Maori a 12.2% shift, Pacific students a 0.2% shift, and boys a 4.9% shift.
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