EDUCATION & CHILDREN’S SERVICES
IMPROVEMENT PLAN 2015 - 2016
FOR
Crudie Primary School
Aberdeenshire Council Education & Children’s Services
“Our vision is for an Aberdeenshire in which everyone is able to develop the skills and confidence needed for learning, life and work.”
Crudie Primary School
At Crudie Primary School we inspire every child to reach their full potential academically, emotionally and physically. Working together to create confident and responsible citizens ready to embrace future challenges.
In Crudie Primary School our vision is the driving force behind all our improvement activity.
Education & Children’s Service’s Quality Improvement Framework, is the overarching strategic management tool which directs and supports school improvement in establishments across Aberdeenshire. At the heart of the framework is the belief that self evaluation in each school drives improvement and all improvement is aimed at delivering positive outcomes for children and young people.
“Self evaluation is a reflective, professional process through which schools get to know themselves well…Improvement Planning builds on that self knowledge by involving us in understanding and valuing the best of that which already exists, deciding how good we can really be, and identifying the best way forward. The Journey to Excellence Part 4: Planning for Excellence, HMIe, 2007
Self-evaluation is an on-going process and involves all stakeholders, including our pupils. It is reported annually to parents/carers in our Standards and Quality Report.
Education & Children’s Service Improvement Cycle
Self evaluation to find out where you have to go
Review/ Identify Re-affirm vision priorities and specify outcomes Self evaluation to Self evaluation to ensure determine impact stakeholders commitment Check to ensure impact Take action
Self evaluation to monitor and determine progress
The priorities for improvement contained in the Improvement Plan for 2014 – 15 reflect this process and the priorities identified locally and nationally.
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Improvement Priority No. 1 Partnerships. Intended Outcome (s) / Impact Actions / Lead member of staff Timescales To plan for regular Parent Council meetings. August 2015 To further develop a strong supportive Parent Council. To develop a core group of members of the Parent Council to include a Councillor from Ward and a Community Representative. September 2015 To gain support and guidance from SPTC.
To maintain regular contact with Parents. Open invitation to Parents to attend Assemblies. October 2015 then Jotters home every month for Parent comment. on-going throughout Monthly Newsletter. the year. Termly workshop for parents based on aspect of the Learning/Curriculum. On-going throughout Parent Meetings and Summative Pupil Reports. the year. Record informal meetings in Communication Logs kept in classrooms. After school club letters to tell parents what they have been learning. To further develop links with the Crudie Community to On-going throughout support the school being the heart of the Community. Community café on a termly basis. the year. Community Support with outdoor learning – Crudie Community Garden Committee. Community support with topic work. Community support with school groups. On-going throughout To further develop links with Turriff Academy the year. ‘Food for Thought’ initiative led by Turriff Academy. How will you measure success? At every partnership event the school will collect evaluative data. The data will be discussed at Staff Meetings and decisions made to adapt for School Improvement.
Progress Check / Comments / Next Steps Date: November 2015
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Improvement Priority No. 2 GIRFEC Intended Outcome Actions Timescales To maintain and develop Pupil Profile for each learner. Assess current pupil profiles. Adapt Pupil Profiles to ensure sustainability and manageability. Look at profiling carried out in other Aug – Oct 2015 schools and adopt/adapt an idea that would suit our situation. Nov 2015 – Feb 2016 Training in use of OneNote for staff. Pupils to learn how to use OneNote.
To develop ‘Learning Statement’ for each learner. Liaise with Turriff Academy to see how Pupil Profiles are carried on October 2015 in the secondary school. Discuss what should be included in a May 2016 Learning Statement. Define criteria for learning statement. Support all Learners to create their own learning statements.
Open afternoon for pupils to share successes and discuss learning Linking to partnerships Improvement Plan with parents. Parents to add to their child’s Learning Statements. March/April 2016 Pupils from Turriff and Banff Academys to come to Crudie Primary School to share his/her profile.
Ensure staff are up to date on new multi-agency planning formats. On-going throughout Maintain partnerships with supporting agencies. Monitoring and tracking School Review Meetings, Action Points and the year. IEPs for individual learners and their families. How will you measure success? Pupil Profiles are kept up to date showing that format is manageable and sustainable. Discussion with staff on progress and usage during January and June. Feedback from parents after they see their child’s learning statement. Feedback from Turriff Academy on Pupil Profiles sent up with this year’s P7s. Use feedback to adapt format/content for next session. Progress Check / Comments / Next Steps Date: November 2015
Date May 2016
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Improvement Priority No. 3 Writing Intended Outcome Actions Timescales Raise pupil awareness of their own writing abilities AifL techniques to give pupils constructive feedback on how Ongoing and what they need to do to improve. they can improve. Peer and self-assessment to get children to look critically at their own and others work. Use of Star Writers to highlight good examples and celebrate success.
Raise staff confidence in monitoring and tracking Look at CfE levels awarded at end of session 2014/15. pupil attainment in writing. Moderate pieces of writing from term 1 as a staff to assess if we are in agreement that pupils are at these levels. Use this as Initially September a baseline. Using assessments from session 2014/15 and then ongoing SEEMIS information on writing from session 2013/14 set targets for writing attainment for individuals. Track this at key points in the year – January and June. Staff to develop learning and teaching in writing Nov 2015 and on- and share good practice within Crudie Primary Use of collegiate time to discuss writing and to refresh going for remainder School. knowledge of Big Writing materials. Regular item on staff of the school year. meeting agenda to support and share good practice in learning and teaching of writing.
Oct 2015 and on- Staff to moderate writing with other small schools Termly writing moderation sessions with Fintry and King going for remainder within the Turriff Cluster. Edward Schools. Use of the Turriff Writing Moderation packs of the school year. to confirm judgement. Set up Learning visits with a focus on writing between Fintry, King Edward and Crudie Schools to share good practise and gain feedback on own practise. How will you measure success? Class Monitoring, writing plans, minutes of staff meetings. Evidence of Big Writing materials being used in class. Tracking and monitoring of pupils at key points during the year. Pupils able to discuss their writing and set targets for themselves. Targets set for writing are met.
Progress Check / Comments / Next Steps
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Date April 2016
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