School Self Evaluation

Numeracy June 2014:

SCHOOL SELF EVALUATION REPORT FOR PARENTS:

Thank you for your contribution to our self evaluation process this year. Having completed our evaluation in Maths, we have identified the following strengths and areas for improvement. We have devised an action plan to work on these areas for the next three years.

Our school has strengths in the following areas:

• Overall standardised test scores in Maths are more positive than the national norm
• Overall pupils enjoy doing maths activities in school
• The majority of pupils are confident in using Maths
• ICT is used to support maths in school
• Posters and displays in class are useful to pupils in their class work
• Curriculum documents are used to devise long and short term plans
• Teacher observation and teacher designed tasks and tests are used as methods of assessment
• Mental maths books are a beneficial resource in the teaching and learning of maths

The following areas are prioritised for improvement:

• Equal emphasis to be placed on all strands
• Inventory to be carried out on Maths resources and concrete materials to be purchased
• Maths policy to be revised and updated
• Communication between home and school needs to be improved to give parents an idea of how pupils are progressing in Maths. Text-books and copybooks to be sent home regularly. Also, methods that are unfamiliar to parents need to be communicated
• More emphasis needed on problem solving techniques and skills need to be taught and practiced
• Maths award to be introduced
• Common approach to teaching number facts/tables
• Common language of maths to be used in school
• Assessment in Maths to be revised
• Making Maths fun- e.g. Maths Trails and ‘Maths is Fun’ week.
• Introduction of Maths Eyes programme
• SMART board training for teachers in Maths

Literacy June 2013:

School Self Evaluation Report for Parents:

Thank you for your contribution to our self evaluation process this year. Having completed our evaluation of literacy we have identified the following strengths and areas for improvement. We have devised an action plan to work on these areas for the next three years.

Our school has strengths in the following areas:

· Overall parents indicated that their children are happy in school and are working well.

· Overall standardised test scores in literacy are more positive than the national norm.

· Children’s work in literacy is well displayed in the classrooms.

· A print rich environment is evident around the school.

· A wide variety of reading materials are available in the school.

· Curriculum documents are well used to devise long and short term plans.

· Work on handwriting and presentation of work is improving.

· Teacher observation and teacher-designed tasks and tests are used as method of assessments.

· ICT is well used to support literacy.

The following areas are prioritised for improvement:

· A wider range of assessment methods to be used.

· Self assessment methods of literacy to be introduced.

· Comprehension strategies to be taught discretely – Building Bridges of Comprehension to be introduced.

· Oral language to be taught discretely in all classes.

· Homework guidelines and policy to be drawn up in consultation with a group of parents.

· A revised English policy is needed (incorporating phonological awareness for the whole school.)

· Updated Learning Support policy needed (the withdrawal of children for learning support needs to target those most at need and to focus on early intervention)

· Paired reading and peer tutoring reading programmes to be used (to aid reading fluency).

· Strategies for high attainers to be devised.

· Communication between home and school needs further encouragement.