Staff Meeting

Wednesday 7th December 2016

‘Aim High’

Be Respectful, Be Responsible, Be Safe

Formative Assessments

• Every child (Reception to Year 6) to have a Reading and Writing Rubric (see example)

• Teachers to update these throughout course of term – at least twice every term

Different colour for each year

• These will form the basis of our assessments – teachers should not be doing any other assessments other than what is in the school assessment calendar

• These will assist teachers in their planning of the classroom curriculum

• These will assist teachers in identifying very focussed LO

• These will eventually be used to set ‘skills based targets’ for older / more able students

• These will eventually be used by older / more able students for self and peer assessments

School Summative Assessment Calendar – KS1 & KS2

Subject1st Half -Term

August to October

2nd Half-TermNovember to

December

1st Half-TermJanuary to February

2nd Half-TermFebruary to

April

Summer Term

April to May

Summer TermJune

ReadingDRARubrics x2

Rubrics x2DRARubrics x2

Rubrics x2KS2 TestRubrics x2

DRARubrics x2

WritingSampleRubrics x2

Genre Ass.Rubrics x2

Genre Ass.Rubrics x2

Genre Ass.Rubrics x2

Genre Ass.Rubrics x2

Genre Ass.Rubrics x2

Maths TBCUnit Assess.DES Test

Unit Assess.Unit Assess.MALT

KS2 TestUnit Assess.

Unit Assess.MALT

What Next?

• All teachers will receive copies for every child in their class, hopefully before the Christmas break

• Teachers will receive the colour of highlighter for their year group

• Teachers to complete the Reading and Writing Rubric for each student in their class:

Front page

Highlight skills that the teacher has seen them demonstrate this term

• Update the Rubrics art the end of January and February mid-term break

• Moderation activities in January – in Grade Levels

• Progress to standards meetings start next term

Rubrics Highlighter Colours

Reception Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6

Yellow Pink Green Orange Blue Red Yellow

Planning & Collaborative MeetingsPlanning

• Huge range of formats

• Some very detailed, some not

• Some important bits of planning missing

• Lots of planning doesn't’t focus on specific skills

• Same skills being covered in KS1 and KS2 classes

• No evaluations

• Unable to track coverage

Collaborative

• Difficult for all staff to meet

• Some meetings don’t focus on teaching and learning

• In some cases the meetings are not valued as important

• In some cases members of the team don’t contribute

Reviewing and re-designing planning formats for February 2017

January ‘Collaborative Projects’ –Class Reading Corners

SLT reviewing procedures for ‘Collaborative Planning for February 2017

ICT Software Package - PurpleMash

What Next?

• Customise your personal page

• Teachers > Video Guides > Interactive Virtual Trainer > Main Menu

• Teachers > Curriculum Ideas & Resources > Lesson Ideas

• Home > Featured [explore different activities]

• Topics > [explore your maths topics for next term]

• Games > [choose 1 or 2 games that you can demonstrate to your class at start of next term}

Staff Attendance / Absence Quiz

1. What time are you expected to be in work?2. If you are unable to make it to work, who should you contact and by

what time?3. If you are travelling to work and have a last minute emergency that

prevents you from getting to work on time, who should you contact?4. When you arrive in work, what must you remember to do straight away?5. What must you remember to do before leaving the site at the end of the

day?6. If you need to leave work to attend to an emergency situation, during

the school day, who should you speak to?7. If leaving the school site during the school day, other than at lunchtime,

what should you remember to do?8. If you need time off work for any reason, what do you need to do?9. How much notice do you need to give if making a request for time off

work?

Important Bits…• If you need time off work, you must see Ms. Joy at least 5 days before.

• If you need emergency time off (less than 5 days notice) please see your Deputy Principal or Principal.

• If you are unable to make it in to work, you must contact your Deputy Principal by 7am.

• If you are going to be late in to work, you must contact the school office (if there’s no answer, contact your Deputy Principal).

• If you need to leave school during the day, for any reason, you must see your Deputy Principal or Principal.

• All staff must sign in using the scanner – if you fail to do this by 9am, you will be marked as absent (if you arrive late, you must remember to sign in and also inform Ms. Joy).

• All staff must sign out at the end of the day.

• If you leave the site during the working day, except at lunchtime, you must remember to sign out (and back in if you return).

• Staff that are absent from work, without approval are likely to have pay deductions.

AOB• Resource orders (2017 to 2018)

Slightly different this year

• PBIS

Team changes

Matrix

Logo / Mascot

Parent Leaflet

Lollipop Sticks

Official Launch

Teachers responsibility – Behaviour display / Agreed rewards –responsibilities, sticks, notes home, phone-calls, share work, SIMS

• Phones during lessons

• Staff Attendance (see ‘School Operating Procedures’)