At Kintore School this session..

We took part in football, rugby, netball and tennis festivals and tournaments.

We participated in the RSPB Big Bird Watch.

We achieved our 3rd Eco School’s Green Flag.

Money was raised for a number of charities, including Yorkhill Hospital and Macmillan Nurses.

Primary 2/3 visited Drum Castle and then designed and created and Advent window for their Advent festival.

Parents were invited to a showcase of the Making a Difference P6 and P7 groups’ work.

A group of P7 pupils built a car for the Green Goblin Challenge and won the slalom competition.

Primary 5 took part in the Orienteering Festival on Bennachie and gained 1st place.

A writing competition was held across the school and the winning pupils attended the Scottish Book Trust awards in Edinburgh where a former pupil, Alex McColl won the 8-11 category.

Primary 6 took part in a Ballroom Dancing festival.

We started work with the project manager on improving access to the local Gauchhill Woods.

A group of Dyslexic pupils were filmed showcasing good practice for a Headteacher’s conference

The P6 and P7 Quiz group won the local round of the annual Rotary Inter-Schools quiz and were narrowly beaten in the next round.

We participated in an inter-school’s swimming competition and took 2nd place.

We won the Tawse Tyres Basketball trophy.

We worked with artists to create a sculpture for the school and a stand for the dolphin we painted last year for the wild in Art project.

All Primary One pupils worked together to produce a professional recording of Christmas songs to be sold for our chosen charity.

The school was awarded a Cycle Friendly School award.

Primary One pupils visited the local Sheltered Houses and Care Home to entertain the residents.

2014/ 2015

Kintore School

Castle Walk

Kintore

AB51 0RU

Tel: 01467 634380

Fax: 01467 634381

Email:

Website: www.kintore.aberdeenshire.sch.uk


The School in Context

Kintore School is part of the Kemnay cluster and most pupils transfer to Kemnay Academy for secondary education. The new purpose built school opened in February 2006. The school currently has 26 Primary classes and 4 Nursery classes and has provision for pupils with Additional Support Needs. At present there are visiting specialists of Music, Art, Drama, P.E., I.C.T. and French/German. The school has an active Parent Council and a P.T.A.

Key Developmpent / Progress during 2014/2015
Building the Curriculum / New Maths Framework/Tracker in place for all pupils and used for a transfer document.
Action Research for Mental Maths carried out in all classes.
Tracking, Assessment & Moderation / All pupils assessed in school using P.I.P.s and I.N.C.A.S.
New reporting format and parent liasing schedule in place.
Moderation of Writing carried out across stages.
Ethos & GIRFEC / 3rd Eco Schools Green Flag achieved.
Termly House activities carried out and House point card system in place.
SUMMARY OF IMPROVEMENT PLAN PRIORITIES FOR 2015/2016
Developing the Curriculum
  • All pupils tracked in Maths, Literacy and Health & Wellbeing.
  • Staff trained in Philosophy for children and activities trailed in school.
  • Cluster Maths in context project carried out and evaluated.
  • Frameworks for all curricular areas in place.

Tracking, Assessment and Moderation
  • Results from P.I.P.s and I.N.C.A.S. to be used as basis for planning support with CT and SFL staff.
  • Programme of Moderation in place.
  • ‘I Cans’ for each pupil agreed prior to issue to parents.
  • Pupils using One note and Book Creator for profiling

Ethos and GIRFEC
  • Committees organised for Eco and R.R.S.
  • Level 2 of R.R.S. applied for.
  • All staff trained in Restorative Practice.
  • New Vision, Values and Aims developed and agreed.

4.  How do we ensure equality and inclusion, and promote diversity across the school?
In arriving at these evaluations, we considered the following evidence
  • G.R.E.C. held sessions with pupils in P5 – P7 to promote equality.
  • All pupils participated in a range of House activities.
  • All pupil views represented through Class Representative, Eco committee and R.R.S. committee
  • New reporting format feedback.

Our key strengths in this area are
  • New House Points system allowing for all pupils to achieve points in a variety of ways.
  • All agencies involved in planning which takes account of different pupil needs.
  • New reporting format allows for better individualised feedback on a more regular basis.
  • Regular input from House Captains on progress in house points scheme

We have identified the following as priorities for improvement in this area
  • Prepare submissions for Level 2 in R.R.S. and 4th Green Flag.
  • In consultation with S.f.L. use standardised assessment (I.N.C.A.S. and P.I.P.S.) data to plan for individual pupils.
  • Provide a range of curricular based house activities.

Key

Evaluation – Excellent -outstanding, sector-leading very good - major strengths Good - important strengths with some areas for improvement Satisfactory - strengths just outweigh weaknesses Weak - important weaknesses Unsatisfactory - major weaknesses

1.  How well do our children learn and achieve?
Evaluation
QI 1.1 ~ Improvements in Performance / Very Good
QI 2.1 ~ Learners’ Experiences / Very Good
In arriving at these evaluations, we considered the following evidence.
  • Pupil and parents comments on new report format.
  • I.N.C.A.S. and P.I.P.s results.
  • Pupil representative minutes.
  • Staff evaluation in planning formats.
  • Results of Action Research in Mental Maths.

Our key strengths in this area are
  • New Maths Trackers being used for all pupils.
  • Whole School House activities and all staff involved in planning and delivery of these.
  • I.N.C.A.S. and P.I.P.S. results being used to improve future planning
  • All staff fully engaged with the Maths Action Research project and changes in the delivery of Mental Maths in evidence

We have identified the following as priorities for improvement in this area
  • .Engage in Cluster Maths in context project
  • Changes to 4 week planning format to ensure better tracking of pupil assessment being used for planning
  • Trackers for Maths, literacy and Health 7 Wellbeing all being used across the school

2.  How well does our school support children to develop and learn?
Evaluation
QI 5.1 ~ The Curriculum / Very Good
QI 5.3 ~ Meeting Learning Needs / Very Good
In arriving at these evaluations, we considered the following evidence.
  • New report format.
  • Feedback from pupils and parents.
  • Review meeting records, including I.E.P.s, C.S.P.s and I.A.F.s.
  • 4 weekly planning and evaluations.
  • Feedback from Maths Action research project.

Our key strengths in this area are
  • All agencies involved in planning for learning and account being taken of I.N.C.A.S. and P.I.P.S. data.
  • Maths boxes in use across all classes
  • Regular reviews for a wide range of pupils taking place.

We have identified the following as priorities for improvement in this area
  • .Participation in Maths in Context cluster project.
  • Consultation with S. f. L. and using assessment results to target support.
  • All pupils to be tracked in Literacy and Health & Wellbeing and use of Maths tracker to be evaluated
  • Moderation across the school to be continued.

3.  How does our school improve the quality of its work?
Evaluation
QI 5.9 ~ Improvement Through Self Evaluation / Very Good
In arriving at these evaluations, we considered the following evidence.
  • Pupil self-evaluation in new report format.
  • Staff self-evaluation in 4 week planning.
  • Stage meetings.
  • Feedback on moderation.

Our key strengths in this area are
  • All staff involved in a wide range of self-evaluation opportunities.
  • Planning carried out with stage partners to ensure consistency.
  • Across stage working groups for Improvement planning and house activities.
  • Active involvement of a range of other agencies.

We have identified the following as priorities for improvement in this area
  • Evaluate and make any necessary changes to report format, including timings of parental liaison meetings.
  • Revised 4 week planning format trialled and evaluated.
  • All staff to continue to be involved in self-evaluation of school activities and their own teaching.