The Deanes Year 7 Catch Up Strategy 2017/2018
Academic Year / 2017/2018 / Total Year 7 Catch Up budget / £7 5001. Planned expenditure
Previous Academic Year
Desired outcome / Chosen action / approach / Estimated impact: Did you meet the success criteria? Include impact on pupils not eligible for PP, if appropriate. / Lessons learned
(and whether you will continue with this approach) / Cost
All students with a reading age of below 10 years to develop phonic skills, gaining independent skills in reading, and able to access all curriculum areas. / Lexia Reading Core is a highly personalised reading skills development programme designed for all abilities. The students learn, practice, and consolidate fundamental literacy skills by interacting with the online adaptive programme, interspersed with teacher led, independent paper based activities. / Already accounted for from 2016/2017
All students to be able to recall their timetables, and build foundation skills for mental arithmetic. / Times Tables Rock Stars is a carefully sequenced programme of daily times tables practice, introduced into Year 7 maths lessons..
Each week concentrates on a different times table, with a recommended consolidation week for rehearsing the tables that have recently been practiced every third week or so. / Already accounted for from 2016/2017
All students to make expected progress in maths and English. / Primary trained teacher, through personalisation of the curriculum, to deliver additional numeracy and literacy sessions to those students not ‘secondary ready’
Including Reading Booster sessions / £3 500
All students to make expected progress in reading, and reach a reading age on 10 years plus. / One English lesson per fortnight devoted to Accelerated Reader. The programme is designed to enable students to read books applicable to their reading age. Each time they finish a book, they take an online comprehension quiz which checks their understanding. The students take a STAR test every term which determines their reading age. / £2 800
The Deanes Year 7 Catch Up Strategy 2017/2018
Academic Year / 2016/2017 / Total Year 7 catch Up budget / £7 5001. Review of expenditure
Previous Academic Year
Desired outcome / Chosen action / approach / Estimated impact: Did you meet the success criteria? Include impact on pupils not eligible for PP, if appropriate. / Lessons learned
(and whether you will continue with this approach) / Cost
All students with a reading age of below 10 years to develop phonic skills, gaining independent skills in reading, and able to access all curriculum areas. / Lexia Reading Core is a highly personalised reading skills development programme designed for all abilities. The students learn, practice, and consolidate fundamental literacy skills by interacting with the online adaptive programme, interspersed with teacher led, independent paper based activities. / Year 7 students gained 125 Lexia Units. Starting level of 9.6, improving to 11 (an improvement of 1.4)
*Units gained represent the number of topics students have accomplished. Completion of each unit shows real progress as the student cannot do so without 90% mastery of the skill.
* Levels respond to Lexia assessment levels / CPD to be delivered to members of the English department to enable further students to be identified who may benefit from this programme, and enable this to be delivered alongside Accelerated Reader lessons for the weaker students.
As this programme focuses on a student’s reading skills, Accelerated Reader scores will be used to compare Lexia students with others, as a measure of progress. / £4000
All students to make expected progress in reading, and reach a reading age on 10 years plus. / One English lesson per fortnight devoted to Accelerated Reader. The programme is designed to enable students to read books applicable to their reading age. Each time they finish a book, they take an online comprehension quiz which checks their understanding. The students take a STAR test every term which determines their reading age. / Year 7 Improvement as of July 2017
Scaled Score / Reading Age
All students / 115.8 / +6.3 months
Disadvantaged / 121.6 / +6.8 months
Other students / 115.5 / +6.3 months
Boys / 95.3 / +5.2 months
Girls / 132.4 / +7.3 months
/ As from September this programme will be delivered by one teach, whose specialism is English rather than a few teachers across the curriculum. / £2 800
All students to be able to recall their timetables, and build foundation skills for mental arithmetic. / Times Tables Rock Stars is a carefully sequenced programme of daily times tables practice, introduced into Year 7 maths lessons..
Each week concentrates on a different times table, with a recommended consolidation week for rehearsing the tables that have recently been practiced every third week or so. / Introduced in the summer term all maths teachers are competent in sing this programme. The students have responded positively, showing an enthusiasm for learning. / Timetable Rocks to be introduced during tutor time. Student progress mapped, and an element of completion introduced at The Denes, and with other schools. / £200
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