BIRSTALL PRIMARY ACADEMY

EARLY YEARS DEVELOPMENT PLAN

2017-2018

OBJECTIVE / SUCCESS CRITERIA / ACTIONS / Budget Implications / TIMESCALES /WHO / EVALUATION
How will it be measured?
To continue to ensure Reading, Writing and Maths teaching and learning is developed so that pupils’ skills are developed further to improve outcomes. / -72% of pupils (21/29) meet age related expectations at the end of EYFS
-14% of pupils (4/29) exceed expectations. / -To continue to enhance the indoor and outdoor provision activities with English and Maths opportunities interwoven throughout.
-To encourage opportunities for child initiated Maths and English learning.
-To scrutiniseplanning, teaching and learning and moderate outcomes with the Focus trust schools at EY forums.
-Focus on number. (2 girls did not get GLD last co-hort as did not achieve ELG in Number). Number trackers, early number intervention, number homework activities, number parent project afternoon.
-To implement ‘Reading Wood’ with the new co-hort to encourage reading at home.
-Deploy Mrs. Sebzda on a Wednesday and Thursday to use Purple Mash with children 1:1 and in small groups focusing on English and Maths activities.
-Deploy Mrs. Widdopp on a Tuesday Morning to work with disadvantage and vulnerable children carrying out extra Jolly Phonic based activities. / Within
EY
budget allocated / Ongoing
Teachers
AG/AS
Teaching Assistants
MK/DA
Adult Volunteer – Mrs. Sebzda
Mrs. Widdopp
To develop strategies to support vulnerable children in Communication and Language. / -72% (21/29) meet age related expectations in C&L
-50% of the vulnerable group achieve GLD in C&L. / -Last year’s data show the vulnerable group of children (demographically living in the lowest 10%) did not achieve ELG in C&L; therefore
-Put extra intervention in place for Listening & Attention, understanding and speaking. MK/DA to deliver speaking and listening intervention weekly.
-Use ICT in the indoor and outdoor provision; sound buttons, microphones, talking speech bubbles, ICT programmes to encourage/develop C&L.
-Listen to audio stories weekly. Clarify children’s understanding.
-Emphasize the modelling of C&L with vulnerable children. / Within
EY
budget allocated / Ongoing
Teachers
AG/AS
Teaching Assistants
MK/DA
To implement and imbed the new assessment tool ‘Tapestry’ in order to track and monitor children’s outcomes and attainment closely. / -All children have at least 3 observations per half term.
-All observations reflect the child’s learning and outcomes and match appropriate learning objectives.
-All information gathered on Tapestry to feed into Otrack to inform termly attainment.
-All observations are used to inform next steps for individual children. / -To have a Tapestry workshop for EY parents. EY staff to model to parents how to access their own child’s profile and how to contribute to it from home.
-To disseminate knowledge and understanding of Tapestry to all EY staff during half termly Key phase meetings.
-To model good practise of how to use this assessment tool as part of ongoing, weekly teaching and learning.
-To use the reports Tapestry generates to inform teaching, planning and observations.
-To use Tapestry to aid with the moderation of children’s attainment half termly. / Within
EY
budget allocated / Ongoing
Teachers
AG/AS
Teaching Assistants
MK/DA
To develop the EYFS by providing nursery provision to further improve standards from reception baseline to end of year 6 expectations. / -Create an Early Year’s unit with nursery and reception provision.
-Nursery provision accessible for all 3 year olds and over.
-To improve on previous years Baseline and GLD scores. / -To continue the process of applying for Nursery provision.
-To create a team of staff that share and have the same aim for end of Early Years expectations.
-Share assessment and tracking formats
-To develop teaching and learning in a nursery provision that has a significant impact on reception baseline scores.
-To monitor, moderate and scrutinise teaching and learning throughout a nursery and reception unit to continue to improve year on year exit GLD scores. / School budget. / Summer 2018
Teachers
AG/AS