Holland Park
State School
Annual Implementation Plan 2016

School Improvement Priorities 2016

Improvement priority: Effective teaching of reading comprehension strategies.

Strategy: Alignment of the Gradual Release of Responsibility (GRR) to the teaching of reading comprehension strategies.
Actions / Targets / Timelines / Responsible Officer/s
  1. Facilitate teachers in pairs to plan, implement, store as a resource and give each other feedback on GRR aligned reading comprehension lessons.
/ All teachers to participate. / One cycle per term. / Principal/Leadership Team
  1. Provide professional training for all new staff in GRR and reading comprehension strategies from Pedagogical Framework.
/ All new staff to participate. / Term 1 / Principal/Leadership Team
  1. Provide each teacher with one hour per day of trained literacy aide time targeting differentiated teaching of reading comprehension skills.
/ Each class supported. / Terms 2, 3 and 4. / HOC
  1. Being responsive to a range of data collected from all classes according to assessment schedule.
/ All teachers to contribute to data collection and discussion. / Terms 1 - 4 / Principal/Leadership Team
Strategy : Extend synthetic phonics to Year 1.
Actions / Targets / Timelines / Responsible Officer/s
  1. Continue synthetic phonics to year 1
/ 75% in U2B equivalent / Term 1-4 / Master Teacher
  1. Continue Phonemic Awareness in Prep with SLP
/ All students involved in differentiated groups and data tracked for extension/intervention. / Term 1 / SLP
  1. Introduce synthetic phonics in Prep
/ All students involved in differentiated groups and data tracked for extension/intervention. / Term 2-4 / Master Teacher

Improvement priority: Effective teaching of writing

Strategy: Align GRR to the teaching of writing.
Actions / Targets / Timelines / Responsible Officer/s
  1. Facilitate opportunities for teachers in pairs to plan, implement, store as a resource and give each other feedback on GRR aligned wring lessons using “The Seven Steps to Writing Success.”
/ All teachers to participate. / One cycle per term, Terms 2-4 / Principal/Leadership Team
  1. Provide professional training for all new staff in GRR and “Seven Steps” from Pedagogical Framework.
/ All teachers to participate. / Term 2 / GEM
  1. Being responsive to a range of data collected from all classes according to assessment schedule.
/ All teachers to contribute to data collection and discussion. / Terms 1-4. / Principal/Leadership Team
Strategy: Continue trial of school’s spelling program from 2015.
Actions / Targets / Timelines / Responsible Officer/s
  1. Gather data from spelling assessments, NAPLAN and classroom observations.
/ Tabled below / Terms 1-2 / Principal/Leadership Team
  1. Review trialled program.
/ Terms 3-4 / Principal/Leadership Team

Improvement priority: Effective teaching of mathematics

Strategy
Actions / Targets / Timelines / Responsible Officer/s
  1. Facilitate opportunities for teachers in pairs to plan, implement, store as a resource and give each other feedback on GRR aligned maths problem solving lessons using Holland Park’s Maths Problem Solving Strategies.
/ All teachers to participate / Term 2 / Principal/Leadership Team
  1. Provide professional training for all new staff in GRR and HPSS’s Maths Problem Solving Strategies.
/ All teachers to participate. / Term 2 / Principal/Leadership Team
  1. Being responsive to a range of data collected from all classes according to assessment schedule
/ All teachers to contribute to data collection and discussion. / Terms 1-4 / Principal/Leadership Team

Improvement priority: Implementation of Philosophy

Strategy
Actions / Targets / Timelines / Responsible Officer/s
  1. Perform actions agreed to as a member of the Academy of Ideas
/ All classrooms in Prep and Yr 6 to implement. / Terms 1-4 / Principal/Admin Team/GEM/Thinking Coach
  1. Hire Thinking Coach
/ Prep/Year 6 / Terms 1-4 / Principal
  1. Facilitate coaching and collegiate visits to Buranda State School.
/ Prep/Year 6 / Terms 1-4 / Thinking Coach
  1. Explore collegial discussions with Seville Road State School Leadership re joint professional learning programs.
/ Prep/Year 6 / Terms 1-4 / Principal
  1. Facilitate roll out of philosophy to Year 1 and Year 5 in 2017 with
/ Yrs 1 and 5. / Term 4 / Principal/GEM/Thinking Coach

Improvement priority: Implementation of Digital Pedagogies

Strategy
Actions / Targets / Timelines / Responsible Officer/s
  1. Complete wireless network for the school.
/ Whole school / Term 1 / Technology Committee/BSM
  1. Purchase iPads and provide training to build teacher capacity.
/ Admin/Committee Chairs and Year Level Reps / Terms 2-4 / Technology Committee/BSM
  1. Develop a competency standard for teachers.
/ ditto / Terms 2-4 / Technology Committee
  1. Continue roll out to teachers on basis of EOI.
/ Based on EOI / Term 4 / Technology Committee

Reading: PM Benchmarks at HPSS 2016

Yr Level / Semester 1 / Semester 2
NS / D / S / NMS / H / VH / U2B / NS / D / S / NMS / H / VH / U2B
Prep / 1-3 / 4-5 / 5 / 6-7 / 8+ / 8 / <2 / 3-5 / 6-8 / 7 / 9-10 / 11+ / 11
1 / <7 / 8-9 / 10-12 / 11 / 13-14 / 15+ / 15 / <10 / 11-13 / 14-16 / 16 / 17-18 / 19+ / 19
2 / <13 / 14-16 / 17-19 / 18 / 20-22 / 23+ / 23 / <17 / 18-20 / 21 - 23 / 22 / 24-25 / 26+ / 26
3 / <19 / 20 - 22 / 23 - 25 / 26 / 27+ / <21 / 21 - 24 / 25 - 26 / 27 - 28 / 29+

Reading Targets Years 4-6 as per Metropolitan Region Guide

Year 3-6 Trial Probe Benchmarks at HPSS 2016

These Probe Sets in the yellow and green coloured columns are a guide of the levels where students should be achieving at the mid-point and at the end of each school year in order to achieve the result indicated in the column at the next scheduled NAPLAN Test for that child – for example – to be achieving above NMS in the Yr 5 NAPLAN Test a student at the mid-year point in Year 4 should be at Set 9.

Yr Level / Semester 1 / Semester 2
NS / D / S / NMS / H / VH / U2B / NS / D / S / NMS / H / VH / U2B
Year 3 / <3 / 3-5 / 6-7 / Set 7 / 8-9 / 10+ / Set 10 / <4 / 4-6 / 7-9 / Set 8 / 10-11 / 12+ / Set 12
Year 4 / <5 / 5-7 / 8-9 / Set 9 / 10-11 / 12+ / Set 12 / <6 / 6-8 / 9-11 / Set 10 / 12-13 / 14+ / Set 14
Year 5 / <7 / 7-9 / 10-11 / Set 11 / 12-13 / 14+ / Set 14 / <8 / 8-10 / 11-13 / Set 12 / 14-15 / 16+ / Set 16
Year 6 / <9 / 9-11 / 12-13 / Set 13 / 14-15 / 16+ / Set 16 / <10 / 10-12 / 13-15 / Set 14 / 16-17 / 18+ / Set 18

Numbers refer to Probe Sets

KEY

NS: Needs Support

D: Developing

S: Satisfactory

H: High

VH: Very High

NMS: National Minimum Standard

U2B: Upper 2 Bands

Targets for 2016 (Against NAPLAN)

Against NMS

·Reading Target is 100% above NMS (Yr 3 achieved 97.8% in 2015; Yr 5 achieved 98.1% in 2015)

·Writing Target is 100% above NMS (Yr 3 achieved 99.3% in 2015; Yr 5 achieved 95.4% in 2015)

·Spelling Target is 100% above NMS (Yr 3 achieved 98.6% in 2015; Yr 5 achieved 98.1% in 2015)

·Grammar and Punctuation Target is 100% above NMS (Yr 3 achieved 97.8% in 2015; Yr 5

achieved 99.1% in 2015)

·Numeracy Target is 100% above NMS (Yr 3 achieved 100% in 2015; Yr 5 achieved 98.1% in 2015)

Against U2Bs

·Reading: Yr 3 – 75% (from 67.9% in 2015) Yr 5 – 70% (from 60.7% in 2015)

·Writing: Yr 3 – 65% (from 58.0% in 2015) Yr 5 – 50% (from 35.2% in 2015)

·Spelling: Yr 3 – 60% (from 47.8% in 2015) Yr 5 – 60% (from 47.7% in 2015)

·Grammar and Punctuation: Yr 3 – 60% (from 49.3% in 2015) Yr 5 – 70% (from 63.9% in 2015

·Numeracy: Yr 3 – 60% (from 49.3% in 2015) Yr 5 – 70% (from 63.9% in 2015)

Domain wide goal is to maintain the percentages in the lowest two bands to ≤ 5%

Endorsement

This plan was developed in consultation with the school community and meets identified school needs and systemic requirements.

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Anthony GribbinAidan LamberthKaren Howes

Principal P and C President Assistant Regional Director