Charter 2020

Introduction

Education Act 1989, Sections 75 and 76

s.75 Functions and Powers of Boards –

(1) A school's board must perform its functions and exercise its powers in such a way as to ensure that every student at the school is able to attain his or her highest possible standard in educational achievement.

(2) Except to the extent that any enactment or the general law of New Zealand provides otherwise, a school's board has complete discretion to control the management of the school as it thinks fit.

s.76 Principals –

(1) A school’s principal is the board’s chief executive in relation to the school’s control and management.

(2) Except to the extent that any enactment or the general law of New Zealand provides otherwise, the principal –

Shall comply with the board’s general policy directions; and

Subject to paragraph (a) of this subsection, has complete discretion to manage as the principal thinks fit the school’s day to day administration.

Governance

Management

The School and its Community

National Education Priorities

Cultural Diversity

Te Reo

Vision

To be:

Core Values

We value the 4 Cs:

Annual Goals

Analysis of Variance Report for 2019

Outcomes

What happened?

Year 1 & 2

100% of Year 1’s at expectation in Writing and 98% Year 1’s at expectation in Maths

43% of Year 2’s at expectation in Writing and 100% Year 2’s at expectation in Maths

Year 3 & 4

Maths

62% of Year 3’s at expectation in Maths

95% of Year 4’s at expectation in Maths

Writing 

51% of Year 3’s at expectation in Writing

83% of Year 4’s at expectation in Writing 

Year 5 & 6

Maths,

76% of Year 5’s at expectation in Maths

81% of Year 6’s at expectation in Maths

Writing, 

64% of Year 5’s at expectation in Writing

57% of Year 6’s at expectation in Writing 

Reasons for the variance

Why did it happen?

We followed our plan consisting of:

Evaluation

Where to next?

We will continue to learn about transition points for Maths and Writing and be sure that children are learning at the appropriate level/stage and that teachers are familiar with level/stage strategies/knowledge  

Senior Leaders will continue to focus on and discuss Maths/Writing at Syndicate level and monitor planning and programmes.

We will initiate the RBL PLD and observe teachers in relation to their discursive practices and their relationships with the students. 

 

 

Planning for next year: 

We are going to offer another team teaching opportunity in the Middle Syndicate, teaming an experienced teacher with a beginning teacher, the New Entrant class will continue to team teach, pld within Te Arahura will continue with a Maths/Writing focus, maths pld with Cognition facilitators, the leadership team will continue to focus at SLT and Syndicate level programmes, planning, target groups, collaboration and guidance. Any opportunity to share best practice and learn from each other will be a priority.  Appropriate resourcing will support this. 

2020 Goals

This year our school goals will align with the Achievement Challenges for our Kahui Ako - Te Arahura

Achievement Challenges:

By preserving the integrity of each school's context and commitment to raising achievement we aim to continue collecting Writing and Maths data to check whether our refocusing has had an impact on student achievement. 

Strategic Aim

To have 80% of year 2-6 at or above their Curriculum Level in Writing

To have 80% of year 2-6 at or above their Curriculum Level in Maths

Annual Goal 

To improve the literacy level, particularly in writing for children in Year 5-6   

To improve the numeracy level, particularly in Problem Solving for children in Year 5-6  

Measurable Target  

At the end of 2020: 

Year 1-2 target students will make progress in regard to 6 Year net data collected at 6 month intervals. 

Year 3-4 80% writing and maths will have progressed from beginning of Curriculum Level 2 to the end of Level 2

Year 5 and 6 80% in Writing will have progressed from the end of Level 2 to the end of Level 3

Baseline Data 

Writing

100% of Year 2’s at Level 1 

51% of Year 4’s at Level 2 

64 % of Year 6’s at Level 3

Maths

98% of Year 2’s at Level 1

62% of Year 4’s at Level 2

76% of Year 6’s at Level 3

Strategies 2020-22

Charter Consultation Plan

The Kaikohe East School Board consults annually with the Maori community and wider community.   

Processes for consultation include:

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