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Holy Cross Boys’ Primary School
Ardoyne Ward: among most socio-economically deprived in NI (top 3%)
Conflict legacy enduring 37% SEN 78% Free School Meals 11th/840+ highest
primary school FSM 80% Level 4+ in KS2 in
Maths & Literacy 45% Grammar (A /B1
grades) Inspection Report Nov
2013- Outstanding in every area.
School Vision
Holy Cross Boys’ strives to promote high self esteem, a
love of life-long learning and responsible
citizenship within our school community where everyone is
valued.
What Signature Meant in HCB
Level 4+ End of KS2 (Numeracy/Literacy)
2012/13: 68%2013/14: 74%2014/15: 80%2015/16: 80% (Target)
Highly motivated & talented Sig. Teacher working daily with P6/P7 pupils (Lit & Num Groups)
VP/Sig. Teacher agreed direction, regular liaison with P6/P7 class teachers
Small group tuition Termly & Weekly Planning Level 4 Indicators Diagnostic Assessments to
inform P/T/L Cycle Parent Mtgs School Improvement
Initiatives- target pupil involvement
What prevents children realising their full potential?
Inhibiting Factors
Social/ emotional Problems
(SEN)
Attendance/
Punctuality
School Culture, Ethos &
Quality of T/L
Indiv Efforts &
ExpectationsPupil’s DOB
Parental Expectation
s
Community Factors (Peer Influences)
Relative Poverty stands apart as the single
greatest determining factor for educational
attainment
M Gladwell: Concerted Cultivation
Composition of Grammar Schools & GCSE
Attainment by months of birth
ETI Grades, Pressures & impact upon
aspiration
5 GCSEs (A*-C inc Maths/English)
o FSM Boys: 33.7%o Non-FSM Boys:
66.7%
o Non-Grammar FSM Boys: 23.7%o Grammar FSM Boys: 82.9%
Why Signature was different
Distinguished between
Underachievers & Low Attainers
Schools directed to target pupil cohort
most capable of improvement
Small Group tuition led by professional teachers, directed by school leaders
Encouraged accountability, aspiration and opportunity for
professional reflection &
strategic leadership interventions
Classroom Practice
• Effective planning: breadth, progression & pace
• Differentiation• Varying Strategies
& Practical Resources
• Value of Diagnostic analysis to inform teaching/ learning
• Tracking and monitoring progress
Understanding Low Attainment
and Underachieveme
nt• Knowing your
pupils• Knowing what can
be achieved• The value of
effectively confronting the obstacles to learning
Reflective Practitioners
• Self-evaluation culture
• Collaborative opportunities to share best practice
• Strategic interventions from leadership can work
Lessons from Signature
What prevents children realising their full potential?
Inhibiting Factors
Social/ emotional Problems
(SEN)
Attendance/
Punctuality
School Culture, Ethos &
Quality of T/L
Indiv Efforts &
ExpectationsPupil’s DOB
Parental Expectation
s
Community Factors (Peer Influences)
Relative Poverty stands apart as the single
greatest determining factor for educational
attainment
Effective SENCOPro-active Pastoral
CareCounsellingSensory Rm/
Nurturance Rm/ Groups Robust Att.
StrategyMonthly Pastoral
MtgsEWO LinkThe Pad
VisionProf
Dev/TrainingMonitoring & Assessment
Remedial Support
Underachievers
Programme
GRACE/ HCB Parent coursesSchool Culture
10-4 L.A.D.
NCLB initiative
YC MentorsJohn Paul YC
Careers Week
Group Mobility monitor
R’table mtg focus
Staff INSET
NCLB: No Child Left Behind
Many facets of this programme:
FOR PUPILS: Timetabled tuition using
iPads (Young For Year, Soc-Emot. & Under Achievers)
iPad weekends Youth Club Mentors Creative iPad classes Literacy & Numeracy support
for KS2 pupils
FOR PARENTS: iPad courses for parents &
mentors (day & night) iPad support Group (GRACE) Child minding facilities Therapies Life Training
Targeting Underachieveme
nt.
Using technology creativelyTeaching children
how to discuss ideas
and think.
Removing barriersto learning.
Innovative Reading/ Literacy Initiatives
Simple objective: cultivate a love
for reading, for language and provide the opportunity to think
critically & articulate thoughts.
10-4-LAD Reading Initiative: Promoting boys’ reading with male role models
C’ville FC Buy-in: promotion, active support, incentives
Recitation Week Accelerated Reader Buddy Readers (peers) Reading Rooms Latin/ Greek derivatives
programme and classes Dickens/ Shakespeare & Non-
Fiction text investment Classical Art/Music Scheme De Bono Thinking Hats Philosophy
Our Calling- Randall Butisingh (1962)
Teaching is more than a noble profession. It is a vocation, a calling. The teacher is the most important person in any civilization, as on him/her depends the moulding of the nation. There are not many born teachers, but there are those who love teaching, and there are those who enter it as an occupation. The chief qualification for a teacher is his or her love for children; from there can follow the training by good teachers and professors of techniques and principles. Good teacher-pupil relationship is very important.
A teacher must know that he or she is teaching, not only a subject, but a child. A teacher must know each child in his or her charge – especially in his early years – his temperament, his academic capability, his health, his bent, his home background and anything that may be hindering him from doing his best. This will equip teachers and help them to educate. Each child must taste success at the beginning by beginning with the simple to the complex, the concrete to the abstract, the known to the unknown and to develop at its own rate. This will give him confidence. A good teacher, by his/her methods will be able to motivate the pupil, awaken his interest, and arouse his curiosity. Teachers can make learning pleasant. They must exhibit energy, enthusiasm and cheerfulness, and never cease to learn themselves. A teacher who ceases to learn becomes irrelevant.
If an individual is well educated; if he is given the right information; if he is trained according to his bent; if he has a right sense of values, if he has learnt to think positively, to make good judgments, and if he is able to realize his uniqueness in the mosaic which is indivisible humanity – he will be well on his way to make this world a better place for himself and others.
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