St John’s CE Primary School Angell Town. Curriculum Action Plan 2014 – 2015 Literacy Coordinator: Nickola Roye

LITERACY Key Objective: To improve the attainment of pupils at all levels, especially the more able, boys BCRB. Action Success criteria Lead Person Time-

Line Monitoring Evaluation Tools Resources/ budget

implications To develop a policy for Phonics.

To be agreed and ratified by Governing body.

Nickola Roye Literacy Coordinator

Sept 14 –July 15

Head Teacher, SLT, all staff.

Minutes of Governing Body meeting.

Governing Body meeting time. Curriculum leader time.

To review and update the current literacy policy (with consideration of the New Primary Curriculum & The International Primary Curriculum).

To be agreed and ratified by Governing body.

Nickola Roye Literacy Coordinator

Sept 14 –July 15

Head Teacher, SLT, all staff.

Minutes of Governing Body meeting.

Governing Body meeting time. Curriculum leader time.

To monitor and encourage progress in reading & writing of the more able, boys and BCRB pupils.

The Majority of pupils make good progress.

Nickola Roye Literacy coordinator, SLT, class teachers.

Sept 2014-July 2015

Pupil Progress Meetings Assessment Data/Tracker Intervention ~ groups & reviews Planning, book and work scrutiny. Pupil interviews

Assessment tracker. End of year progress report.

Curriculum leader time. Resources CPD for curriculum leader.

To devise appropriate assessment proformas for SPaG, writing and guided reading (in light of the New Primary Curriculum).

All children’s learning is tracked to inform and improve teaching and learning.

Nickola Roye Literacy coordinator and SLT.

Sept 14-July 2015

Pupil Progress Meetings. Book and planning scrutiny. Lesson observation Reading and writing assessment moderation. Parent consultations.

Staff meetings Curriculum log Data from tracker (if a computerised system has been used).

Curriculum leader time. Staff Meeting time

St John’s CE Primary School Angell Town. Curriculum Action Plan 2014 – 2015 Literacy Coordinator: Nickola Roye

To monitor and assess the attainment and progress of spelling, punctuation and grammar (SPaG).

The majority of pupils are reaching age appropriate levels in their learning.

Nickola Roye Literacy coordinator

Sept 14-July 2015

Spelling assessment tracked every other term. Pupil progress meetings.

Assessment. Tracking Data. End of year progress report.

Resources. Curriculum leader time.

To continue to monitor ‘Big Write’ as a vehicle for valuable writing experiences.

The majority of pupils achieve the appropriate tracking point (or more) of progress for their particular Key Stage.

Nickola Roye Literacy coordinator, SLT, class teachers.

Sept 2014-July 2015

Big Write book Scrutiny. Planning Scrutiny.

Assessment tracker. End of year progress report.

Resources. Curriculum leader time.

To encourage the progress and attainment of writing in order to close the gap of reading and writing.

The majority of pupils achieve the appropriate TP of progress for their particular Key Stage.

Nickola Roye Literacy coordinator, Lead teacher, SENCO, Class teachers, T/A’s.

Sept 13-July 2014

Assessment Data/Tracker Pupil Progress Meetings Planning, book and work scrutiny. Guided reading follow-up activities. Writing samples.

Filtered/unfiltered data from assessment tracker. End of year progress report.

Curriculum leader time.

To ensure that the literacy objectives from the New Primary Curriculum are taught.

The majority of pupils to achieve the appropriate TPP for their particular Key Stage.

Nickola Roye Literacy coordinator, Creative Curriculum coordinator and SLT.

Sept 14-July 2015

Book and planning scrutiny. Lesson observation

End of year progress report Tracking a group of children

Curriculum leader time. Staff Meeting time

To monitor and encourage the use of ICT for the teaching and learning of literacy.

Audit ICT usage, for all year groups (foundation stage –

YR6) and establish areas for development.

Nickola Roye Literacy coordinator, ICT Coordinator, SLT, All staff.

Sept 14-July 2015

Planning scrutiny with the inclusion of ICT. Lesson observation Use of School Website as a showcase for good practice within the school.

End of year progress report. Assessment.

CPD for curriculum leader. Literacy/ICT curriculum time. Staff Meeting time.