NUMERACY ACTION PLAN
SCHOOL:
Knockavoe School
DATE: November 2016 – October 2017
PRIORITY AREA FOR DEVELOPMENT: Raising Standards: Profile/ High Quality Teaching & Learning/ Functional Skills
PROCESS OF IDENTIFICATION:
School Development Plan: Aim 1
Success Criteria
Targets to be Achieved
Baseline Position
(Qualitative and Quantitative)
Where do we want to go?
Where are we now?
NUMERACY PROFILE/POLICY
As a result of the previous Action Plan, a
lot of work has already been done in
raising the profile of Numeracy. The
Numeracy Team is established and led
by a Co-ordinator. The team did a lot of
work last year developing the quality of
teaching and learning and PIM
assessment.
These
improvements
should be highlighted and built upon by
staff and the wider school community.
Raise the profile of Numeracy across
the wider school community.
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HIGH QUALITY TEACHING AND
LEARNING
The previous action plan addressed the
embedding of teaching and learning
resources/schemes such as Numicon,
Heinemann and Ten Ticks. Teachers’
skills, knowledge and experience of
embedding
these
needs
further
development. As a result of a
questionnaire (Nov 16), the need for
specific Mental Maths activities has also
been
identified.
Furthermore,
the
improved teaching of Mathematical
How will we get there?
(including external links)
e.g. Business/Education
Partnership)
(Qualitative &
Quantitative)
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Approaches to be Used
How will we know when we’ve got
there?
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Mental Maths activities taught across
all Key Stages.
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Develop and share a Sensory
Numicon Programme with all teaching
staff.
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Mathematical Language included on
all Numeracy planners.
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Knockavoe Numeracy Policy will
have been updated by Team.
Contributions will have been given
by teaching staff and approval
sought before Policy is signed by
Board of Governors. Policy will
then be disseminated to staff and
shared on school website.
Parents will be made aware of
Policy.
Develop Numeracy newsletter
which will allow team the
opportunity to share relevant
information.
Include an area on school website
for Numeracy Awareness which
can be accessed by pupils to
improve their mathematical skills
and knowledge.
Develop a bank of suitable Mental
Maths activities to be accessed by
teachers and taught.
Teachers will share good practice
of Mental Maths teaching within
their Key Stages.
A bank of sensory Numicon
teaching and learning activities
developed and shared with staff.
These activities will be taught to
relevant pupils.
Teachers to include Mathematical
Language
section
within
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Advice to be sought from EA
Numeracy representative regards
Numeracy Policy.
Where
necessary,
speak
to
Numeracy Co-ordinators from other
Special Schools about their policy.
Some members of Numeracy Team
given time out of classroom to
complete target when deemed
necessary and appropriate.
Seek support and guidance from ICT
Team regards Numeracy area on
website.
Discuss mental maths resources with
reps.
Speak to Numeracy Co-ordinators
from other Special Schools regards
their teaching of mental maths
lessons.
Staff meetings used to disseminate
information and share good practice.
Where necessary, staff will be
allocated time out of class to collate
and develop teaching and learning
Numeracy Planners.
Language was addressed in the previous
Action Plan this should be developed by
amending class planners.
Functional Skills
The Numeracy Team recognise the need
to teach our pupils life skills and to relate
Numeracy to everyday life thus there
should be a focus on functional skill
development.
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Raise awareness of Money/Financial
Capability by organising a Money
Week in school,
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Outside agencies and parents will
be invited into school to discuss
money/ financial capability.
Pupils will be involved in money
activities in and outside their
classroom.
Collaboration between classes
throughout the week.
Improved use of money by all
pupils in practical situations as
proved by feedback from parents,
pupils and staff.
MONITORING STRATEGIES:
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Targets to be time allocated and responsibility for targets to be shared by all members of the Team.
Monthly Numeracy Team meetings to address target progress.
Informal discussions with staff to help monitor target progress.
Financial Capability/Money week feedback by staff, pupils & parents.
Monitoring of teaching planners at the end of each term (Dec, April, June).
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activities.
Discussion with Heads of
Departments regards including
Mathematical Language section
within all Key Stage planners.
Information then disseminated to
staff.
Seek support from outside agencies
for this event (involvement/ resources
etc.).
Financial support from the school to
purchase money activities for the
week.
Inform staff of organised event during
staff meeting/ weekly briefing sheet
etc.
Effect on Learning and Teaching
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Raising the profile of Numeracy throughout the school will
help improve Teaching and Learning, as awareness will
be developed. Parental involvement should also help
improve pupil skills and knowledge.
The introduction of new teaching and learning activities
(Sensory Numicon/ Mental Maths) will help to improve
pupil’s teaching and learning.
Functional skills week will help to provide pupils with
opportunity to engage in practical situations thus
improving teaching and learning.
Resources and Support
Required
Responsibility for
Action
Numeracy Team
Numeracy EA Team
Numeracy Co-ordinators
other schools
from
Completion Date
November 2017
SMT Knockavoe School
EA Numeracy Training
EVALUATION STRATEGIES:
- Evaluation of Action Plan to be completed by Numeracy Team in October 2017.
- Teacher feedback about teaching and learning activities will help evaluations.
- Parental & Pupil feedback about Financial Capability/Money Week will help gauge awareness.
Chair – Board of Governors
Date:
Principal
Date