Limbrick Wood School Improvement

School Improvement Plan 2006 - 2008

Foundations Stage

1. Development of the outdoor classroom.
2. Maintain and promote afternoon sessions in the nursery.
3. Develop a through Foundation Stage Unit.
4. Impliment some principles of  Early Childhood Environmental Scale.
5. Enriched curriculum with learning experiences through visits and visitors.

Information, Communication and Technology

1. Improve children’s skills and understanding of ICT across the whole Primary Curriculum using a cross curricular approach.
2. Introduce new schemes of work for ICT to support differentiation and focussed assessment.
3. Embedding principles of Every Child Matters within ICT.

The Learning Environment

1. Emotional Literacy taught weekly in every class, using the scheme devised by the school.
2. Develop a School Council.
3. Be part of the Network 8 Learning Environments’ initiative.
4. Develop PSHE through more staff becoming PSHE accredited, also develop Sex and Relationships Policy and the No Outsiders project (tackling Homophobia)
5. Implement a daily exercise programme for current Year 4 as part of a programme to see the possible effects of regular exercise on learning and behaviour.
6. Create role play areas in all classrooms
7. Introduce a programme of MFL into KS2 starting with Year 3.
8. Continue to implement Thinking Skill strategies across the school, (Brain Gym, Learning Styles etc). Thinking skill folders to all new staff
9. To work to towards status of Healthy School and Eco School.

Raise Standards in Numeracy

1. Continue to improve the quality of teaching and learning.
2. Develop target groups and individual children for numeracy improvement.
3. Raise understanding of numeracy with parents and the community.
4. Develop children’s understanding of mental arithmetic.
5. Create links between numeracy and other curriculum areas i.e. Science AT1
6. Introduce Primary Strategy for Numeracy.

Raise Standards in Literacy

1. Raise standards for more able in reading and writing
2. Develop decoding and reading strategies
3. Improve writing.
4. Develop drama and group interaction throughout the curriculum
5. Develop parents understanding and role in promoting Literacy skills
6. Develop use of spelling strategies
7. Introduce Primary Strategy for literacy

Raise standards in English and Foundation subjects through cross-curricular links

1. Develop understanding of roles and responsibilities of subject managers
2. Develop and use cross curricular links
3. Identify and use Foundation Subject assessments
4. Raise standards in Foundation subjects.

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