[OUR LADY OF LOURDES NATIONAL SCHOOL] Three Year Plan under DEIS

You are here Three Year Plan 2010 - 2013 Literacy Year 2 (2011-2012)

Summary Plan to improve Literacy Levels
Targets:
• Ensure that all pupils make at least expected yearly progress in reading ability: i.e. all pupils achieve at least one-year's increase in reading age (as measured by standardised reading tests). • Ensure that all pupils who achieved less than expected yearly progress last year compensate for it this year - i.e. any pupil achieving lower scores in June 2011 than June 2010 must reach the previous year's levels (as measured in percentile scores). • Ensure that we accelerate struggling readers' development (Readers below the 20th percentile). Instruction for struggling readers must produce substantially more than one-year's growth in reading ability for each year of instruction. Our target is to accelerate 5% of these struggling readers by more than one year. • Ensure that our identified more able and talented pupils continue to achieve at the highest levels.
Actions:
Measure	Target Group	Lead Responsibility	When?	Progress of Measure
Ring fenced whole school timetable for literacy Monday - Friday: 9.00am - 10.00am (To ensure uninterrupted time for Literacy every day) This will be extended to 90 minutes per day when DES instructions are received.	First - Sixth	Support Team & class teachers	All year
Continuation with Team Teaching at each class level where the class teacher and the SEN teacher work with ability groups	All classes	Support Team	All year
Continuation of Touch, Type, Read & Spell Programme to support dyslexic pupils (TTRS). Pupils with exemptions in Gaeilge will take part in the programme during timetabled Gaeilge time using laptops in their classrooms.	Specific target pupils	SEN Organiser Mrs Ryan (for TTRS) Mrs Murphy (ICT Co-Ordinator for laptops & software)	All year
Timetabled School Library	First Class - Sixth Class	Deputy Principal Mrs Murphy with volunteers from Parents Council	All year
Reading Recovery	Four target pupils	Miss Jordan (Reading Recovery Teacher)	All year
Use of SRA & Prim Ed Comprehension Boxes to support pupils' comprehension	First - Sixth	Class Based (Pupils to be tested first to ascertain appropriate entry level)	Two weeks each term
Continuation of First Steps Writing Programme	All Classes	All teachers involved in the literacy grouping	Wednesdays - All year
Continuation of cursive handwriting programme with weekly handwriting lessons.	First - Sixth classes	Relevant class teachers	All year
Use of Jolly Phonics program with interactive whiteboards in Infants' classes	Infants	Teachers of Infants	All year
Raise the Awareness of Books: Celebrate Roald Dahl Day (Pupils to dress up as their favourite character from a Roald Dahl book)	All classes	Class Teachers	September 13th
Continuation of Homework Club	Target pupils	HSCL (when appointed) & B/ECCP Co-Ordinator	October - June
Setting up of Mini-Reading Clubs: Groups of three pupils will plan timeframe for reading a book and discuss it twice weekly using discussion prompts. The full genre of texts to be covered during the programme. (Class novels NOT to be selected for programme)	First - Sixth	Literacy Groups	Select books by end of September, order additional books by first week October to begin after Halloween. Allocation of discussion time at descretion of teacher but suggestion is three 10 minute slots.
Monthly Poetry/Writing Competition (Ken Black Toy Shop Vouchers given as Prizes) Publication of School Poetry Book to celebrate above competitions	All Classes	Each Literacy Group Teacher & Principal	September 9th - Back to School Poem October: 24th - Poem with Halloween Theme December 16th - Christmas Story (Prizes given out as Christmas Mass) (Remaining themes to be decided during the year)
Record Class Novels (so there is no overlapping)	First - Sixth	Each Literacy Group Teacher & Principal	September
Use of Wikis & Blogs to encourage Writing	Senior Classes	Principal & Literacy Group Teacher	All Year