Summary Plan to improve Numeracy Levels |
| Targets: |
• Ensure that all pupils make at least expected yearly progress in Maths: i.e. all pupils achieve at the same percentile scores as last year (as measured by standardised 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 pupils struggling in Mathematics (pupils not on their class level). Instruction for pupils struggling in Mathematics must produce substantially more than one-year's growth in ability for each year of instruction. Our target is to accelerate 5% of these struggling pupils by getting them up a class level.
• Ensure that our identified more able and talented pupils continue to achieve at the highest levels. |
| Actions: |
Measure |
Target Group |
Lead Responsibility |
When? |
Measure Undertaken |
Ring fenced whole school timetable for Mathematics
Monday - Friday: 11.10am - 12.15am
(To ensure uninterrupted time for Maths every day)
Infants: Mon - Frid: 11.10am - 11.40am
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All classes |
Support Team & class teachers |
All year |
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Continuation with Team Teaching for Maths where the pupils work within their stage of development |
All classes |
Support Team |
All year |
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Mental Maths Programme
(Ten minutes daily)
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All classes |
All teachers |
10 minutes each day |
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Use of concrete materials & increased emphasis in discovery learning (using the new Maths equipment purchased during the summer) |
All classes |
All teachers |
All year |
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First - Sixth |
All teachers |
All year |
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Continued emphasis on problem solving
(Fifth & Sixth classes) |
Fifth & Sixth Classes |
Fifth & Sixth class teachers |
All year |
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More use of Games for Maths such as Loop Card Games & High Interest Maths |
All Classes |
All teachers |
All year |
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Continue to maintain an area in each classroom to showcase Maths ideas, understandings & language |
All classes |
All teachers |
All year |
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Extend Maths rich environment into the corridors |
All classes |
All teachers |
All year |
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Participation in Maths Competitions & provision of Maths Challenges (LASCO Inter School Maths Challenge & challenges & puzzles on school's website & VLE) |
More Able & Talented Pupils |
Mr. Roberts |
All year |
Analysis of Weekly Maths Challenges using our school's Virtual Learning Environment: These weekly challenges ran for 38 weeks including the Halloween, Christmas, Midterm & Easter breaks from school. 514 attempts were made by pupils to answer the challenges over the year. 45 different pupils successfully completed at least one challenge with the average success rate being 4.97 problems answered correctly.
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Continuation of Homework Club |
Target Pupils |
Support Team & B/ECCP Co-Ordinator |
October - June |
Homework Club ran from October 2011 to the end of May 2012 |
Provision of online support for pupils through the 'Mathletics' programme for home use and weekly/fortnightly use in the Computer Room & MangaHigh when Mathletics is finished. Junior pupils to use Rainforest Maths |
3rd - 6th |
Miss Arrigan & Principal |
September - December (Mathletics) & January - June (MangaHigh) |
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Whole School agreement on Procedures for Problem Solving
(RUDE: Read the problem at least twice, Underline clue words, Draw a picture, diagram, table or use concrete materials & Estimate the answer) |
Fifth & Sixth Classes |
Fifth & Sixth class teachers |
April - end of June and continued next years |
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Maths Table Quizzes |
3rd - 6th classes |
Class Teachers |
Throughout the year |
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Participation in Maths Week 2011: October 14th - 22nd (Senior Classes to bring in Maths Games to play with junior classes - Snakes & Ladders, Ludo etc). Middle & Senior Classes take part in Table Quiz and Daily Maths Challenge on school's VLE |
All Classes |
Teachers & Principal |
October 14th - 22nd |
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Problem Solving
(Teacher modelling for 2/3 weeks, pupils working in pairs to solve problems for 2/3 weeks, then pupils working independently to solve problems.
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1st - 6th |
Numeracy Teacher |
November - May |
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