ANNUAL SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN – PARAP PRIMARY – 2020

EDUCATION NT STRATEGY – ACHIEVE: INCREASE THE NUMBER OF YEAR 12 COMPLETIONS

Ready to Learn

Every Child’s Success is Everyone’s Responsibility – creating passionate and inspired learners to Year 12 and beyond.

Our vision is to build resilient and capable learners who possess the ability and motivation to continue to be lifelong learners to Year 12 and beyond.  We will do this by;

• Developing and communicating a shared vision which encompasses high expectations for all students and staff, to enhance achievement and wellbeing outcomes.
• Collaborating to refine a shared language and common belief about teaching and learning, based on an understanding that all students can achieve.
• Consistent approach to strategies that ensure students are ready to learn and they feel school is a safe and supported place – beyond physical safety.
• Implementing processes to provide both academic and non-academic support to address individual needs for all learners.
• An expectation of learning environments that cater for the needs of every student, and nurtures the development of a love of learning.
• Differentiated learning experiences to enable all students to be successful and to demonstrate growth.
• Sharing and actively teaching our School Values that are specifically described as learning behaviours and are supported by our school’s Learner Dispositions.
• Working as a community to build a strong, positive culture of belonging and inclusion.
• Explicit teaching and positive reinforcement through high expectations and regular examples which are publically celebrated as a school community.
• Actively promoting positive mental health and wellbeing for all members of the school community, placing a high priority on student and staff wellbeing.

Maths is for Everyone and is Everywhere – Maths is a creative and visual subject.

Our vision is to ensure effective student autonomy in task design and the personalisation of a daily learning experience which is challenging  and is tailored to student interest, motivation and the most appropriate learning strategies. We will do this by;

• Embedding the belief in students, staff and parents that mathematics is a creative and flexible learning area.
• Establishing a culture that mathematics is everywhere and for everybody, and understanding can and should be demonstrated in a variety of ways.
• Co-constructing realistic, criteria specific and challenging goals through feedback and dialogue, and recognising effort made towards these.
• Ensuring that students feel safe and comfortable to articulate where they are at, what strategies they have used and where to next.

Real Life Inquiry Empowers Students to Develop Higher Order Thinking when Considering Challenges – The skill, will and thrill of learning.

Ensure effective student autonomy in task design and the personalisation of a daily learning experience which provides challenge and is tailored to student interest, motivation and the most appropriate learning strategies. We will do this by;

• Students and teachers interacting with community experts in their field, to contribute to and enhance learning and engagement.
• Connecting with students from other schools, locally, nationally and globally to exchange knowledge and learn from each other.
• Establishing a culture of parent and whole school community understanding and involvement in student learning.