1. Curriculum Workshop
Mrs McLean HT

2. Curriculum Updates… School Improvement Update Pupil Equity Fund
Attainment Data
Tracking Report

3. School Improvement Update
School and Nursery Improvement – Priority 1
Revisit our school’s vision and values - ETHOS
Consulted staff/ parents and Pupils to establish core values
Loving/ Nurture/Inclusion /Achieving – One focus per term
Staff training on vision and values within school and Nursery
Nurture. Inclusion and Attachment training for all staff
Support Programmes in place – Knex, Lego Therapy, Rainbow Reading, Wave3, GMP
Good to be Green – A Factor Party – Value Awards- Sid and Shanarri – Rookie Rock Stars
Developing in Faith – Catholic Education Week – SCES working party
Family Rosary – Prayer Group – Retreats – Seasons for Growth
Strengthening Community Links – Green Hands Together – Forest Kinder garden

4. School Improvement Plan
School and Nursery Improvement – Priority 2
Improve attainment in Literacy
Staff training in supporting children with literacy difficulties – dyslexia
Established Nursery pre reading and pre writing learning group which also focuses on developing speech and language skills as well as fine motor skills.
Introduced ‘soft start’ in P1 which and purchased resources to allow a sensory approach to the teaching and learning of initial sounds.
Used PEF money to source EYP to support children in the areas of reading, writing and talking and listening through purposeful play.
Used PEF money to purchase new furniture to create inviting writing and reading areas in the infant open area to encourage creative writing and reading for enjoyment.
Literacy working party used POLAAR to evaluate classroom and open area environment to ensure they are ‘literacy rich’. Plan to use book fair commission money to purchase varied reading materials to enhance class libraries such as comics and magazines.
Staff training in Language Land- an intervention used to enhance speech and language in early years.
Replenished PM reading books in the infants to create ‘core reading programme’ which is consistent and progressive across P1-3.
All staff attended Active Literacy refresher training.
Attended Literacy Coach Training which gave me the knowledge and skills to administer diagnostic literacy assessments. Will begin to share this knowledge with staff during in-service day to equip them with the skills to administer these assessments to inform next steps in their own children.

5. School Improvement Update
School and Nursery Improvement – Priority 3
Improve attainment in Maths
Staff training on number talks approach- MALT
Updated and created new resources and organised Numeracy areas within all open areas
PEF funding to purchase Heinemann Active Maths pupil workbooks for second level
Created online assessment tool uploaded to school GLOW site allowing for whole school tracking and monitoring linked to CfE benchmarks
Trialling Dynamo maths software to support dyscalculia
Embedded use of sumdog to support mental agility

6. PUPIL EQUITY FUND WHAT IS THE ATTAINMENT GAP IN OUR SCHOOL
Pupil Equity Funding is money that will go to your child's school to help them provide the best possible opportunities for children's learning. In particular, it is there to help the school support children who experience barriers to learning and who might be falling behind or not getting the same chances in their education because their family is experiencing poverty or other financial difficulties. This money is given to schools as part of the Scottish Government's Scottish Attainment Challenge.
WHAT IS THE ATTAINMENT GAP IN OUR SCHOOL
FOCUS ON CHILDREN INDENTIFIED
SIMD 1-2 – FOR EVERYONE
INTERVENTIONS FOR EQUITY – WE NEED TO MEASURE WHAT WE DO – IS THIS CHANGE MAKING A DIFFERENCE

7. SO WHAT ARE WE TRYING IMPROVEMENT FOCUS
PEDAGOGICAL IMPROVEMENT – ST.AIDAN’S BOOK CLUB -TEACHER WELL-BEING
EMPLOYED THE SKILLS OF AN ELP and ASNA – Play based approach
TIME TO TALK-MINDFULNESS
LITERACY/NUMERACY INTERVENTIONS/ RESOURCES – ICT Showcase
NURTURE PROVISION-SENSORY AREAS - EMOTIONAL WELLBEING
TARGETED SUPPORT FOR INOS/SIMD1&2
SUPPORTERS FOR SUCCESS PROGRAMME – family engagement
LEGO THERAPY – Language Land
GROSS MOTOR GROUP – KNEX
PUPIL VOICE – EVERY CHILD AND REPS FROM NURSERY IN COMMITTES
ENGAGING WITH COMMUNITY – ALZHEIMERS SCOTLAND – CLYDE IN THE CLASSROOM – POPE FRANCIS AWARD- FOREST KINDERGARDEN
TRACKING REPORTS – PLC
SPECIALIST PE – BETTER MOVERS. BETTER THINKERS

8. St. Aidan’s Data… Our story so far
Numeracy
Reading
Writing
Listening and Talking
2016
2017 P1
Early Level
93%
77%
76%
74%
92% P4
First Level
72%
82.5%
69%
75% P7
Second Level
87%
97%
90%
84%

9. Tracking Report Reading Writing Talking and Listening Early Level
First Level
Second Level
Second Level
(name) is on track in reading. He should take his time when reading and applying word attack strategies
(name) is on track in writing. He should remember to structure his story correctly and re-read his work. Apply spelling strategies
(name) is on track within talking and listening. He is able to follow instructions carefully. He should try to participate more in class discussions by sharing his views and opinions.
Number
Beyond Number
Early Level
First Level
Second Level
Second Level
(name) is on track in maths. Work on counting in 4s and ordering numbers to 100
(name) is on track in all of aspects of maths. He is able to recognise simple lines of symmetry and he is able to create his own symmetrical designs.

10. Team Teaching – Sharing Success
Term 1- Term4 – Planned Learning Conversations/ Teachers and Pupils
Term 3 – Peer Observations within our own school
Term 2- Term 4 – Cluster Good Practice Visits Planned