Fagley School Improvement Plan 2016-2017

Writing
No.

Objective

Responsibility

Actions

Timescales

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1) To track the progress of disadvantaged

pupils in writing and identify any pupils who

termly

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will receive intervention support.

2) To ensure that interventions meet the

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needs for all the disadvantaged pupils who

are not making expected progress.

How to monitor

Key Area: Effectiveness of leadership and management

1

To improve the progress for

disadvantaged pupils in
writing across the
curriculum.

Writing assessment data

Pupil progress meetings
with teachers.
Pupil interviews.

3) To perform pupil interviews.

4) To discuss progress of disadvantaged
children at pupil progress meetings.
2

Leaders to ensure that the key

skills in writing are being
taught to enable pupils to
access different areas of
the curriculum.

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DHT

1) To use the national curriculum skills

document to ensure the writing skills are

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being taught.
2) To monitor the termly writing planning

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per year group.

3) To scrutinise pupils writing books.

termly

Writing assessment grids

collected.
Monitor planning.
Writing scrutiny.

termly

Data collection
Writing assessments
results

4) To monitor the teaching of grammar and

spelling.
3

Leaders to consider the impact of

the teaching of writing.

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1) To monitor writing assessment data

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2) To use writing assessments

- termly writing assessments in writing

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books
- termly SPAG tests (rising stars)
3) To audit the writing skills and working
walls in each year group.

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Leaders to consider the extent to

which the school intervenes to
provide support for improving
pupils literacy, especially for
pupils at risk of underachieving.
The school council to promote
writing.

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1) To monitor writing interventions across

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Intervention records

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the school
2) To use data to identify children at risk

report

Collecting data for

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of falling behind.

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improvements (pupil voice)

1) School council to conduct writing

learning walks and make suggestions for

writing interventions

Termly

> Complete learning walk with

the school council

School council
Term 1 Updates
1.1)
1.2)
1.3)
1.4)
2.1) Meetings with all class teachers Y1-6 carried out by SG or VR in Autumn 2. Writing coverage content for Autumn term recorded on document. To
be reviewed Spring 2 and Summer 2 by VR.
2.2) Reviewed during meeting (see 2.1) with reference to including further skills in Autumn term. Ongoing this to be done by VR on submission of
termly plan in Spring 1 and Summer 1.
2.3) Writing books reviewed as part of 2.1 action. Comments fed back to staff with writing coverage document and during meeting. Comments copied
to SLT.
2.4) Grammar and spelling content from writing coverage reviewed in 2.1 meetings.
3.1)
3.2)
3.3) Learning walk carried out by VR / SG information collated by VR and fed back to staff.
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4.1)
4.2)
6.1) Carried out in Autumn 1 with SG. Fed back to SLT.
Key area: Quality of teaching, learning and assessment
1

To ensure that teachers embed

writing well across the
curriculum equipping all
pupils with the necessary
skills to make progress.

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1) Complete a whole school writing plan.

curriculum writing overview.

Update
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> Whole school writing plan

> Writing learning walk.

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2) Class talk for writing texts to be used to

support writing skills.

> Curriculum overviews.

> Words of the week

Class
teachers

3) To broaden vocabulary across the school

using age appropriate weekly vocabulary

> Monitor marking and

feedback.

lists.
4) To monitor feedback from teachers in

> Monitor vocabulary displays

(grammar colours)

writing book to ensure that pupils always

have a clear guidance on how to improve
their work.
5) To use Chris Quigley writing stickers /
milestone to assess writing.
6) To ensure that new vocabulary is
displayed in appropriate grammar colour to
allow ease of understanding and children to
use in their own work accurately and more
readily.
2

Teachers to plan and deliver high

quality writing lessons.

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1) Monitor English planning.

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2) Observe writing sessions.

3) Scrutinise writing books.

by each teacher termly.

> Lesson observations

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4) Modelled writing training session to

> writing book scrutiny.

Termly

> Monitor one weeks planning

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improve the quality of modelled writing.

Class
teachers
Term 1 Updates:
1.1)
Completed Autumn 2
1.2)
Ongoing evidenced in learning walks and in writing books.
1.3)
Display in corridor (Autumn 1+) and displays of vocabulary in classrooms evident during learning walks.
1.4)
Feedback from teachers evident in writing books during 2.1 meetings.
1.5)
Evident in writing books during 2.1 meetings.
1.6)
Not consistent during learning walks yet opportunities missed to use this. Formed part of feedback to teachers.
2.1)
2.2)
2.3) During 2.1 meetings.
2.4) Staff attended this in Autumn 2.
Key area: Personal development, behaviour and welfare
1

To develop a love for writing

across the school.

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1) To develop talk for writing techniques

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across the school

2) Classes to present T4W during class

Drama workshops

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assemblies.
3) Arrange for authors / illustrators to

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visit school.
4) Roald Dahl day

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Pupil interviews

5) World book day

6) To use drama and role play to help
develop language before writing.

To engage with parents to

Parents /

1) Children to complete a weekly blog.

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Parent writing

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promote the importance of
writing at home.

class teachers

2) To have parent writing workshops.

workshops.

3) Monitor homework blog books and writing

in reading journals.

Talk for writing

assemblies including
parents.

Term 1 Updates
1.1)
1.2)
1.3)
1.4)
1.5)
1.6)
2.1)
2.2)

T4W staff meeting Autumn 1 (SL/SG)

Completed during Autumn term ongoing.

Celebrated November 2016

To organise in Spring 2017.

2.3) Reading journals reviewed by VR Autumn 2.

Key area: Outcomes for pupils achievement
1)

To ensure that in each year group

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1) To have termly writing assessments.

and across the curriculum, pupils

make substantial and sustained

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2) To collect writing data from each year

group.

progress in writing.

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3) To analysis writing data and create

development points for staff.

Class
teachers

4) Pupil progress meetings

5) To implement and monitor writing
interventions.
6) High attainers / accelerated progress
writers are rewarded.
7) Teachers to use the assessments from
5

termly

Data collection

Writing progress
trackers.

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the Fagley spelling strategy once per term
and use this to analyse gaps in childrens
spelling knowledge and retention.
8) Teachers to use the models and examples
from the Fagley Spelling Strategy to teach
age-related spelling objectives with clarity.
9) Teachers to address any gap in childrens
spelling knowledge and retention and
address these through differentiated
2)

3)

Pupils to write widely and often

Class

across subjects to a high

standard, with fluency and

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comprehension appropriate to
their age.
Teachers to use every class
opportunity to write to a broader
audience

Class
teachers

spelling session or interventions.

1) To monitor writing books to ensure that

Termly

children are writing across the curriculum.

2) Audit the writing curriculum.
4) Check the depth and breadth within the
curriculum.
1) To write a daily reflection at age
appropriateness expectations for their
parents to read.
2) To write to visitors and staff at places
children have visited.

Term 1 updates.
1.1)
1.2) Submitted to VR Autumn 2 Week 1 for Autumn 1; Spring 1 Week 1 for Autumn 2.
1.3)
1.4)
1.5)
6

Learning walk
Pupil interviews
Audit curriculum
overviews.

Termly

To monitor planners
termly.
To collect a sample of
write which is
produced after a visit.

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1.6)
1.7, 1.8 and 1.9) To be actioned from Spring 1 (see Spelling Action Plan)
2.1) Writing books show writing across the curriculum, though frequency of exposure to this is not consistent throughout school.
2.2)
2.4)
3.1) Teachers and support staff to be regularly reminded of this to ensure it is reiterated. Class 5 has implemented this as a focus successfully.
3.2) Writing Action Plan and this expectation to be shared with staff in Spring 1.