Newton Central SchoolStrategic Plan 2015 - 2017

Mission StatementWe grow our tamariki to become critical and creative lifelong learners

and positive participants in their communities.

VisionA school which provides leadership in achieving learning success for

diverse communities through productive relationships and Tiriti-based practice.

Learning Success for All

Valuing People and the

Environment

Grow Unique Newton Students

Modern Learning

Environments

Leading in Treaty and

Maori Education Innovation

and Practice

Productive Partnerships

Ko te ako te putake o te kaupapa

Learning – the heart of it all

He Korowai Pukenga

Cloak students in the attributes for successful learning and a happy life

Newton Central School Goals

Goal What this means

Learning Success for All • All children have their talents identified, shared and grown• We ensure there is learning success for all by providing for high need groups and

individuals• Culturally appropriate pedagogy and practice for all• Professional development, learning pathways and teaching practice support school goals

Strategies1. Use data to identify gaps and strengths, inform planning, and monitor progress. Collect data: Ongoing student assessment, Well Being

Survey, Student Voice survey (Year 6), graduate profile.2. Strengthen Professional Development (PD) procedures to ensure PD is linked to school goals and targets3. Provide effective support and extension programmes for reading (currently Reading Recovery, Rainbow Reading and Steps

Programme) and mathematics4. Continue to prioritise smaller class sizes within resources5. Harness the rich cultural capital which learners bring to the classroom by providing culturally responsive and engaging contexts for

learning.

Priorities & Targets

2015 2016 20171. Pasifika have been identified as a

priority group for 2015-2017 to move achievement from well below or at risk to at or above expectation.

2. Update PD policy and procedure to align PD with school goals and priorities

3. Complete the first of a two year development of a mathematics support programme

4. Maintain small class sizes <255. Develop the graduate profile

1. Pasifika continue as a priority group2. Demonstrate alignment of PD with

policy and procedures3. Complete the second of a two year

mathematics support programme4. Curriculum alignment with the graduate

profile

1. Pasifika continue as a priority group2. Consolidate support programme for

mathematics

Goal What this means

Positive & Effective Learning Environments

• ICT capabilities support student learning success at school and at home, and facilitate productive partnerships

• We build staff capability to keep pace with changing needs• Our physical spaces are flexible, open, healthy and conducive to learning

Strategies1. Identify the ICT vision and strategy for Newton Central School2. Build staff capability and confidence to integrate technology into all curriculum areas. Identify ICT leadership within staff.3. Modernise the space to maximise flexibility and collaboration in line with the approved property development plan

Priorities & Targets

2015 2016 20171. Draft strategic plan for ICT including

whanau and whole staff input2. Establish a Learning with Digital

Technologies team3. Complete design for the new classroom

block.4. Progress the hall redevelopment to

completion of design and tendering.

1. Finalise the ICT strategic plan and align with budget, PD, new learning environments and pedagogy.

2. Complete construction of the new classrooms block

3. Complete the re-roof of the school hall.

1. Modernise Rooms 1-6

Goal What this means

Valuing People and the Environment

• Staff, students and whanau/families are valued and celebrated• We value all forms of social and cultural diversity• Our school is welcoming and safe• Building a strong sense of self and relationship to others• Care for the environment is embedded in school practices and curriculum• The curriculum reflects the value of people, culture, community and the environment

Strategies1. Incorporate contexts for learning that reflect the diversity of the community.2. Protect and improve the natural environment to maximise students’ outdoor learning environment.3. Incorporate environmental studies into the core curriculum4. Establish Positive Behaviour for Learning at Newton Central

Priorities & Targets

2015 2016 20171. Continue to embed Positive Behaviour

for Learning2. Incorporate outdoor learning objectives

into the design of the new classroom block

3. Protect the natural environment in the design and locating of new classrooms

1. Consolidate Positive Behaviour for Learning

2. Protect the natural environment throughout the building process

Goal What this means

Productive Partnerships • The school is an integrated part of the wider community• Community engagement is encouraged and valued• Effective communication between the school/kura and whanau/families• Family/whanau are actively engaged in student learning

Strategies1. Build and maintain multiple pathways for engagement with the school community including parent groups for Rumaki, Awahou, Kura

Auraki (mainstream) in order to understand and respond to the hopes, aspirations and needs of the school community.2. Invest in the school website as a communication channel between the school/kura and whanau/families3. Establish classroom or team parent collectives to support teachers and student learning4. Establish a parent education programme (how whanau can assist in student learning)5. Explore strengthening partnerships with local businesses and community organisations

Priorities & Targets2015 2016 20171. Establish forums for parent and whanau

engagement for junior and middle school

2. Provide opportunities for Pasifika parent involvement in line with the Pacific Nation annual plan

3. Invest in a new website

1. Establish forums for parent and whanau engagement for senior school

2. Expand whanau engagement to include parent education

3. Consolidate use of the new website

1. Consolidate regular whanau engagement and parent education

Goal What this means

Leading in Treaty and Te Reo Maori Innovation and Practice

• A bi-culturally competent community • Relationship and connection with local iwi• Co-governance arrangement• Treaty, Te Reo and tikanga Maori are integrated throughout the school and curriculum • Maori medium pathways are integral to the school

Strategies1. Maintain co-governance arrangement and investigate an alternative constitution that institutes this co-governance model.2. Consolidate and strengthen Maori medium pathways through quality PD opportunities for staff.3. Encourage all staff to participate in professional development to build their capability in te reo Maori4. Use and further develop the bi-cultural histories curriculum5. Strengthen the reciprocal relationship between Ngati Whatua and the school

Priorities & Targets2015 2016 20171. Provide increased support for Te Reo

and Maori culture in mainstream2. Provide kapa haka for mainstream3. Plan for the expansion of Awahou

Whanau pathway to three classes. Board review and approval of Te Awa Hou Strategic Plan.

4. Explore an alternative constitution that institutes the co-governance model (BOT)

1. Provide increased support for Te Reo and Maori culture in mainstream

2. Expand kapa haka for mainstream3. Support the expansion of Awahou

Whanau pathway to three classes4. Implement recommendations from the

investigation into an alternative constitution (BOT)