Physical Activity For Healthy, Confident Kids Appendices

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1 Physical Activity For Healthy, Confident Kids Appendices Published 2007 for the Ministry of Education by Learning Media Limited, Box 3293, Wellington, New Zealand. Copyright Crown All rights reserved. Enquiries should be made to the publisher.

2 Appendix 5: Examples of Strategic Plans That Include Physical Activity Strategic Achievement Goals Goal Two: Physical Activity To develop a positive physical activity culture at Tasman School Historical Overview Tasman School has always prided itself on how physically active our students are and our success on the sports field. In recent times it has been noted that students are choosing more sedentary activities in their break times and we are getting fewer children actively involved in sport or getting involved then pulling out when it seems to get too hard. These factors, along with sedentary activities at home, such as watching TV and playing computer games, and a growing number of clearly overweight students, have led to our targeting physical activity as part of our Strategic Plan. Clearly our needs are not as great as other urban schools, but we feel that if we can put our plan in place early, we will have more chance to change attitudes before they become too established and widespread, and we can create a school culture where physical activity is seen as fun and as an important part of a healthy lifestyle. It is something that everyone can access and enjoy. 34

3 Student Achievement Target: Action Plan 2006 Strategic Goal: Physical Activity To develop a physical activity culture within our school community Annual Target: That an identified group of inactive students will spend at least 50% of their break-time participating in physical activity. Historical Position: A group of students were identified as being physically inactive by staff, and a physical activity study carried out in late 2006 confirmed that this group was indeed quite inactive. During break-time, this group was inactive 66% of the time. This is of concern as international research shows clear links between physical activity and student achievement. (Refer to the full physical activity project report for further information.) Target Area: Inactivity in break-time Student group: (Circle) Gender: M F All Ethnicity: All Maori Other Student Year: All Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Y5 Y6 Y7 Y8 Action Plan Action Time frame Responsibility Resources To carry out a detailed lifestyle survey of identified inactive students and create a physical activity profile for each of these children. By the end of term 1 Paul Don Active sports co-ordinator. QCAPESS website Staff to develop and teach a school-wide unit in playground games. Weeks 5 to 10 term 1 All staff QCAPESS website ChCh COE PE adviser Purchase more playground equipment and court markings to provide more of a variety of activities for students. By the start of term 2 Paul Don Budget in physical activity area: $1500 Sports Distributors Lead teacher professional development physical activity project. By end of term 2 Paul Budget in physical activity area: $1500 ChCh COE PE adviser Full-staff professional development led by physical activity lead teacher and supported by PE adviser. By end of the year Paul lead All other staff Staff meeting time allocated Perceptual motor programme in years 1 3 to develop motor skills at the lower end of the school. By end of term 2 Jude and Fraser Year 7 8 students to assist Parents Lee Corlett Budget in physical activity area: $

4 Note: In previous charters, Tasman School has included a three-year overview. This is no longer the case as we see our strategic plan as an evolving document and the outcomes of each year will determine the targets for the following year. Charter, Strategic and Operational Plans Development Process September 2005 Strategic survey of parents, staff, and BOT October 2005 Results are reported to BOT and Strategic Planning Sub-committee formed. First strategic planning meeting held. Staff decide on target areas. Data is collected on the 2005 achievement target areas. November 2005 School priorities developed and consultation carried out with the school community. Staff carry out assessments for baseline data. Some data is presented to BOT Physical activity. Information on 2005 Target areas presented to the BOT. December 2005 Final baseline data is presented to the BOT Boys education and numeracy. Staff work with AtoL facilitator to develop some action plans. January 2006 Staff develop all action plans for annual targets. February 2006 BOT approves final charter. Charter is sent to MOE. Final charter is presented to parents at the meet the teachers evening. BOT 2005 analysis of variance and information sent to MOE. 36

5 TARADALE PRIMARY SCHOOL Profile No CHARTER: Mission Statement: To prepare our children for lifelong learning by developing their social, intellectual and physical skills in a creative and caring environment. 37

6 TARADALE PRIMARY SCHOOL MISSION STATEMENT: To prepare our children for lifelong learning by developing their social, intellectual and physical skills in a creative and caring environment Long Term Planning: NAG#1 Curriculum NAG#2 Self Review NAG#3 Personnel NAG#4 Property NAG#4 Finance NAG#5 Health & Safety NAG#6 Legislation New Zealand s Cultural Diversity Consider: National Education Goals National Priorities Community Expectations School Vision Statement Charter: Strategic Goals/Plans 3-5 Years ANNUAL TARGETS SET: Literacy Numeracy Physical Activity Charter: Strategic Goals/Plans 3-5 Years Action Plans for: Business as Usual (BaU) Devising & Implementation ANNUAL PLAN Action Plans for: Raising Student Achievement (RSA) Planning & Reporting Principal s Reports to Board of Trustees Monthly Annually Financial Statements prepared and audited 38

7 TARADALE PRIMARY SCHOOL Analysis of Variance: For the year ended 31 December 2006 Strategic Target: Physical activity Strategic Goal: To have raised the profile of physical activity within the school and the community by the end of Term 4, 2006 as part of our involvement in the Physical Activity Initiative. Target (Charter: 2006) Outcome (What Happened?) Analysis Evaluation (Now What?) As part of our involvement in the MOE Physical Activity Initiative (Massey University, Sport HB, and Taradale Primary School), we have an agreement to ensure that there is a positive physical activity culture within Taradale Primary School. Michelle Lacey (Sport HB) and Vicky Small (Massey University) will be working with all staff as part of our Physical Activity Contract and will be supporting us as teams, individuals, and as a whole staff throughout the year. Focus Groups: Years 0/1 6, both genders, and all ethnic groups. Team Quotes Team 1: There was a definite improvement in enthusiasm towards PA with the children doing physical activities that they had not previously tried. Team 2: Ideas for PA games and activities provided through the lead team and PD proved to be very helpful, practical, and easy to use by staff. Push-Play involving the school and the community proved great in raising PA awareness. Team 3: More equipment has been a very positive addition. Many more opportunities for PA at both lunch- and playtimes. Children love physical activity. The data collected by both the PA Advisers and our own lead team certainly confirms that we are under way in developing a positive school community physical activity culture. An analysis of what is now happening in the playground certainly showed that more students are making better use of the sports equipment that is being provided, especially from the new sports trolley. Another outcome of this has been the decrease in behaviour problems in the playground. We have been informed that we will continue to be part of the Active Schools Programme in We will continue with the programme of PD that has been co-ordinated by the PA advisers as well as our own lead team. As part of our programme in 2007, there will be a schoolwide focus on swimming and/or aquatics which will be linked into our formative assessment programme. The lead team would like to establish a sports council of children to consult with and to discuss further developments of our school PA programme. 39

8 TARADALE PRIMARY SCHOOL Analysis of Variance: For the year ended 31 December 2007 Strategic Target: Physical activity Strategic Goal: To continue to have raised further the profile of physical activity within the school and the community by the end of Term 4, 2007 as part of our involvement in the SCPAP Initiative. Target (Charter: 2007) Outcome (What Happened?) Analysis Evaluation (Now What?) As part of our continued involvement in the SCPAP Physical Activity Initiative, we have an agreement to ensure that there is a positive physical activity culture developed within Taradale Primary School. Michelle Lacey (Sport HB) and Nick Hendrickson (Massey University) will continue to work with all staff individually, as well as with our three teams throughout the school year to further develop a positive physical activity culture. Focus Groups: Years 0/1 Year 6, both genders, and all ethnic groups. Specific Focus Area: Swimming and aquatics. 40

9 TARADALE PRIMARY SCHOOL STRATEGIC TARGETS 2007: LITERACY, NUMERACY, AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY Strategic Target 1: Literacy: Written Language Strategic Goal: To raise the written language achievement of our students across the curriculum, with a particular focus on improving writing conventions (surface and deeper features). Refer to: TPS Written Language Matrix. To increase written word power spelling (surface features), and improving the quality of all written work. By the end of 2007, 80% of all year 6 students will be meeting or exceeding expectations in word power spelling. This will be reflected in all of their written work. Focus Group: Year 6 Gender: Both Ethnicity: All Specific Focus Area: Spelling Strategic Target 2: Numeracy Strategic Goal: To raise the numeracy achievement of our students across all year levels (NumP: Numeracy Project). By the end of 2007, 85% of all year 3 and year 5 students will be achieving at or above expectations in subtraction. Focus Group: Year 3 and year 5 Gender: Both Ethnicity: All Specific Focus Area: Subtraction Strategic Target 3: Physical Activity Strategic Goal: To continue to have further raised the profile of physical activity within the school and the community by the end of Term 4, 2007 as part of our involvement in the SCPAP Initiative. To further develop a positive physical activity culture in the area of swimming and aquatics as part of our school-wide swimming programme. Focus Groups: Years 0/1 Year 6 Gender: Both Ethnicity: All Specific Focus Area: Swimming and aquatics 41

10 Target Areas for 2007 Two of the three target areas for 2007 are a continuation of the particular targets that we had set for The first target (Written Language) has come about following our school-wide focus on written language as part of our involvement in the AtoL contract with Anna Stephenson. Anna will be spending time with us throughout the year working with the lead team, individual teachers, and team clusters, as well as taking a series of full-staff meetings. Analysis of the 2006 IRAE data identified that only 63% of year 5 pupils were achieving at or above our expectations for spelling. Pupils often knew how to spell words, but this knowledge was not reflected in their written work. In fact, it was agreed to closely monitor all children in years 3, 4, and 6 as well as our focus group: year 5, in regard to the Joy Allcock spelling programme. The second target (numeracy) has been continued into 2007 as we will be again working with Dinah Harvey as part of our school-wide numeracy contract with Advisers Plus. Dinah will be spending time with us throughout the year working with individual teachers, and team clusters, as well as taking a series of full-staff meetings (one per term). Analysis of 2006 NumP (Numeracy Project) end-of-year project testing data identified that 82% of year 2s were achieving at or above our expectation. At expectation: 44% (Boys: 11%, Girls: 33%) Above expectation: 38% (Boys: 23%, Girls: 15%) The area of concern was to do with subtraction. It was agreed that we will closely monitor our year 3s and year 5s during The third target (physical activity) has been introduced in 2007 as part of our continued involvement in the SCPAP Physical Activity Initiative (started in 2006) with four other schools in Hawke s Bay (and 59 other schools in New Zealand). All schools involved in this contract have signed an agreement with SCPAP to ensure that we are working on developing and further raising a positive physical activity culture. Michelle Lacey (Sport HB) and Nick Hendrickson (Massey University) will continue to work with all staff individually, as well as with our three teams throughout the school year to further develop a positive physical activity culture. They will also be involved in taking a series of full-staff meetings with a particular focus on physical activity in the classroom, the school, and the school community, as well as using formative assessment strategies (learning intentions, success criteria, feedback, and feedforward) within our class physical education programmes. At this stage, I feel that the same three target areas will continue into 2008, but there may have to be some minor changes regarding focus year-groups based on the end-of-year data we collect when evaluating each of the three targets for This will, however, be confirmed at the beginning of the 2008 school year. Allen McMillan Principal February