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SCHOOL PRIORITIES
Priority 1
Priority To further develop a sequential and co-ordinated
Physical Education Program throughout the school.
Description At Donvale Primary School classroom teachers are
responsible for the teaching of Physical Education. The
program is co-ordinated at grade levels, but needs to be
developed sequentially throughout the school.
Intended Outcome To enhance children's attitudes to, and participation
in, physical activity throughout the school.
To improve general fitness and skill levels of students
Prep to 6.
Strategy 1995/96 1997 1998
Policy and Program review number of continue to ensure present completed
Development hours of PE and PE policy is program to school
Sport allocation consistent with community
at each level CSF and DSE complete review of
review and adjust guidelines program and
PE policy to review and develop objectives
ensure it is draft program
consistent with review objectives
CSF and DSE for each level
guidelines students have
develop and access to a
implement a comprehensive and
framework for a sequential PE and
sequential PE and Sport program
Sport program
establish
objectives for
each level
Professional provide continue continue
Development information and professional professional
resources for development plan development plan
staff inservicing continue to continue to
Physical and Sport allocate allocate
Education (PASE) professional professional
allocate development time development time
professional to address whole to address whole
development time or individual or individual
to address whole staff needs staff needs
or individual continue to continue to
staff needs utilise the utilise the
utilise the resources of the resources of the
resources of the local sporting local sporting
local sporting community for community for
community for professional professional
professional development. development
development survey staff and
review staff
requirements
Parent and increase and extend parent further develop
Community encourage parent participation in and evaluate
Involvement participation in school programs parent
school programs continue to raise participation in
inform parents of the profile school program
PE and Sport continue community continue to raise
programs and links to utilise the profile
professional coaching expertise continue community
development links to utilise
available through coaching expertise
newsletter, sport
days, information
sessions,
parent/teacher
interviews
encourage parent
and community
reponse to utilise
coaching expertise
Strategy 1995/96 1997 1998
Resources review current continue to review continue to
equipment and PE and Sport purchase materials
resources to budget including consistent with
determine whole equipment needs resource schedule
school needs for lunchtime and professional
allocate activities development
sufficient funds further purchase plan and develop
to implement of materials new resource
program consistent with schedule for next
develop purchasing resource schedule 3 years
schedule and professional review storage
plan and implement development system
workable storage continue review
system for PE and development of effectiveness of
Sport equipment storage systems resource program
Monitoring Student record children's test fitness and review and
Progress current fitness skill and compare evaluate the
and skill levels with 1996 assessment and
establish regular refine assessment reporting program
skill and fitness and reporting test and compare
testing policy fitness and skill
review assessment maintain and levels over 3½
and reporting develop regular year period
policy for PE and skills and firness maintain and
Sport consistent testing review regular
with CSF and DSE skill and fitness
guidelines testing
co-ordinate and
develop an
assessment and
reporting policy
Outcome Measures baseline data students have improved student
established of access to a outcomes in
student broader PE and fitness and skills
participation in Sport curriculum improved attitude
PE and Sport Increased student and participation
program fitness and skill in PE and Sport
baseline data development
established of increased
student skill and participation in
fitness levels PE and Sport
program
Priority 2
Priority To expand the comprehensive and co-ordinated
Science/Technology program throughout the school.
Description Science/Technology is presently taught, but is not
clearly defined. Our school needs to develop a
sequential program suitable for P-6 in line with the CSF
document.
Intended Outcome To improve student learning outcomes and participation
in science and technology through the provision of a
whole school program.
STRATEGY 1995/96 1997 1998
Policy and Program review and implement and review and refine
Development evaluation of review the whole program
current program school
develop and Science/Technology
implement a whole program
school approach to
Science/Technology
Professional investigate and operate internally evaluate inservce
Development and externally organised in-service activity and
programs, incorporating Australian reassess needs
Academy of Science material (Primary
Investigations), involving all staff
and Science and Technology in Primary
Schools Program "Steps"
Parent and encourage parents develop a register continue with the
Community to familiarise of parent and provision of
Involvement. themselves with community information in
the programs by expertise relation to the
observing and involving parents science program to
helping at school according to their parents
when appropriate. skills
Science/Technology
family nights
Resourcing ensure that both preparing a extension and
programs are resource evaluation of the
funded for their acquisition plan use of allocated
development and for the years resources, amend
maintained by 1997-98 as required
Program Budget
process
collect, organise
and arrange
storage for
science and
technology
equipment
Monitoring Student development of implementation of review and refine
Performance profiles and profiles and profiles and
checklists for checklists across checklists
Science/Technology the whole school strategies
program based on
CSF outcome
statements
Outcome Measures establish baseline improved student increased student
data of student performance in performance in
performance Science and Science and
according to CSF Technology program Technology program
outcome statements improved student increased student
in Science and participation in participation in
Technology Science and Science and
establish baseline Technology program Technology program
data of student parent involvement increased parent
participation in in Science and involvement n
Science and Technology program Science and
Technology program Technology program
establish baseline
data of parent
involvement in
program
Priority 3
Priority To improve the skills of children in grades P-6 in Oral
Communication
Description Currently there are varying levels of student abilities.
Community input has identified this as an area of need.
Intended Outcome An improvement of skills in Oral Communication which
will be reflected in the performance and participation
of students in grades P-6.
STRATEGY 1995/96 1997 1998
Policy and Program review present continue ongoing continue
Development classroom evaluation program evaluation program
strategies in line of all children complete review
with CSF continue to and plan future
begin ongoing develop and directions
evaluation program implement
of all children effective
document and teaching/learning
incorporate in strategies
classroom commence review of
programs, implementation
effective teaching process
strategies
Professional define and plan professional review staff and
Development development needs for staff and school
parents (Scamper and De Bono's professional needs
Thinking Hats) and plan future
opportunities for staff and parents directions
to attend appropriate professional
development programs incorporating
"First Steps"
provide opportunities to share
professional development
Parent and ongoing continue continue
Community information communicating dissemination of
Involvement communicated to information to information
parents through parents through through meetings
inservicing, inservicing, and newsletters.
information information Continues
meetings, parent meetings, parent involvement of
participation and participation and parents and
newsletter. newsletters. community in
community review parent/ classroom
involvement in community activities.
classroom participation survey school
activities practices community
regarding
satisfaction with
oral language
program
Resourcing evaluate current purchase of purchase of
resources and plan resources to resources to
future resource support the support the
purchases effective effective
purchase of implementation of implementation of
resources to the program the program
support the commence review of complete review
effective resources and set up future
implementation of available resource purchase
the program such allocate budget guidelines
as "First Steps" funds to continue allocate funds to
allocate budget professional continue
funds for development professional
professional development
development for
parents and
teachers
STRATEGY 1995/96 1997 1998
Monitoring Student investigate refine methods of continue regular
Performance assessment and recording Spoken evaluation of
reporting English profile student
strategies in and monitoring of performance and
accordance with children's reporting
Curriculum and performance procedures
Standards make plan future
Framework recommendations directions
Implement for next year
strategies
monitoring student
performance
make
recommendations
for next year
consistent use of
modified Spoken
English profiles
Outcome Measures parent survey to improvement in maintain and
identify areas in student progress improve progress
which through the through the
participation profile bands profile bands
needs further working towards increased
improvement the intended participation in
baseline data outcome public speaking
established of improvement of (presentations,
student student role playing,
achievement participation debating, etc.)
according to rates in measure parent
profile bands performance perception of
baseline data of improvement
student (parent survey)
participation
rates in
performances
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Last modified: 11 Mach 1998