St. David’s RC Primary School Parent Council AGM Tuesday 28 th September 2010

1. St. David’s RC Primary SchoolParent Council AGMTuesday 28th September 2010 Mundum pro Christovincamus ‘we conquer the world through Christ’

2. Staffing • January 2009 – HT appointed • January 2009 – supply teacher in P2/3 • June 2009 – PT appointed secondment • August 2009 – NQT for session 09/10 • August 2009 – supply Learning Assistant P1-3 • June 2010 – 3 retirements, 1 transfer, 1 NQT attained GTCS appproval • June 2010 – PT appointed permanently • August 2010 – 3 class teachers appointed • August 2010 – full LA complement

3. Staffing 2 • 7 teachers, including HT, PT and SfL teacher • 5 composite classes (4 full with 25 pupils and one with 2 places remaining) • Supported by visiting teachers in Music, PE and French, • 2 Learning Assistants, Admin and Janitor • 1 Behaviour Support Assistant, • 3 voluntary helpers, • 1 Further Education College student plus teaching students throughout session

4. Celebrating Success 1 • Improving pupils’ attainment and achievement: • Our attendance rate at 95.34% is above Midlothian and national averages and has improved by 1.5%, over the last three years. • Our exclusion rates are low, at 0% decreasing from 1.7% the previous session. • Free meal entitlement (FME) increased from … • Our attainment is above both Midlothian and national comparator schools average: • Reading: 90% • Writing: 86% • Maths: 92%

5. Celebrating Success 2 • Promoting a healthy and active lifestyle within and beyond the life of the school • Midlothian Athletics Champions – outdoor, Runners up – indoor • Midlothian Basketball Championship – runners-up • Before-school, lunch-time, after-school and extra-curricular clubs and activities • Health and wellbeing focus days/weeks for pupils and staff • Partnership with NHS Lothian and Midlothian catering – Breakfast Club • Partnership with parents and Active Schools team

6. Celebrating Success 3 • Developing confident individuals and successful learners through the expressive arts: • Visiting staff in music, brass and violin • Performances in school concerts and at assembly; Mayfield Nursery Garden Party and St. David’s High School Transition Dance Project for Girls and Archview Lodge Care Home

7. Celebrating Success 4 • Developing effective contributors and responsible citizens through enterprising and citizenship education: • Butterfly farm in P1/2, P2/3 creating a play, P4/5 raising awareness of endangered animals; Whole school Fair Trade and Easter Fete by P6/7 to name a few • Charity fundraising e.g.RNIB, Hearing Dogs and • Partnership with MISSIO and SCIAF • School Themes: citizenship and Eco Schools

8. Celebrating Success 5 • Developing pupils as leaders of learning: • Pupil Council • House Captains • JRSOs • Playground Activity Leaders (PALS) • Eco-committee – Silver Award • Fair Trade • Enterprising Learning • Next step – justice and peace group

9. Celebrating Success 6 • Building Community – Partnership with parents, parish and the local community • Parent Council • Parent activity leaders through active schools clubs • Engaging parents through school events, assemblies, newsletters, workshops, parents’ evenings etc • Regular whole school and class celebrations of the Eucharist with Monsignor Allan and St. David’s parish community • Sacramental preparation of pupils at Primary 3 and Primary 4 stage • Partnership working with local businesses and • Dalkeith-Jarnac 50th anniversary twinning celebrations DVD with local Dalkeith schools

10. To improve levels of attainment and achievement • School Theme • Implement Midlothian Understanding Number Programme and • Implement more active and inter-active approaches across all areas of learning • Maths Project for Parents • Engage pupils and parents more in their learning process through more informed feedback through PLPs • Revise format for reporting to parents for session 2010/2011 • Introduce GLOW training for staff and pupils

11. Next steps/Areas for improvement 2health and wellbeing (hwb) • Through weekly activities related to health and well-being e.g. minimum 2hrs physical education every week • Through whole school HWB theme • Through whole school eco-committee • Sustain breakfast club • Establish healthy tuck shop • Continue to promote staff health and wellbeing • Promote partnership working with parents through • Cyber Coach activities – breakfast, lunchtime and after-school clubs

12. To recognise and support diversity through delivery of an equalities strategy • School Theme • Implement Through the curriculum and in the life and work of the school • Analyse and track performance in literacy and numeracy of key pupil groups • Set-up staff working parties in literacy and numeracy to lead development of Midlothian’s literacy and numeracy strategy for 2009 - 2011

13. Next steps/Areas for improvement 2 To implement curriculum for excellence (cFe) • Ongoing staff development towards full engagement with CfE experiences and outcomes across all areas of learning, within and beyond the curriculum • Engaging with Midlothian’s CfE strategy • School Theme – Interdisciplinary learning through a whole school theme approach over a 3 year cycle • Implementing Midlothian’s Literacy Strategy • Engaging with Midlothian’s Associated School Group (ASG) Project in Religious Education • Raising pupil and parent awareness of CfE

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