The staff meeting covered formative student assessments using reading and writing rubrics to track progress, the school assessment calendar, and the new software package PurpleMash. Planning and collaboration procedures were discussed along with attendance policies and procedures for staff absences. Other topics included resource orders, positive behavior initiatives, and phone use during class lessons.

1. Staff Meeting
Wednesday 7th December 2016
‘Aim High’
Be Respectful, Be Responsible, Be Safe

2. Formative Assessments
• Every child (Reception to Year 6) to have a Reading and Writing Rubric (see
example)
• Teachers to update these throughout course of term – at least twice every
term
 Different colour for each year
• These will form the basis of our assessments – teachers should not be
doing any other assessments other than what is in the school assessment
calendar
• These will assist teachers in their planning of the classroom curriculum
• These will assist teachers in identifying very focussed LO
• These will eventually be used to set ‘skills based targets’ for older / more
able students
• These will eventually be used by older / more able students for self and
peer assessments

3. School Summative Assessment
Calendar – KS1 & KS2
Subject
1st Half -Term
August to
October
2nd Half-Term
November to
December
1st Half-Term
January to
February
2nd Half-Term
February to
April
Summer
Term
April to May
Summer
Term
June
Reading
DRA
Rubrics x2
Rubrics x2
DRA
Rubrics x2
Rubrics x2
KS2 Test
Rubrics x2
DRA
Rubrics x2
Writing
Sample
Rubrics x2
Genre Ass.
Rubrics x2
Genre Ass.
Rubrics x2
Genre Ass.
Rubrics x2
Genre Ass.
Rubrics x2
Genre Ass.
Rubrics x2
Maths TBC
Unit Assess.
DES Test
Unit Assess.
Unit Assess.
MALT
KS2 Test
Unit Assess.
Unit Assess.
MALT

4. What Next?
• All teachers will receive copies for every child in their class, hopefully
before the Christmas break
• Teachers will receive the colour of highlighter for their year group
• Teachers to complete the Reading and Writing Rubric for each student in
their class:
 Front page
 Highlight skills that the teacher has seen them demonstrate this term
• Update the Rubrics art the end of January and February mid-term break
• Moderation activities in January – in Grade Levels
• Progress to standards meetings start next term

5. Rubrics Highlighter Colours
Reception Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6
Yellow Pink Green Orange Blue Red Yellow

6. Planning & Collaborative Meetings
Planning
• Huge range of formats
• Some very detailed, some not
• Some important bits of planning
missing
• Lots of planning doesn't’t focus
on specific skills
• Same skills being covered in KS1
and KS2 classes
• No evaluations
• Unable to track coverage
Collaborative
• Difficult for all staff to meet
• Some meetings don’t focus on
teaching and learning
• In some cases the meetings are
not valued as important
• In some cases members of the
team don’t contribute
 Reviewing and re-designing
planning formats for February
2017
 January ‘Collaborative Projects’ –
Class Reading Corners
 SLT reviewing procedures for
‘Collaborative Planning for
February 2017

7. ICT Software Package - PurpleMash

8. What Next?
• Customise your personal page
• Teachers > Video Guides > Interactive Virtual Trainer > Main
Menu
• Teachers > Curriculum Ideas & Resources > Lesson Ideas
• Home > Featured [explore different activities]
• Topics > [explore your maths topics for next term]
• Games > [choose 1 or 2 games that you can demonstrate to
your class at start of next term}

9. Staff Attendance / Absence Quiz
1. What time are you expected to be in work?
2. If you are unable to make it to work, who should you contact and by
what time?
3. If you are travelling to work and have a last minute emergency that
prevents you from getting to work on time, who should you contact?
4. When you arrive in work, what must you remember to do straight away?
5. What must you remember to do before leaving the site at the end of the
day?
6. If you need to leave work to attend to an emergency situation, during
the school day, who should you speak to?
7. If leaving the school site during the school day, other than at lunchtime,
what should you remember to do?
8. If you need time off work for any reason, what do you need to do?
9. How much notice do you need to give if making a request for time off
work?

10. Important Bits…
• If you need time off work, you must see Ms. Joy at least 5 days before.
• If you need emergency time off (less than 5 days notice) please see your
Deputy Principal or Principal.
• If you are unable to make it in to work, you must contact your Deputy Principal
by 7am.
• If you are going to be late in to work, you must contact the school office (if
there’s no answer, contact your Deputy Principal).
• If you need to leave school during the day, for any reason, you must see your
Deputy Principal or Principal.
• All staff must sign in using the scanner – if you fail to do this by 9am, you will
be marked as absent (if you arrive late, you must remember to sign in and also
inform Ms. Joy).
• All staff must sign out at the end of the day.
• If you leave the site during the working day, except at lunchtime, you must
remember to sign out (and back in if you return).
• Staff that are absent from work, without approval are likely to have pay
deductions.

11. AOB
• Resource orders (2017 to 2018)
 Slightly different this year
• PBIS
 Team changes
 Matrix
 Logo / Mascot
 Parent Leaflet
 Lollipop Sticks
 Official Launch
 Teachers responsibility – Behaviour display / Agreed rewards –
responsibilities, sticks, notes home, phone-calls, share work, SIMS
• Phones during lessons
• Staff Attendance (see ‘School Operating Procedures’)