This document provides an agenda and information for a parent evening at Mid Calder Primary School. The agenda includes presentations on the school's evaluation for 2016-17, priorities for 2017-18, and classroom workshops. The school's self-evaluation found it was making good progress across areas like leadership, curriculum, learning and teaching. The school's priorities for 2017-18 include raising attainment for all by improving learning and teaching, increasing family engagement, and developing their nurture group. Other priorities are improving literacy, numeracy, well-being, and employability skills through strategies such as staff training and developing community links.

1. Welcome to Mid Calder
Primary School and
Nursery

2. Plan for this evening
6.30pm – 6.45pm:
- School Evaluation 2016-17
- Overview of School Priorities for 2017-18
6.50pm – 7.05pm: Classroom workshops
7.10pm – 7.30pm: Classroom workshops
7.30pm – Loch Inch Parents meeting
It would be extremely helpful if you could complete your evaluation
form before you leave.
Thank you.

3. School Evaluations 2016 - 17
Quality Indicators
1.1 Self-Evaluation for Self-Improvement Good
1.3 Leadership of change Good
2.2 Curriculum Good
2.3 Learning, teaching and assessment Good
3.2 Raising attainment and achievement Good
Our school: By utilising a variety of self evaluation measures, including
feedback from parents, children and staff we deemed
the school to be making good progress last session. A summary of our
findings will be shared in our next newsletter and then uploaded to our
school blog.

4. Priority 1
: Ensuring Excellence and Equity by Raising Attainment for All
Strategies involved:-
• Pupils will experience high quality learning and teaching
• Lead learners will be involved in cluster wide training
• Staff training in learning and teaching and moderation of
learning
• Further development of our nurture group
• Improved opportunities for families to engage in pupils’
learning.

5. Priority 2
:Ensuring Excellence and Equity by an Improvement in
Literacy for All
Strategies involved:-
• Raised attainment in spelling through implementation of
revised progression in spelling across all stages of the school.
• Further development of home links to support learning in
spelling
• Training for Pupil Support Staff to further support across all
stages of the school.

6. Priority 3
:Ensuring Excellence and Equity by an Improvement in
Numeracy for All
Strategies involved:-
• Lead learning working across the cluster on Maths and
Numeracy to give consistency
• Further staff training
• Family learning sessions at both school and cluster level

7. Priority 4
:Ensuring Excellence and Equity by an Improvement in all
Children’s Well Being
Strategies involved:-
• Development of Nurture across the whole school
• New members of staff to be trained in restorative practice and
peer mediation approaches.

8. Priority 5
:Ensuring Excellence and Equity by an Improvement in
employability skills and sustained destinations for all young
people.
Strategies involved:-
• All children’s achievements are recognised and tracked
• Develop links with the local community and local businesses