Head Teacher Address

1. Parent’s Meeting in the hall
starting at 9AM

2. Friday 11th September
Head Teacher’s Address to
Parents

3. Opening Prayer
God of all life and longing
As we gather for the beginning of a new school year
We give thanks for this day and everything that has brought us
here.
We ask your blessing on our new students and members of staff,
May they feel welcomed and invited to share their gifts and
talents with us.
We ask your blessing on all who are returning
May they feel renewed and ready for what this year will bring.
Share with our whole school community the Holy Spirit that
breathes your life into us
And leaves us open to the ways of your wisdom so that we may
become the people you want us to be.
May Jesus your Son be the teacher who guides our searching
and the bread that nourishes our hunger.
We make this prayer in his name. Amen

4. Head Teacher Address
Values
Looking Back – 2014-15 Looking forward 2015-16
OFSTED Staffing
Academic achievements Playground
High points of 2014-15 Computing
Behaviour Assessment and reporting
PATHS Plus
Music
PE
Nursery
Oikumene and Bishop John Robinson

5.  Believe in ourselves
 Join together in faith
 Rejoice in our successes.

6. Values
Compassion
Trust
Forgiveness

7. Class Values - Names
Class Value/Name
Nursery Creation
Reception Friendship
Year 1 Thankfulness
Year 2 Hope
Year 3 Reverence
Year 4 Perseverance
Year 5 Peace
Year 6 Justice

8. Values Common
Language
Conversation
Christian
Distinctiveness
flyers

9. Looking back
 It was the best of times, it was the
worst of times

10. Looking Back - OFSTED

11. Looking Back - OFSTED
 Governors, all leaders and teachers
are united in their ambition for this to
be an outstanding school.

12. Looking Back - OFSTED
 Pupils love their school and like
coming here. As a result attendance is
high and consistently above the
national average over-time.

13. Looking Back - OFSTED
 On the whole, a vibrant and upbeat
atmosphere ensures that pupils are
keen and motivated to learn.

14. Looking Back - OFSTED

15. Looking Back
Academic Achievement

17. Early Years Foundation Stage
17
Good Level of Development consistently
above national average

18. Phonics – Year 1 Phonics
Screening Check
BJR Self Review Summer 2015 18
Y1 above national average for 2 years
running
2 year upward
trend since 2013
Y2 phonics by the end of Y2 above RBG

19. Key Stage 1
BJR Self Review Summer 2015
19
3 year trend of being above National in
Reading and Maths
Writing L2B+ in line with RBG in
2015 2015 above national in all areas
Above RBG in Reading,
Writing, Maths combined in
all levels

20. Key Stage 2
BJR Self Review Summer 2015 20
This year outcomes are
above RBG in practically all
areas.
Consistently high
more able maths
100% L4
Reading and
Maths
97% L4
Writing and
Grammar
57% L5
Reading
53% L5 Writing
and Maths
93% 4B+
Reading
97% 4B+
Writing
87% 4B+ Maths
57% L5
Reading
53% L5 Writing
and Maths
L6 20%
2 year upward trend in all areas
since 2013

21. Whole School Attainment
Children are working at or above the
expected levels in all classes apart from
Year 1 who have had their teacher off sick
for most of the year.
Year 4 children have also been
affected by staffing – especially
with writing.
All classes which have had a stable
teacher this year are working at
the expected level or better.
BJR Self Review Summer 2015 21

22. Looking Back
The worst of times

23. Year 4
 Teacher resigned in November
 2 rounds of advertisements – no
applicants
 Recruitment agencies 6 teachers
 Employed long term supply
 Long term supply left abruptly in
February
 2 long term supply teachers – stability
but not high quality teaching
 Standards suffered

24. Year 1
 Hard to recruit a Y1 teacher in
Summer 2014 despite advertisements
 Recruited teacher very late in the term
 Started well but class effected by staff
illness
 Teacher went off sick in February
 2 week doctors’ notes for nearly a
term
 2 long term supply teachers
 Standards suffered

25. Experience in Y2 and in Y5

26. Looking Back
Behaviour
Number of boys R+Y 205.0
Percentage of boys R+Y 70.9
Number of girls R+Y 84.0
Percentage of girls R+Y 30.0
Actual number of girls 21
Actual number of boys 51
Number from Y group % from Y group
n 0
r 11 3.8
1 29 10.0
2 93 32.2
3 35 12.1
4 18 6.2
5 21 7.3
6 22 7.6
Offences number %
Physical 67 23
name calling 4 1.4
swearing 9 3.1
Talking/Disrupting lessons 145 50.2
refusal 8 2.8
70% of all
reported
behaviour was
from boys
51 boys and
21 girls
reported
Red/Yellow
cards
Most reported
behaviour
from Y1-3
Most common
offence –
Disruption in
class THEN
Fighting

27. Improving
Behaviour
at Bishop
John
Robinson
House points
Class Dojo
Head Teacher
Awards
Class of the
week
Joining the
PathsPlus
Programme in
September
Collective
Worship and
Class
Assemblies
linked to Golden
Rules
Supporting
children who
need additional
help with
behaviour
Behaviour linked
to Christian
Values and
Celebrated each
week
TAG
Postcards sent
home for ‘Proud’
moments
Adapted
Behaviour Policy
Sanctions for
misbehaviour
strengthened
and agreed by all
staff
Red and Yellow
cards logged
with
consequence
Increased
number of
children with
Individual
Behaviour Plans
or on report
Involving parents
more when
Immediate
sanction for
misbehaviour in
the playground

28. Looking Forward
PATHS Plus

29. Looking Forward - Playground
 Before and after

30. Looking Forward - Playground
 Before and after

31. Looking Forward - Playground
 Before and after

32. Looking Forward
Assessment and Reporting
 Assessment without Levels
 Steps not points
 Year group ‘Bands’ not levels
 Target Tracker Software - formative
 Reception Base line
 Year 2 and Year 6 SATs
Beginning in the
Year Band
Working within
the Year Band
Secure in the
Year Band
B B+ W W+ S S+

33. Looking Forward
Computing
 ICT suite has gone
 New improved wireless network
 30 Chromebooks
 Trolley – timetabled and bookable
 Computing in classrooms
 ICT across the curriculum
◦ Maths (Mathletics)
◦ Writing (collaborative)
◦ Research
◦ Creative

34. Looking Forward
Teaching of Music
 Music session each Friday PM
 Pairs of classes – Y1&2, Y3&4, Y5&6
 One term each of
◦ Recorder teaching – Miss Barratt
◦ Singing teaching – Mr Elegbede
◦ Classroom teaching – Teachers
 End of term concerts
 Singing assemblies

35. Looking Forward
Teaching of PE
 CCE PE Scheme
 2 PE lessons per week
◦ 1 Taught by Miss Seccombe, one by you
 Brand new PE equipment
◦ Tidy PE Shed !!!
 Inter-house competitions/showcase
 Swimming Wednesday PM Y4-6
 Thamesmead Town FC

36. Looking Forward
Nursery
 New Nursery Teacher – Lesley Nugent
 Full time nursery places
◦ 15 hours free
◦ Families paying for additional hours
◦ Lunch time supervision (new staff)

37. Looking Forward
Breakfast and After School Clubs
Starting on Monday
Breakfast Club 7:30 -8:45
After School Club 3:30 – 5:45
Office: 01322 787 050
Mobile: 07714 852 528

38. Change to residential trips
 Shorten Y4 residential trip to 2 nights
◦ Reduce cost
◦ More appropriate for the age group
 Introduce a Y3 overnight
◦ Probably at school
◦ November
◦ TBC

39. SIAMS Church School
Inspection

40. Maintaining and improving
standards
 New style tests for;
◦ Reception
◦ Year 2
◦ Year 6

41. Maintaining and improving
standards
 Reading
 Writing
 Maths

42. Money
Maintenance fund
Pupil premium
School dinners

43. Parent engagement
 Parent Council
◦ Dates fixed
 Fundraising Projects
◦ Cultural evening
◦ Christmas Fair
◦ Summer Fair
 Volunteering
◦ Reading
◦ Playground

44. Class Dojo

45. Communication
 Email
 Text
 Twitter
 Notice board
 Paper copies in the foyer

46. My commitment to the school