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39. SCHOOL CALENDAR 2013 - 2014:

SCHOOL CALENDAR 2013/14

Please find below dates of relevance for the Academic Year 2013/14. Please note that these dates are subject to change. We will endeavour to give as much notice as possible for any changes.

September:

Reception Class Photos Weds 18 September

Open Evenings Tues 24 September

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October:

Open Evening Tuesday 1 October

In-service Training Day Friday 25 October

October Half Term Holiday Monday 28 October- Friday 1 November

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December:

Playgroup, Nursery & Reception Christmas Concert Tuesday 3 December

Years 1 & 2 Christmas Concert Wednesday 4 December

Years 3 & 4 Christmas Concert Thursday 5 December

Years 5 & 6 Christmas Concert Friday 6 December

Playgroup, Nursery & Reception Christmas Party Monday 9 December

Years 1, 2 & 3Christmas Party Tuesday 10 December

Years 4, 5& 6 Christmas Party Wednesday 11 December

Christmas Dinner Thursday 12 December

Christmas Fair Saturday 14 December

Christmas Carol Concert Monday 16 December 6.00 pm

School Orchestra Visits Ysbyty Gwynedd Tuesday 17 December (during School day)

In-Service Training Day Friday 20 December

Christmas Holiday Monday 23 December - Friday 4 Jan 2014

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January

Return from Christmas Holiday Monday 6 January 2014

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February

In-Service Training Day Friday 21 February

February Half Term Holiday Mon 24—Friday Feb

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March

Individual and Family Photographs Monday 10 March & Tuesday 11 March

Easter Holiday Monday 14 April - Friday 25 April

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April

Return from Easter Holidays Monday 28 April

Year 6 Class Photograph Wednesday 30 April

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May

Mayday Bank Holiday Monday 5 May

Whitsun Half Term Holiday Monday 26 May - Friday 30 May

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June

Sports Day Playgroup, Nursery & Reception Monday 9 June 1.30 pm

Sports Day Years 1, 2 & 3 Monday 16 June 1.30 pm

Sports Day Years 4, 5 & 6 Monday 23 June 1.30 pm

Sports days are subject to weather conditions. Should it be necessary to postpone due to Health and Safety issues, the event will happen during the next available dry afternoon session

Open Evenings Tuesday 24 June

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July

Open Evening Tuesday 1 July

Year 6 Prizegiving Ceremony Friday 4 July 9.30 am

Year 6 ‘Prom Night’ Friday 4 July 6.00 pm

Summer Fair Saturday 5 July

Musical Soiree Monday 14 July

In-service Training Day Monday 21 July

Summer Holidays Tuesday 22 July - August

Summer School Tuesday 22 July - Friday 25 July

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September 2014

In-service Training Day Monday 1 September

Pupils return to School Tuesday 2 September 2014

INSERVICE TRAINING DAYS ARE FOR STAFF ONLY AND PUPILS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO ATTEND SCHOOL ON THESE DAYS

Appendix 1:
YSGOL CAERGEILIOG FOUNDATION SCHOOL

National Literacy and Numeracy Framework

The National Literacy and Numeracy Framework (LNF) has been developed by the Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) to help achieve their aim that the children of Wales are able to develop excellent literacy and numeracy skills during their time at school.

Background

The Minister for Education and Skills has made raising standards of literacy and numeracy in schools a priority. In his keynote address ‘Raising Schools Standards’ on 29 June 2011, to the Institute of Welsh Affairs, he announced the intention to introduce a new National Literacy and Numeracy Framework (LNF) for all learners aged 5 to 14.

It will be a statutory curriculum requirement from September 2013, with assessment against the LNF becoming a statutory requirement from September 2014.
Key features
The key features of the LNF include the following.

Through expectation statements, the LNF sets out the skills learners are expected to develop throughout their time in school, from ages 5 to 14, and is broken down into year groups.

The LNF is split into components for literacy and numeracy, which are in turn split into strands.

Each strand is further split into elements, with literacy also broken down into aspects.

The literacy component is available in both English and Welsh. The expectations in both English and Welsh are similar, with a few distinctive elements in the Welsh literacy component, reflecting the unique requirements of the Welsh language.

In addition to being a curriculum-planning requirement, the LNF is also to be used by teachers for formative assessment.

The LNF will be used to inform teachers’ assessment of learners’ literacy and numeracy skills and will be reported annually to parents/carers.
There will be no national level data collection.

Main Features of the LNF
The national curriculum implemented from 2008 introduced a skills-based approach to the curriculum designed to ensure that skills were developed across the curriculum. It is underpinned by the non-statutory skills framework, which covers thinking, communication, ICT and number skills. The LNF builds on the expectations set out in the skills framework. However, it will be a statutory curricular requirement under section 108(9) of the Education Act 2002.
LNF expectations for the end of Key Stage 2 are closer to Level 5 and expectations at the end of Key Stage 3 are closer to Level 6.
The LNF describes in detail the skills children and young people are expected to acquire and master from ages 5 to 14. It has two components – literacy and numeracy.

These are divided into the following strands.

Within literacy children and young people are expected to become accomplished in:

oracy across the curriculum
reading across the curriculum
writing across the curriculum.

Within numeracy children and young people are expected to become accomplished in:

developing numerical reasoning
using number skills
using measuring skills
using data skills.

Details are also provided for learners in the Foundation Phase, those with Additional needs, and for those studying through the medium of Welsh.

Assessment

The LNF is primarily a curriculum planning tool. It is also an assessment tool in that it informs teacher assessment. Assessment against the LNF is intended to be used formatively by schools and individual teachers to support learner progress, classroom and curriculum planning.

Progression through the LNF will demonstrate how learners are performing against the expectations for literacy and numeracy at the end of each academic year.

There will be no national data collection in relation to assessments made against the LNF. Teachers will not be expected, nor would it be appropriate, to use the LNF to arrive at a single statement about whether a learner is working at/above/below the expected level for their age. Instead, the LNF and assessment against it should be used to help describe a learner’s progress, areas of strength and next steps for development.

Timetable

January 2013: curriculum planning guidance and training materials issued.

Spring term 2013: national support programme begins.

September 2013: LNF introduced on a statutory basis.

September 2013: assessment guidance and classroom practice materials issued.

September 2014: formal assessment against LNF introduced on a statutory basis.

Information

WAG has developed a website with information about the project. This can be found at:

http://learning.wales.gov.uk/resources/nlnf/?skip=1&lang=en
A number of documents are also available to support schools in this development. They are as follows:

National Literacy and Numeracy Framework: This is designed support schools in introducing the National Literacy and Numeracy Framework:

http://learning.wales.gov.uk/docs/learningwales/publications/130206nlnfinformationdocumenten.pdf

Literacy and Numeracy timetable 2013 to 2014

http://learning.wales.gov.uk/docs/learningwales/publications/130227lnf-timelineen.pdf

Support

The WAG have put in place a detailed model of support, aimed at helping schools introduce the new scheme. This is to be known as the National Support Programme (NSP)

Each school will be in a cluster of up to six schools per cohort, and from June 2013 support will be provided for a minimum of 4 years. The clusters will most likely be based on secondary school feeder basis.

Support is linked to a regional consortium link officer, as well as to the regional System Leader (the new role defined within the recently established North Wales Advisory Service)

The LNF and the national tests

In addition to the LNF and the formative, narrative assessments made against it WAG are introducing national reading and numeracy tests.

These will provide summative data, collected and analysed nationally and used as part of the national accountability model.

The National Reading and Numeracy Tests will be implemented on a statutory basis and are based on the LNF. Both are being developed by NFER, who are working in partnership with Acumina to develop the numeracy test. The Welsh Government is paying for the development and distribution of these tests, and of processing the test results and reporting them back to schools.

The following is a list of key dates in the testing calendar:

May 2013
Tests - reading and procedural numeracy tests sat for first time. An email will be sent when tests have been despatched.

June 2013
Tests - Upload of students’ marks into a system that will calculate the results and issue a report.
July 2013
Tests – school and student reports to schools

May 2014

Tests - numeracy reasoning test sat for the first time
May 2014

Tests - reading and procedural numeracy tests sat for the second time

This Report was compiled by : Miss Lisa Ellis-Roberts , the School’s Registrar and Mathematics Co-ordinator , and Mrs Lindsea Roberts, Head of Foundation.

Appendix 2

YSGOL CAERGEILIOG FOUNDATION SCHOOL

THE SCHOOL’S STRATEGIC PLAN 2013 - 2017

SIP Main Priorities	Objectives 2013-2014	Objectives 2014 - 2015	Objectives 2015 - 2016	Objectives 2016 – 2017
Key Question 1 Standards in the Core Subjects – Mathematics	Continue to promote Problem Solving and Mental Mathematics across the age range. Further develop the use of Mathematics in cross-curricular studies. Continue to promote good practice from Foundation Phase to Key Stage 2.	Continue to promote Problem Solving and Mental Mathematics across the age range. Continue to promote the use of Mathematics in the School’s Entrepreneurship Curriculum. Respond to the ESTYN Inspection Report.	Review the School’s Mathematics Curriculum and Schemes of Work on the basis of School Performance in this subject. Review the place of Mathematics in the International Primary Curriculum and action results.	To further develop pupils’ mental mathematics and problem solving skills in Mathematics across the School’s age range. Develop procedures for utilising mathematical concepts in real life situations. Continue to develop current strategies for challenging gifted and less able pupils.
Key Question 1 Standards in the Core Subjects – Literacy	Review and implement procedures that promote attainment in Reading across the age range. Develop procedures that promote pupil attainment with a focus on Oracy .	Continue to monitor reading, Comprehension and Spelling across the School’s age range Respond to ESTYN Inspection Report.	Review the School’s Literacy Curriculum and Schemes of Work Review the place of Literacy in the International Primary Curriculum and action results	Continue to develop procedures that promote attainment in Reading across the School’s age range. Develop procedures that promote pupil attainment with a focus on Spelling.
Key Question 1 Standards in the Core Subjects – ICT	Further develop ICT in Cross Curricular work Develop a strategy for the further development of ICT and Media Studies in the School. Further promote the use of Mac OS in the School.	Respond to the ESTYN Inspection Report. Review the contribution of the ICT Suite to ICT standards and implement findings.	Review the School’s ICT Curriculum and Schemes of Work on the basis of School Performance in this subject.	Review the effectiveness of ICT in Cross Curricular work and implement improvements. Review the use of ICT in the International Primary Curriculum and implement improvements. Review the use of Macintosh Systems and implement findings accordingly.
Key Question 1 Welsh 2^nd Language	Implement Strategies that ensure that good practice at Foundation Phase is continued in Key Stage 2. Continue to develop the work of the Welsh Language Centre	Establish a Welsh Medium Stream at Key Stage 2. Respond to the ESTYN Inspection Report.	Continue to develop a Welsh medium Stream across the age range Prepare a Plan for the Involvement of Parents in the development of the language	Review all attainment results in Welsh across the age range and introduce a Welsh Stream. Further develop the Plan for the Involvement of Parents in the development of the language .
Key Question 1: Wellbeing	Carry out a full review of all policies relating to Wellbeing and further develop strategies to promote this aspect of care.	Respond to the ESTYN Inspection Report.	Increase the role of the Governors responsible for wellbeing. Increase in promoting wellbeing.	Review the effectiveness of the Reviewed Whole School Wellbeing Policy.
Key Question 2: Self Assessment Procedures	Review and update procedures for compiling the Whole School Evaluation Report and its contribution to School Improvement.	Respond to the ESTYN Inspection Report.	Review and update Performance Management Systems. Review and develop Pupil Self Assessment Procedures.	Increase the use of ‘coaching’ in the School’s Performance Management Systems. Introduce a computerised self assessment system into the School.
Key Question 3: The Role of the Governors	Implementation of the Second Stage of the Revised Structure for Governor Involvement	Evaluate the effectiveness of the last 3 Years’ Governor Involvement Plan against ESTYN Report.	Further involve Governors in Performance Management Procedures.	Further involve Governors in the School Improvement Plan and the School Development Plan. Arrange INSET for new Governors.
Key Question 3: Networks of Professional Practice	Second Stage of the Revised Plan is implemented. Further develop the link with the School’s ‘Family of Schools’.	Respond to the ESTYN Inspection Action Points. Review the use of School Effectiveness Grant	Evaluate the effectiveness of the last 3 Years’ Plans and amend accordingly	Review the effectiveness of the last 3 years Network of Professional Practice and its contribution to raising standards.

APPENDIX 3

Please see File : School Data SER2013.pdf

YSGOL CAERGEILIOG FOUNDATION SCHOOL – The Governor’s Report to the Parents July 2013 Page

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