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ICT developments Children have had even better ICT opportunities this year. We have worked alongside RPA to allow the children to design websites, make movies as well as trying Photoshop skills like colour popping. These are all showcased on the schools website. This has also continued to improve — with new sections this year including an art gallery, blogs for Key Stage 2, homework support sections and a video gallery. Steve Oldfield has worked wonders on this. Our core ICT provision is far better now that Sarfie Ghamloush’s technical support has meant far greater reliability of ICT equipment this year. We have extended the hours he supports the school with as our new ICT suite will have an additional 30 computers as well as the 4 new classrooms. ICT is a life skill for pupils and has very high pupil enjoyment. We look forward to seeing even better provision for pupils next year. The Whole school is growing… Our school roll now exceeds 250 pupils (plus a further 52 in the Nursery.) This will rise to 400 pupils by 2015. It is good that pupil numbers are meeting the Borough’s forecast and that there is demand for a 2 form entry primary school in North Barnes. Our challenge is to not lose the unique intimate atmosphere that makes Lowther special. Our intake remains fairly stable now with 19% Free School Meals, 33% English as an additional language, 45% White British and our social demographic stabilising over the last 3 years. We must continue to monitor these factors closely to ensure our provision meets the needs of our whole school community. Motivated learners — at home and school We are extremely proud of how self-motivated the children are to learn new things. This extends to home too. We have children taking their learning experiences from school and experimenting at home (and also vice versa) This is something we would all like to see continue to flourish. Developing ways home and school can work together to raise standards and expectations are important. Successful examples of this during 2011/12 have been Maths day, homework challenges, Year 1 portrait gallery, homework support on the website, target meetings as well as newsletters and regular communication. A day at Lowther….. No two days at Lowther are the same — but there are key strands that run through the school — strengths which we must build on in the future. All members of the school family understand these values and model them every day. Learning in interesting ways Promotion of health and well-being (including happiness and emotional growth) Enthusiastic learners Children proud of their school Celebration of success
Making Lowther an exciting place to learn Lowther IS an exciting place to come to school. We have provided numerous events, activities and enrichment and learning opportunities during the course of this year. Some of those are illustrated below. Takeover Day Lowther’s Got Talent The Nativity Grounds Afternoon The challenge now is how we balance the wonderful curriculum enrichment with a focus on improving classroom practice. We believe the two to be intrinsically linked — as pupils fully involved in school life, feeling happy and enthusiastic make the best learners. The onus is now on teachers to deliver consistently excellent lessons alongside all the all other wonderful things they do to make Lowther Survey results indicate we are good at enrichment. Q How good are we at giving you exciting opportunities to learn in different ways Community Day Very Good Good OK Poor Improving every year 78% 14% 7% 1% Review of this report, class performance, feedback and other data sources indicates the following should form the backbone of the school improvement plan for 2012-2013 Very Poor 0% 80% of teaching to be good or better Focused support on the academic performance of children achieving 2b/2a at the end of Key Stage 1 Enrichment opportunities for our most able learners (L2 at Y1,L3 at Y2, L4 at Y4) Consolidation of change (and management of this) Establishment of new strategic leadership roles Closing of the gap between pupil attainment in English and Maths Increasing the number of pupils achieving Level 5 in English at the end of Year 6 Improving standards in spelling, handwriting, grammar and punctuation through developing a strategic plan Review of phonics teaching from Nursery to Year 3 These will be fed directly into the school improvement plan as we try to focus on having a clear strategic plan for developing life at Lowther for our school community. Happy learners = successful learners So what next for The Lowther Family Apply the formula above, sprinkle with enthusiastic and skilled teachers and a supportive team. Add in positive and pro-active parents and astute governorship and we’re heading down the right path. The changes keep coming thick and fast and Lowther keeps moving forward. That’s what we all want—a school that creates the very best opportunities for our children.
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