TRIENNIAL SCHOOL REVIEW AND STRATEGIC PLAN

All Queensland state schools are required to implement the following processes to support continuous improvement and enhanced accountability:

• a three-year strategic planning and reviewing cycle
• an annual operational planning

At Kingsthorpe State School the three-year strategic planning and reviewing cycle comprises the Triennial School Review. These documents are developed and submitted to the executive director (schools) in December of the year prior to the three-year cycle.
The Triennial School Review:

• uses information from the school self-assessment to compare what was achieved against what was planned for the past three years
• provides evidence from ongoing monitoring of student and school performance
• describes the school's performance for the past three years
• provides direction for the next three years

The Strategic Plan:

• focuses on what will be achieved, rather than how it will be achieved
• uses the outcomes, performance indicators and targets from Destination 2010 to establish direction for change
• integrates performance indicators, targets and strategies from curriculum, inclusion, workforce, and resource management planning processes in schools
• uses the performance indicators established by Destination 2010 and the school context and priorities

To view the Kingsthorpe State School's TRIENNIAL SCHOOL REVIEW 2008 - 2010 and SCHOOL STRATEGIC PLAN click on the emblem below.

SCHOOL ANNUAL OPERATIONAL PLAN

The School Annual Operational Plan:

• uses information from the school self-assessment to compare what was achieved against what was planned for the past year
• provides evidence from ongoing monitoring of student and school performance
• establishes clear links between the financial reports and non-financial achievements
• provides direction for the next year

To view Kingsthorpe State School's Annual Operational Plan document click here

SCHOOL OPINION SURVEY

Student, staff and parent opinion surveys are used to gauge satisfaction with key aspects of schools. Data is collected annually from specially designed representative samples of parents and students, and all staff, from, each Education Queensland school in the state.
To view a graphical representation of Kingsthorpe State School's performance in the past three School Opinion Surveys click here.

SYSTEMIC TESTING PERFORMANCE

Each year students in years 3, 5 and 7 undertake statewide testing in literacy and numeracy. As can be seen from the results below the students of Kingsthorpe State School perform at a very high standard.

YEAR 2 NET DATA

In 1995 the Queensland Government initiated a process of monitoring and reporting on early literacy and numeracy to complement teacher’s comprehensive assessment of learning and development during the early years of schooling. Known as The Year 2 Diagnostic Net, this process promotes the effective learning and teaching of early literacy and numeracy. The Net supports teachers in developing learning programs that address children’s diverse needs.

The Net involves a process in which teachers:

• observe and map all children’s progress using developmental continua for aspects of literacy and numeracy;
• validate observations of children requiring additional assistance through specifically designed assessment tasks;
• provide appropriate learning support to children by way of intervention programs;
• report to parents about these aspects of children’s literacy and numeracy learning and development.

The developmental continua/individual student profiles provide a framework of milestones, or key indicators, of children’s development in aspects of literacy and numeracy. Key indicators and indicators (which provide additional detail about children’s learning) are clustered together into phases of development. Children are said to be ‘operating in a phase’ if they exhibit all of the key indicators of that phase. While operating in a phase, children will display progressively more key indicators and indicators of the next phase.
Approximately midway through Year 2, any child who is mapped as not achieving designated indicators (operating in a Net phase) is involved in a standardised validation process. This confirms the teacher’s judgments about the child’s learning and development and identifies where additional support is required. Additional funds are provided to schools to assist them with the provision of intervention programs for identified children.
The Net process provides an opportunity for parents to develop an understanding of early literacy and numeracy development and to monitor and support their child’s progress during these early years of schooling through the following ways:

• information giving sessions;
• written reports yearly summarising their child’s progress in reading, writing and number;
• opportunity for individual parent-teacher interviews during which the written report is explained and greater detail is provided.

To view and compare the percentage of students at Kingsthorpe State School who were 'caught' in the net and given specific intervention and those in like schools and across the state click here.