ARAB UNITY SCHOOL Action Plan

OBJECTIVE 1 : Improve the quality of teaching to match the needs of all students.

Action Point	Implementation	Time Scale
To further improve planning and organisation of lessons.	-Incorporate meaningful, variety of hands-on activities across the lessons	25^th May 2010
	-Incorporate investigative approach in learning.
	Encourage collaborative learning throughout the school.
	-Set time targets for each lesson
	-plan for teaching beyond the text books.
To incorporate differentiation in teaching and learning effectively	-plan for extra support for low achievers.	Ongoing
	-Challenging work /activities to be planned for students with high potential
To ensure target setting and constructive feedback	-Clear targets to be set by teachers with a view to support children.	Ongoing
	-ensure students receive direct constructive feedback about their learning and ways to improve further learning.
	-encourage self-evaluation by students for learning outcomes.
To continue focused professional development of teachers.	Plan & conduct workshops for activity based teaching.	June 2010, August 2010
	Plan & conduct workshops /training in Collaborative learning & Behavioral Management for teachers.
	Encourage co-workers observation of lessons.
To raise the standards of attainment in Arabic and Islamic Education	Plan for special weekly classes for Recitation of Holy Quran for non Arab (muslim) students.	from Sept 2010 onwards ongoing
	Ensure students use language correctly and effectively with confidence.
	Encourage students to read the material from Arabic news papers, short stories and magazines in Arabic language.
To improve creative writing skills in English.	Activity based creative writing practice to be given to the students	June 2010 and Sept - 2010.
	Plan the curriculum to incorporate creative writing programmes across the grades.
To raise the standards of attainment in Mathematics	Plan for improving mental skills especially in primary by incorporating mental starters or warm up activities.	From Sept 2010 onwards
	Enrich the resources for mathematics for hands on experiences especially for primary classes.
	Conduct workshops for Maths department teachers -on how to develop critical thinking and analytical habits among students.
	To encourage learning Maths through activities involving kinesthetic skills.

OBJECTIVE 2 : Improve the curriculum through providing English language learning from Grade 10 and in Kindergarten.

Action Point	Implementation	Time Scale
Ensure provision of English for Grade 11 and 12.	Plan for provision of English for Grade 11 (in 2011-12)	Sep-10
	Inform students and parents about provisions in grade 11 & 12	Apr-10
	Ensure that students appear for IGCSE English in grade 11 in June 2012.
	Revise and update the English curriculum for Grade 11
	-Design Applied course in English for all Grade 12 students.	May-10
Introduce applied and practical English at AS Level	Incorporate Applied and practical English course into AS and A level programme for 2010-11.	Sep-10
Introduce applied and practical English at AS Level	Ensure delivery of English Course for Grade 12.	Sep-10
Review EYFS curriculum	-Orientation of teachers for EYFS assessment profile and curriculum at the Kindergarten stage.	Mar-10
Review EYFS curriculum	-Plan scope and sequence for 6 learning areas.
Plan EYFS curriculum as per the requirement	-Modify the short term planning to make lesson plans child oriented.	June 2010
	Plan assessment opportunities for KG 1 and KG 2 for early learning goals.
	-Continue curriculum planning for 2010-11 as per EYFS programme.
Ensure all teachers are involved in short term planning modifications. (Kindergarten)	-Orientate the teachers for new methodology of lesson planning.	May-10
	-Lesson plans to include investigative approach in learning.
	-Review and update phonics lessons to ensure students learn correct pronunciation & phonic sounds.
	-Plan for extension activities in literacy lessons to improve writing skills in KG 2.
	-Plan for more problem solving activities in Numeracy.
To improve the quality of teaching & learning. (Kindergarten)	-Adopt child-centred teaching methods.	May-10
	-Children should be encouraged to choose their activities for themselves.
	-Encourage exploratory activities among children.
	-Whole teaching and learning to be through play-way method.
To improve the assessment Quality (Kindergarten)	-Orientate all teachers for Assessment scale points of EYFS.	May-10
	-Modify and improve the quality of formative assessments.
	Plan for observation of activities.
	-Align all assessment as per EYFS assessment profile.
	-Develop & adopt Assessment profile of all KG students.
	-Modify reporting procedure to make parents aware of the progress.
CPD for KG teachers	-Conduct workshops for activity based teaching.	Jun-10
	-Train teachers for recording observations and assessments.
	-Orientate teachers for lesson planning and assessment techniques.

Action Point	Implementation	Time scale
Review Health and Safety measures of the Science Laboratories.	Analyse the current Health and Safety measures of the Science Laboratories.	2^nd February 2010
	Prepare a task list to further improve the health & safety measures	2^nd February 2010
	Check for any hazardous or accidental incidents in the laboratory.	Ongoing


Ensure safety measures are implemented immediately	Ensure use of safety goggles and hand gloves by students and staff regularly.	Ongoing
Monitor safety standards provided by RBT	Scheduled visits on the buses by the HMs to ensure compliance to RTA standards on the buses.	Sep-10
Arrange and establish safety measures for children using own transport	Barricade the road at the entrance indicating entry and exit points for private vehicles	Feb 2010 onwards.
	No Parking across the main gate of the school and allow only drop off and pick up of children.	Feb 2010 onwards
	Shift parking of staff vehicles across the main gate of the school to allow movement of Parents' cars.	Feb 2010 onwards
	Two attendants to be on duty everyday to help students cross the road and enter school safely.	Feb 2010 onwards

Action Point	Implementation	Time scale
To increase stakeholder representation of the Advisory Board	Restructure the Advisory Board and Invite more representatives (from various communities) to be the members of Advisory Board.	Sep-10
	Invite external members from the different organisations in the local region.	Sep-10
Ensure school is accountable to the Advisory Board	Conduct regular scheduled meetings to discuss school reports and other issues.	ongoing
Ensure school is accountable to the Advisory Board	Advisory Board to evaluate the school performance based on the reports and recommend necessary measures.	ongoing