2019 Inquiry Focus

I teach in a single-cell classroom with 24 Year 5/6 students. I've chosen to focus on reading because after completing the Progressive Achievement Tests (PATs) it was clear that this was the greatest area of need in my classroom- just 20% of my students are working at stanine 5! I hope raise the comprehension of my students by focusing on vocabulary acquisition. 

 
      Room 10 PAT Stanine Levels (Year 5 & 6)

     

Reading levels vary from reading level 8 through to level 28. There is a distinct difference between the achievement of Year 5 and Year 6 students. Many of the Year 6 students in my class qualify for teacher aide hours as they have been diagnosed as having additional learning needs.

      
 Year 5 PAT Stanine Levels







  Year 6 PAT Stanine Levels

Achievement Challenge 3 - Reading

I am very excited to be appointed as a Manaiakalani Community of Learning Teacher (within schools). This is a wonderful opportunity to share my thoughts, ideas, learning strategies, successes and areas for improvement. I am very fortunate that my colleague Mr Naidoo has also been appointed as a CoL Teacher and we will be working collaboratively to raise and accelerate student achievement at our school.

My achievement challenge is to lift the achievement in Reading for all students, with a particular focus on boys and Maori students.

I hope to achieve acceleration by focusing on vocabulary acquisition. If students had a wider vocabulary, this would lead to better outcomes in Reading.

I hope to achieve this by implementing strategies from our current PD provider, Dr van Hees as well as using TESSOL strategies.