20 January 2017
School Improvement Plan, 2016 – 2020
The Board of Management has formally approved the School Improvement Plan (SIP), 2016 – 2020.
Work on this plan started last May and was led primarily by a steering committee of nine teachers working closely with Mr. O’ Shea (Principal). Surveys and focus group discussions were held involving staff, students and parents. The draft plan was then considered by the School Planning Group before being passed to the Board of Management.
The SIP has, as its main focus, a range of measures to enhance teaching and learning in the school. To this end, the measures are grouped under four headings:
- Learner outcomes
- Learner experiences
- Teachers’ individual practice
- Teachers’ collective/collaborative practice
A number of measures will be addressed in each of the four years of the plan so that by summer 2020 the plan will have been implemented in full.
Please click here to read the full plan.
News round up
- French Week comes to a close today following a busy schedule of events – a French film for 4th, 5th and 6th year French students, a treasure hunt for all 1st year students, a French play for 2nd and 3rd year French students and the selling of croissants and pains au chocolat. Sincere thanks are extended to the French Department for organising these events.
- Subject choice talks for 1st and 4th year students and parents will be held over the next week as work begins in earnest on the school timetable for 2017/2018.
- The big sports event of the week is the Leinster senior A camogie final v. Loreto, Kilkenny to be played in Blackwater on Saturday, 21 January with a 12.15 throw-in time. The school wishes every success to the full squad and management team.
