Quality School

 

School Quality Standards

 

To ‘be the best we can be’ we must have consistent standards and expectations

throughout the school.

 

Behaviour

 Treating others with respect – reflecting the Renwick School Values

 Doing our personal best

 Making good choices

 Valuing and celebrating differences

 

Tidiness of classrooms

 Routines established

 Cloak bay tidiness

 Focus on waste minimisation

 Use of recycling bins

 

Taking care of School Environment

 Sports equipment

 Resources

 Personal property –eliminate lost property box

 Classroom and personal equipment

 Library – book bags

 Computers & IT Equipment

 Grounds and gardens

 Cloak bays and toilet areas

 

Classroom environments

 Displays of children’s quality work

 Presentation standards modelled in all areas

 Personal Best table

 School Vision and Goals displayed

Dress and presentation (see guidelines)

 

Being a good representative of our school

 Dress

 Manners and behaviour

 Sports Code of Conduct – following our Renwick School Vision

 

Quality Standards

Teachers being positive role models.

 

 

Quality Classrooms

 

Renwick Classrooms Have a Quality Environment

 

This checklist is provided to assist teachers to ensure minimum requirements for

classroom display environments are met.  The following must be evident in your room.

 

Charts

Vision & Values Statement

Class Weekly Timetable

 

Goals

-   School Goals – Value in Focus

-   Class Goals

- WALT

The above may be evident in books and/or wall displays.

 

Personal Best Work

-    “PB” Work Table/Area

- Displays Labelled with Title and WALT  and success

criteria (be innovative with how you display work)

- Daily Timetable

- Student work presentation guidelines/templates in books

or on walls.

-   Student books set out according to Book Standards

Guidelines

- Black Pen used by all students

 

Classroom Layout

- Desks/Tables set out safely to support independent/group

work

- Teaching station for class and group work

- Make most of space available to enhance classroom

environment

- Maori component evident

- Student duties to ensure the classroom is left tidy and

organized at the end of each day

- Fire Exits and Evacuation Notice Displayed

 

 

Quality Books

 

Quality Book Standards

How quality work and consistency across the school can be achieved.

All books are of value and an important record of work

 Expect quality work, the best each child is capable of

 No scribbles or doodles anywhere in books

 Presentation must be taught e.g. model using a ruler, measuring, lettering, use

of space, balance of presentation

 Standardised dates, numerical e.g. 02.02.03 written in the margin.

 Title/Heading centred and underlined in red pen.

 Miss a line underneath heading/title or beginning work.

 Sub-headings written against margin

 Underline misspelt words in black pen

 WALT written in red pen next to margin

- Junior Area – symbols - Senior Area - written

 Marking – marking key to be implemented.

o Should be marked by teacher/student to show work is valued

o Comments relevant to teaching goals / WALTs

o Teachers write in blue pen

o Students mark and revise in red pen

 Expectation that all work will be completed within timeframes.

 If ruling off, miss a line and rule in black pen right across the page. (from Y3)

 No felts, no twink, no gel pens to be used.

 All books to be clearly named and labelled: first and second name, room,

subject.

 

Individual Books

Draft writing

 Black pen only

 Students recraft in red, teachers in blue

 Write on every second line

 Longer pieces of writing dated in the margin at the beginning of each entry.

 Mistakes – cross out each word by hand in black pen.

 One diagonal line through larger mistakes

 Spelling approximations to be underlined in black pen to signal check needed.

 Students correct errors in red pen

 

Mathematics

 Pencil to be used in all levels

 Coloured pencils for graphs and other colouring in.

 Book layout to be neat and appropriate to task.

 Numbers to be clearly and neatly written followed by a dot.

 Numbers to be in margin where applicable

 Children mark their own work and rule off in red pen.

Handwriting / Language

 Black pen used.

 Full of short date optional depending on task.

Topic / Integrated Studies

 Quality is emphasised.

 Organised thinking eg graphic organisers / thinking charts

 Quality presentation skills taught and used.

 Attention to detail is expected in finished pieces of work.

 Coloured pencils used at teacher’s discretion.