Holy Spirit Assessment Outcomes 2015

In 2014 we worked through the theology and key concepts for each RE strand.  Bearing these in mind the staff came up with key ideas which we could keep constant and develop through each child’s journey at St Joseph’s school.  The need for this was based on the high number of children who enter our school at different levels, many missing out on junior and middle teaching in RE.  The concepts had to be ones which would be accessible to both 5 and 13 year olds, at different stages of RE knowledge and at different stages in their faith journeys.

We proposed to “test” these concepts over three years.  We hoped that keeping these concepts at the forefront supported by the strand teaching at each level, we would see a deepening of understanding of these concepts as children move through the school.  2015 is our third year of using the SOLO thinking taxonomy in RE to promote and assess depth of thinking and we are using this to guide our assessment.

These are our Second comparative results for the Holy Spirit strand.  As we are tracking over three years we are tracking the year 1-6 cohorts of 2014:

In most year groups the 2015 total is above the 2014 total which shows that groups of children have improved their understanding over time.  The baseline data is the results of the year group that were two years ahead of the year group in 2014.  Without intervention, this would be the expected achievement level for that group in two years time.  Our results at this stage show that most groups have already exceeded their two year projection, over one year.  

Our first comparisons show two things:

1. That it looks as if children’s understanding of the key ideas have increased over two years of teaching the key ideas, when compared with the class which was two years ahead of them in 2014.  Over two years they have already exceeded the achievement we would be hoping to have seen in three years.  It would seem that returning and reinforcing the key ideas has helped children to deepen their understanding.

2) The need to moderate our marking.  Next time we should either swap some papers between teachers to mark, or teachers select papers which appear average and share them with other teachers for moderation.  Or both of these methods. Making OTJ's in our Hubs will work and also supporting Beginning Teachers new to the programme

FOR TEACHERS:

Specific assessment information is available at:

Holy Spirit  2015 assessment

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https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-2YRkNtjsanTjuuePtZokIYURPJPKD9w5uLVdytKRwA/edit#gid=942538803 

and the year level breakdown of comparisons from 2014 is at: Comparison 2014 to 2015

Church Strand

Church Strand Taonga- Week 7-11

Meeting date: Thursday 4th of June
Purpose: 
1. To reconnect with the theology and curriculum progression behind the Church strand, 
2. To revisit the  key ideas we want children to understand and deepen as they move through the school.

3. Share the assessment information from the Holy Spirit Strand- if available 


The highlighted parts are the parts we will put our time into at the meeting.  Everything else should be read and digested beforehand. There will not be time for this in the meeting.  At the meeting there will be time for questions and clarifications of any of the reading or data.  Then we will move on to construct our next step.

Any files containing student information are private to us.  Everything else is public.

Step 1: Make sure you have entered your assessment data for the Holy Spirit Strand

Step 2: Have a look at the key learning objectives for each year level: https://docs.google.com/a/stjoseph.school.nz/file/d/0B5kVPCsXjRbYSTM4NTVvN0xYSUE/edit

In 2014 we decided on four key concepts we would like our children to develop and deepen as they move

From: Newportchristian.wordpress.com

through our school:

1. The Church is the people united with God

We want the children to know they ARE the church.  

Becoming part of the church - ceremonies, initiations, Baptism.

That we are Disciples- following the way of Jesus

Belonging and participating

The Church shows us how we need to act in our lives - we are the Church

Church as the bride of Christ

We are a community of disciples , our parish is a sign of God in the world - Jesus founded the Church and it is a sign which brings about God’s presence and love in the world.

2. We all have a role in the Church

To take some responsibility like presenting the gospel or saying prayers or reading or children’s ministries such as altar serving etc...

What are we called to do because we are part of the church (vocations)

Roles in the church

3. Formal roles within the Church

The work of the priest in the church.

Teaching role of bishops

The role of the pope

4. The Mission of the Church

To understand that the church is the continuation of Jesus' mission to live God's Kingdom on Earth.

These four concepts will be the context of the Church strand teaching throughout the school in Term 2 2015.  We continue to teach the learning outcomes for the Religious Education curriculum at each year level in the context of these four concepts.

We agreed:

For year 1-3 the class teacher will decide the content of the assessment.  This will be entered on the assessment gathering file and the children will be marked 1= exposed, 2=achieving, 3=mastered. 

For years 4-8 we will take the same test but leave it open for the children's answers.  We would expect achievement to be shown mainly in the context of their year strand.  For children to show mastery it should be clear that their understanding of their year level work is linked to some of the main concepts we want them to understand (above).

Please Visit last years assessment data for your class to see where the gaps were and lead the order in which you teach the strand this year 

2014 Assessment data

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ECrKObv_GIHSRGWbwpwDqNZy0ciB7iVMNUPAYOjvHRI/edit#gid=0

Step 3: Have a look at an example SOLO relational thinking analysis map for the Church strand: https://docs.google.com/a/stjoseph.school.nz/file/d/0B5kVPCsXjRbYVklmZlVSODA0a00/edit

Step 4: Bring a succinct example to the meeting of something you have done previously with the Church strand that has helped children's learning or any new resources you have found that you think we be useful across many year levels

Step 5: Have a look at the faith alive website for your year level

Step 6: Make sure you have recorded your RE hours for the last 2 terms meetings onto your appraisal document.

The test for the strand can be seen at this link (public): https://docs.google.com/a/stjoseph.school.nz/document/d/1Dtt_5NyYDMOwBnw6m3J6ThuvlLTR56PV9d6oGyA_ykA/edit

Staff: Please enter assessment information at (private): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1IRmqzJ7kDQCm9ZzRelCDddD7oeVxio3uU6IoZK0Lq1I/edit#gid=0
by Monday 6th of July following Whanau Groups- Thursday 2nd of July.

Holy Spirit Staff Meeting 2015

Holy Spirit Planning Meeting

Holy Spirit Staff Meeting - Term 2, 2015

We will try this for our Wednesday 22nd April meeting.  The highlighted parts are the parts we will put our time into at the meeting.  Everything else is prepared beforehand.

AIMS:

1. to review what we want our school leaver to understand about the Holy Spirit (from decisions we made as a staff in 2014).  This is a core understanding that can grow with the child.  This will help children entering the school later on have a chance to access this understanding according to their stage of development.

2. Review 2014s deep assessment which will benefit ongoing teaching and learning and which has continuity throughout the school in 2015.  

Any files containing student information are private to us.  Everything else is public.

1. What did our assessment on The Holy Spirit from 2014 tell us?

Step 1: Have a look on the assessment data we have gathered about the Holy Spirit strand:

a) look at your own information in:  

https://docs.google.com/a/stjoseph.school.nz/spreadsheets/d/115aLhycnrG3mLSqIqI6j-Udf93iWJApcb-SrEHUXLWE/edit#gid=0

b) look at the overall information in: https://docs.google.com/a/stjoseph.school.nz/spreadsheets/d/1Bvvd8tiOr9feP6oxufM_frs96VYf4pxiK8lZg1tp0zU/edit#gid=0

To discuss: how useful is this information?  Would it inform your teaching?  What does this data tell us?  Are there any trends we need to notice?

2Look at what we decided in 2014 was important for  an "end point" for our school leaver of what we would like them to know about the Holy Spirit https://docs.google.com/a/stjoseph.school.nz/document/d/1S78jJecjaqURT33vbnuYGkpRdUX9O0zs0tGGB8b8ws0/edit

Step 1: read the theology about the Holy Spirit at the beginning of your strand book.

Come to the meeting prepared to discuss any tricky or challenging parts, or share anything you just love about it.

Step 2: Have a look at the key learning objectives for each year level: https://docs.google.com/a/stjoseph.school.nz/file/d/0B5kVPCsXjRbYdTJDMnZuOUxRQjA/edit

Step 3: Have a look at the SOLO assessment rubric - we need to keep this the same as 2014 so that the assessment is fair and we can track it over the 3 years. https://docs.google.com/a/stjoseph.school.nz/file/d/0B5kVPCsXjRbYOXVGamM5UDJYWVE/edit

Step 4: Share with your hub buddy an example of something you have done about the Holy Spirit which has helped the students to feel or understand the Holy Spirit better in an affective way (doesn't have to be in the curriculum, or at your present year level).

Step 5:   Even though the basic understandings underpin the teaching and learning, we will still teach the content at our level and use that to access the basic understandings.

Step 6: Assessment for Holy Spirit Strand (same as 2014) To be completed in term 1 following Whanau groupings. https://docs.google.com/a/stjoseph.school.nz/spreadsheets/d/1qc9_C3Kp6mUzgS-QjhmgKNtbOQDsAKqZXWShEDV4668/edit#gid=2 Whanau groups after mass in week 6. Assessment completed on that day and imputted by the following Monday morning. (week 7)

Step 7: Discuss hub/class displays- displaying the Key concepts we want the children to know.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bWizwuRtTJcwbnazB1Jw84-aIPqZqAnpfnFYYLkBwaE/edit

Jesus Strand Assessment Outcomes 2015

In 2014 we worked through the theology and key concepts for each RE strand.  Bearing these in mind the staff came up with key ideas which we could keep constant and develop through each child’s journey at St Joseph’s school.  The need for this was based on the high number of children who enter our school at different levels, many missing out on junior and middle teaching in RE.  The concepts had to be ones which would be accessible to both 5 and 13 year olds, at different stages of RE knowledge and at different stages in their faith journeys.

We proposed to “test” these concepts over three years.  We hoped that keeping these concepts at the forefront supported by the strand teaching at each level, we would see a deepening of understanding of these concepts as children move through the school.  2015 is our third year of using the SOLO thinking taxonomy in RE to promote and assess depth of thinking and we are using this to guide our assessment.

At the end of term 1 our first comparative results for the Jesus strand are available.  As we are tracking over three years we are tracking the year 1-6 cohorts of 2014:

In most year groups the 2015 total is above the 2014 total which shows that groups of children have improved their understanding over time.  The baseline data is the results of the year group that were two years ahead of the year group in 2014.  Without intervention, this would be the expected achievement level for that group in two years time.  Our results at this stage show that most groups have already exceeded their two year projection, over one year.  

Our first comparisons show two things:

1. That it looks as if children’s understanding of the key ideas have increased over two years of teaching the key ideas, when compared with the class which was two years ahead of them in 2014.  Over two years they have already exceeded the achievement we would be hoping to have seen in three years.  It would seem that returning and reinforcing the key ideas has helped children to deepen their understanding.

2) The need to moderate our marking.  Next time we should either swap some papers between teachers to mark, or teachers select papers which appear average and share them with other teachers for moderation.  Or both of these methods.

FOR TEACHERS:

Specific assessment information is available at:

Jesus Strand 2015 assessment

and the year level breakdown of comparisons from 2014 is at: Comparison 2014 to 2015

Outcomes of the Communion of Saints Taonga

The Communion of Saints

From: Catholicworldofart.com

In our recent staff meeting (taonga) to prepare for teaching the Communion of Saints strand we looked at church theology and the requirements of the curriculum and agreed on three key concepts of church teaching we want children to develop as they move through the school:
1. Mary is our first and most important saint because of her special relationship with Jesus.
2. The Communion of Saints means all the members of the Church - living now, in purgatory and in heaven.
3. The choices we make on earth affect what happens when we die, we will be judged on our choices.

SOLO rubric for Communion of Saints

https://docs.google.com/a/stjoseph.school.nz/file/d/0B5kVPCsXjRbYd0JfUk9XYWZzNWM/edit

Test - Teacher's Marking Guide - https://docs.google.com/a/stjoseph.school.nz/document/d/1nWg7MGzmgV3z2SgiWaB97AVetx9IjuR2sL1L55eex2Y/edit

Communion of Saints Test

https://docs.google.com/a/stjoseph.school.nz/document/d/1IdperFaIvFaxcOEpL33D7VUhQFBAzH_rm9wlzbXxH7Q/edit

Data entry for Communion of Saints

https://docs.google.com/a/stjoseph.school.nz/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApkVPCsXjRbYdFItS2VUYV9sQUFjV1N4dVY1T3VYalE#gid=2

Preparation for Communion of Saints Strand Taonga

Preparation for our "flipped" Communion of Saints Strand Taonga

From: Catholicworldofart.com

Assessment information for the Sacrament strand is available at:
https://docs.google.com/a/stjoseph.school.nz/spreadsheets/d/1Bvvd8tiOr9feP6oxufM_frs96VYf4pxiK8lZg1tp0zU/edit#gid=2020703384
An overview of the assessment for 2014 is at:
https://docs.google.com/a/stjoseph.school.nz/spreadsheets/d/1Bvvd8tiOr9feP6oxufM_frs96VYf4pxiK8lZg1tp0zU/edit#gid=0
Your own class data is at:
https://docs.google.com/a/stjoseph.school.nz/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApkVPCsXjRbYdFItS2VUYV9sQUFjV1N4dVY1T3VYalE&usp=drive_web#gid=6

Please have a look at these links in order to make comments at our meeting.

Read the theology for the Communion of Saints at the beginning of your strand book.  Be prepared to discuss this at the meeting.

Be prepared to give a quick overview of the Communion of Saints strand at your level.  Also be prepared to share something you have done or could do as a learning activity at this level or another level you have taught at - something which will also enliven the spirituality of your students.

Read through the key concepts at each level
https://docs.google.com/a/stjoseph.school.nz/document/d/1khj2m6f4PWV-jzmv5yQ8itSjvIovMHEHC1nt2ZQspr4/edit

If you have any resources or links that you use for the Communion of Saints please share them in the resources folder drop us all an email link when you do please.
https://docs.google.com/a/stjoseph.school.nz/document/d/1rGNQLfYsg8x_cLsojgSvpBY057z5Yp9fxYWoitl7ewI/edit

At the meeting we will make a "graduate profile" for the Communion of Saints strand and write an assessment.
https://docs.google.com/a/stjoseph.school.nz/document/d/1Jpx3RVwaUTfWyTlSgwcnGZrvOF9s4QY91mOAl6Q54Ec/edit