Sacrament Strand Meeting Term 3

An overview of the assessment for 2014 is at:
https://docs.google.com/a/stjoseph.school.nz/spreadsheets/d/1Bvvd8tiOr9feP6oxufM_frs96VYf4pxiK8lZg1tp0zU/edit#gid=0
Please have a look at these links in order to support your learners in 2015. Pay particular attention to the targeted learners in your hub group
 It would be a good idea to also review some of the key concepts taught from the previous year level with your class. 


Mrs Brookes & Miss Gray- holy things
Mrs Burke - Baptism
Miss Day - Reconciliation
Mrs Dooley - Eucharist
Mr Cartlidge - Sacrament of Anointing
Miss Huls - Confirmation
Miss Tangney - Holy Orders
Mr Moore - Marriage

Read the theology for Sacrament at the beginning of your strand book. Before teaching the strand 
Read through the key concepts at each level
https://docs.google.com/a/stjoseph.school.nz/file/d/0B5kVPCsXjRbYMkRLNThIUmRSQUE/edit

If you have any resources or links that you use for Sacrament please share them in the resources folder.
https://drive.google.com/a/stjoseph.school.nz/?tab=mo#folders/0B5kVPCsXjRbYdmpMcnM4aFJTRGc

Here is the agenda for Week 1's meeting: Prayer Sacrament meeting

From blessedmotherchurch.com

The test for year 4+ is here:

https://docs.google.com/a/stjoseph.school.nz/document/d/17gMt0_VjM_dpwohZzlEecnW61-3L2-mmQ4bhwB4yvp8/edit

The spreadsheet to enter assessment results is here:

2015 Sacrament Assessment

For years 1-3 use please use your own questions based on what you've done and enter on the spreadsheet.

We agreed we would test on the last Thursday (20th of August) of the Strand timetabled after our whanau groups.  Please enter assessment information as soon as possible.

Church Assessment 2015

In 2014 we decided on four key concepts that we would like our children to gain through our
Church strand teaching.
They were:
- The Church is the people united with God
-We all have a role in the Church
-Formal roles within the Church
-The Mission of the Church

These four concepts will be the context of the Church strand teaching throughout the school.  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).

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

Our results at this stage show that some groups have already exceeded their two year projection, over one year, Particularly at the Senior end of the School where they cover more concepts than the Juniors.  

We decided at our Strand Staff meeting for Church strand that we needed to moderate our marking and that making OTJ's in our Hubs will work and also supporting Beginning Teachers new to the programme. We also try to do our assessment straight after our school wide celebration of learning in Whanau groupings.

FOR TEACHERS:

Specific assessment information is available at:

Church  2015 assessment: click the link below:

2015 Church Assessment

Church Assessment Overview Year 1-6 2015

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

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.