Holy Child School Review 2015 2016 Review of

Holy Child School Review 2015/2016

Review of Whole School Activity • Teaching and Learning – – – • • • Academic Results Support for all students Literacy and numeracy policy School Self Evaluation Library Social Spiritual Artistic & Scientific Physical Board of Management

Teaching and Learning Pursuit of Academic Challenge & Excellence Review of Results – Leaving Certificate – CAO Points – College Destinations – Areas of Discipline – Junior Certificate

Leaving Certificate Analysis 2013/14/15/16

Leaving Certificate Analysis 2013/14/15/16 2015 2014 2013 Nat Average 500 – 625 44% 30% 38% 40% 8. 5% 400 – 500 39% 40% 41% 37. 66% 21. 2% 300 – 400 16% 27% 13. 5% 10% 25. 5% <300 1% 3% 7. 5% 12. 34% 44. 80%

Leaving Certificate Analysis 2013/14/15/16

Leaving Certificate Analysis 2013/14/15/16

College Destinations

College Destinations

League Tables • Sunday Times (figures over three years, 12/14/15) – Stats don’t include: • • DIT IADT NCI Foreign Universities – Including Oxford, Cambridge and European or American Universities. – Progression to University 100% HCK – 1 of 14 Schools

College Destinations • Irish Times (later in the year) looks at progression to 3 rd level. – Points – Destinations

Junior Certificate Analysis

Junior Certificate Analysis

SSE and SIP School Improvement Plan Teaching & Learning Student Well Being Literacy & Numercy JC 2 S. S. E i. Pad & I. C. T. Anti Bullying AFL Extra Curricular Activities Positive Mental Healthy Eating Wellness Committee

SSE Final report 2016 Areas identified for improvement Literacy Teaching and Learning • Improve punctuation and spelling • Increase the level of AFL implemented by all staff • Implement Whole School Literacy Policy • Develop staff capacity and engagement with standardised • Increase the number of students who testing results read for pleasure from 55% to 70% • Academic tracking systems to become embedded in school culture • Develop use of i. Pad as an enquiry based learning tool

How are results measured? Results gathered from parents, students and teachers using: • Questionnaires/Surveys • CATS and DATS tests • Observations A big thank you to our parents who responded to our surveys

Results Areas identified for improvement Success criteria Literacy - Improve punctuation and spelling Noticeable improvement in standard of written work for a large proportion of the student cohort. Implement Whole school literacy Policy - Increase the number of students who read for pleasure from 55% to 70% Wider appreciation of the meaning of literacy in its fullest sense. Only class that showed a decrease in reading for pleasure were 3 rd years in their JC year. Initiatives such as DEAR/Library period increased reading for pleasure to over 90%. Results

Areas identified for improvement Success criteria Teaching and Learning - Increase the level of AFL implemented by all staff Evidence of AFL systems in use by both teachers and students Staff utilise standardised data in - Develop staff capacity and setting targets for each student in engagement with their class across all subject standardised testing results disciplines - Academic tracking systems to become embedded in school culture All students are tracked relative to preset targets 1 st Years v Sigma/Micra T/Cat E 2 nd Years v Cat F 3 rd Years v JC results - Develop use of i. Pad as an enquiry based learning tool Teachers: Develop confidence in the use of subject specific apps. Students: Develop confidence in using the i. Pad as a study/revision tool for electronic assessment Results

Well-being / Positive Mental Health • Whole school Audit of students and staff • 5 th Year Well-being group for students – Produced well-being pamphlet (in journal) • Peer mentoring 1 st/2 nd/3 rd Year students – Addressing issues that arose from questionnaire • 2 nd Years Friends for Life resilience programme • Mindfulness workshops with selected Senior and Junior students

Well-being / Positive Mental Health • SPHE Mental Health Programme carried out in all year groups • Student monitors including Prefects, Angels and Peer ministers • Guidance counselling does one to one counselling sessions • Ways to well-being programme – T/Y

School Improvement Plan (SIP) 2016 -2019/20 Assessment, Evaluation and Policy Development Literacy Wellbeing (staff and students) • To identify different models of assessment/ feedback compatible with the new JC. • To expand Vocabulary • To improve communication • To review school policies on a ‘needs basis’. Annually or as determined by the Board of Management. • Identify outstanding policies which need to be drafted in line with the schools requirements • To improve sentence structure • To establish a comment box and wellbeing email address • Establish wellbeing monitors of above

Sip 2016 -2019/20 Structure of the school day and school calendar I. C. T. • To investigate school timetables • Staff training on 0365 consisting of 40 mins, 50 mins and 60 mins classes and the impact of these • Training in One Drive time tables on length of school day, • Training in One Note lunch, breaks etc. • i. Pads - (4 th year inc) • Peer mentoring • Sharing of information • Junior IT team

SIP 2016 -2019/20 Ethos • To create a short presentation on an aspect of Cornelia Connelly’s life and/or teaching to all staff at each opening year Staff Meeting. This will set the context for our years work, as well as exploring different aspects of our Cornelian legacy. • Prepare a leaflet for all staff, and in the future, new staff, on our Cornelian ethos and school history, and present it to the staff. • Include the presentation and leaflet outlined above in the information night for incoming First years and revisit it in the TY presentation night. • Actively encourage support for the House System, which has at its core, 8 Cornelian characteristics. • Ensure that new students to the school ( in years 2 -6) would be assigned a buddy/student mentor, from within their year and within their house, to introduce them to the Cornelian ethos of HCK. • To commemorate the 70 th anniversary of HCK

Social Awareness • • Lourdes Pilgrimage Kolkata Immersion Programme Outreach / Carmona / Logon Learn St. Vincent de Paul Conference Justice and Peace Group Young Social Innovators Review of charities we suppport

Lourdes

Hope Foundation Immersion 2016

Spiritual Development • • • Le Chéile/SHCJ Celebration of Liturgical Year Welcoming Blessing for 1 st Years Retreats Opening School Year Mass/Mass of Remembrance Ministers of the Eucharist/Peer Ministries SHCJ Education Conference Assemblies Celebrating Founders Day Developing New House System

1 st Year Welcome Ceremony

Retreats

Physical Development Sporting Success – Hockey – Basketball – Tennis – Athletics – Aerobics

Hockey

Tennis

Basketball

Athletics

Artistic & Scientific Development • • • Music/Choir Public Speaking School trips School Competitions DCU/STEM

China

Berlin

Review of Board of Management Policies SSE and SIP Bursary Programme BOM finishes Term 2013 – 2016 (report from Frank Sweeney) • Development Plan (Melissa Harrison) • •

Development

Development

Development

Development What are we fundraising for? • The Sports Hall (Phase 1) • STEM Classrooms, Art Room, Home Economics Room (Phase 2) • Communal areas that enhance the daily lives of our students; canteen, library, communal areas, disabled access (Phase 3)

Development Year One of Fundraising (2013) - Results • • • We asked all parents to consider their support (except 1 st Years) By September 2014, 23% of parents were donating. Parents pledged € 394, 830 over 3 – 5 years

Development Year Two of Fundraising (2014) - Results • • We asked all non donor parents from 1 – 6 Year to consider their support. By September 2015 28% of parents are donating (5% increase). Parents pledged an additional € 107, 950 over 3 – 5 years. Total pledges, tax reclaims, events and all donations amounted to € 846, 509 by 31 May 2015.

Development Year Three of Fundraising (2015) - Results • • • We asked all non donor parents from 1 – 5 Year to consider their support. By September 2016 34% of parents were donating. Parents pledged an additional € 86, 760 over 1 – 6 years. Total pledges, tax reclaims, events and all donations amounted to € 980, 929 by 31 Aug 2016 We have also started to build relationships with Alumnae.

Development Year Four of Fundraising 2016 - 2017 Encourage new and non donor families to believe in your own ability to effect change for the better in HCK • • Join 34% of the parent population to Invest in Excellence Encourage friends and family to invest too Spread our message Take part in our events Give your feedback Believe in our students Be part of the community

Development Year Four of Fundraising 2016 - 2017 Inviting all parents to get involved: - we will be writing to all of you and phoning you to seek your support and /or feedback - starting in October Building links with Alumnae and encouraging support from them Developing our social media profile on Facebook and Linked In. Running our Golf Classic on 12 May 2017 Welcome our donors for a Donor Appreciation Evening early in 2017

Policies • • • Homework Policy Fees Policy Data Protection Personal Data Security Breach Policy CCTV Policy Religious Education Policy Updated Admissions and Enrolment Policy Code of Behaviour RSE/SPHE Bursary

Mission Statement Our mission is to nurture the intellectual, spiritual, artistic, social and physical development of each student in an atmosphere of openness and trust. We encourage our students to emerge as mature young women who are strong in faith and who are confident and caring and capable of making decisions that enrich their own lives and contribute to the lives of others. “Be yourself but let that self be all that God wants it to be”