Data

=Using Data to Inform our Teaching=

[|Copy of Comparison of Published School data 2009-2011]

What does this data tell you about their learning?
- our students are able to read well, however, their interpretive skills and ability to transfer knowledge onto paper is low. - with our on demand testing, literacy has improved a lot, however, numeracy is still very low. - there are students that are actually going backwards over the three yers of learning. - a high percentage of students are at least a year behind their expected level at year 9 - spelling, grammar and punctuation seem to be the areas that are lacking the most in our year 9 results - reading and numeracy do not seem to have the same drop as the other areas across the year 9 student population

What implications does this have for my classroom practice? What implications does this have for the curriculum of our domain?
- For junior PE classes from 7-9, it is extremely difficult to justify putting kids in a classroom and trying to teach them literacy and numeracy skills as our time is so limited. Their one PE class may be the only opportunity they are given to be active for the week - without taking into account the number of disruptions to the curriculum from other activities within the school. - There are times in junior PE classes when we are able to implement & teach some litereacy and numeracy skills within the traditional PE curriculum. Our literacy and numeracy skills tend to be applied in a less formal setting rather then in a classroom setting - which is not a bad thing as this is promoting a little higher order thinking and interpreting etc.