We are really pleased to let you know about achievement at school in the area of literacy (reading and writing) and numeracy (mathematics), year to date (YTD) 2020.
While our IB inquiry style of learning is rich with engaging content covering all aspects of a diverse and future focussed curriculum, we are dedicated to building the levels of literacy and numeracy that will set every child up with the ability and confidence to access all the learning available to them in their world.
Our 2020 published goals for the Bay Academy state that we target 90% of students performing at or above the expected curriculum levels in all of reading, writing and math. This is a challenging yet, we believe, realistic target. It goes without saying that we would want 100%.
I hope you agree with me that the results below are cause for us to be very satisfied that children are progressing extremely well at the Bay Academy. In the year we have had this is massive credit to our teaching team, including teacher aides. Their dedication and commitment to continuous improvement is amazing.
Reading
Year to date we are on target at 90%. Initiatives in the school including Quick60 and StepsWeb are currently targeted at accelerating those in the 10%. A renewed focus on phonics in the early years is beginning to show excellent results for children.
Most schools will tell you that writing is their biggest challenge. We are tracking below our school goals in writing, but we are far from resting on these results. We understand that writing is about communication and includes a variety of expression, including oral and digital. Creating opportunities for children to communicate about what is of interest and relevance to them is constant learning for us as a teaching team.
Maths
Maths progress across the school has been very satisfying. 89% performing at or above expectation represents a strong result so far this year.
