Action: Alastair 10 Self-evaluation using HGIOS 4 and HGIOELCC As agreed at the last meeting, the headteacher had circulated to Parent Group members the challenge questions from one of the quality indicators under the main question ‘Learning Provision: How good is the quality of care and education we offer?’, namely Quality Indicator 2.3 (Learning, teaching and assessment). The rest of the meeting was spent looking at the two-page extract from the HGIOS document, which listed the relevant features of highly-effective practice and corresponding challenge questions. Members took the opportunity to have the headteacher explain and illustrate some features of effective practice that he felt the school could demonstrate, and to express their opinions on whether, from a parent’s point of view, these features were in evidence from the information on children’s learning that was available to them. 11 Orkney Schools’ Parent Councils What’s working? – The Chair and the headteacher reported briefly on this local authority-run workshop to help Parent Councils to look at what they did well, what they could do without doing, and what they would like to improve. 12 Agenda for next meeting School Improvement Plan 2018–24 Nursery Improvement Plan 2018–24 School logo School/Nursery Self-evaluation (HGIOS 4, etc.) 13 Any other competent business None 14 Date of next meeting It was agreed that the next meeting would be held on Thursday 22 February 2018 at 18.30.
Action: Alastair 10 Self-evaluation using HGIOS 4 and HGIOELCC As agreed at the last meeting, the headteacher had circulated to Parent Group members the challenge questions from one of the quality indicators under the main question ‘Learning Provision: How good is the quality of care and education we offer?’, namely Quality Indicator 2.3 (Learning, teaching and assessment). The rest of the meeting was spent looking at the two-page extract from the HGIOS document, which listed the relevant features of highly-effective practice and corresponding challenge questions. Members took the opportunity to have the headteacher explain and illustrate some features of effective practice that he felt the school could demonstrate, and to express their opinions on whether, from a parent’s point of view, these features were in evidence from the information on children’s learning that was available to them. 11 Orkney Schools’ Parent Councils – What’s working? The Chair and the headteacher reported briefly on this local authority-run workshop to help Parent Councils to look at what they did well, what they could do without doing, and what they would like to improve. 12 Agenda for next meeting School Improvement Plan 2018–24 Nursery Improvement Plan 2018–24 School logo School/Nursery Self-evaluation (HGIOS 4, etc.) 13 Any other competent business None 14 Date of next meeting It was agreed that the next meeting would be held on Thursday 22 February 2018 at 18.30.