Mid Year Progress Review

of Target Groups 2023

2023 Student Achievement Targets

Our 2023 Student Target Groups were identified at the beginning of the year based on the 2022 end of year student
achievement results. The goal for our target groups is to accelerate progress in either literacy or numeracy by ‘more than
a year’. An overview of the 2023 Target Groups was shared at the board meeting in March.
Below is a review on how these groups of students are progressing mid year.

Huritini (Years 1-2)

Curriculum Area: Reading

Target
By the end of Term 4 2023, nine Year 2 students who were reading below the Te Kura o Te Tauawa Halswell School
curriculum expectations for reading at the end of 2022 will be achieving ‘at’ our school reading expectations.

How are they going?

No. of Chn Left Have already met the target On Track May not reach the target

9 0 3 4 2

From a total of 9 students, 3 students are on track to meet the target, 4 students have made accelerated progress and are
just below the mid Year 2 target. 2 students may not meet the target.

Interventions that are making a difference
● Quick 60
● Repeated reading with a teacher aide
● Fluency (paired) reading
● Structured Literacy approach during guided reading
● Home school partnership
Things that are hindering progress
● One of the students has been absent for over 50% of
Term 2 due to a family bereavement.
● Three of the students have made accelerated progress
towards the target, but will need to continue to make
accelerated progress to reach the end of year target.

Next steps for children who may not reach the target
● Enrichment programmes continuing in Term 3 for all target students: the 3 students who have reached expectations will
receive Repeated Reading; the 4 students who have made accelerated progress but are slightly below our mid-year
expectations will receive support through Quick60 sessions with AP and the two students who are not on track will
continue with Reading Recovery or Quick 60.
● A Structured Literacy approach to teaching reading.
● Repeated reading / fluency reading practice.
● Home learning packs for some children.
● One of the students who is not on track to reach our target had a dyslexia screening test administered by AP, but the
results showed no signs of dyslexia.
● One of the students who is not on track to reach our target has seen an optometrist after concerns about vision were
suggested.

1
 Ōrongomai (Years 3-4)
Curriculum Area: Writing

Target
By the end of 2023, seven students who are achieving below the expected curriculum level in writing will make
accelerated progress and be achieving at the expected curriculum level.

How are they going?

No. of Chn Left Have already met the target On Track May not reach the target

7 0 0 3 4

From a total of 7 students, 3 are on track to meet the target by the end of the year and 4 are not.

Interventions that are making a difference Things that are hindering progress
● Explicit teaching of handwriting in particular the ● Sustaining focus and engagement (Totara group)
formation of letters ● Illness
● We are trialling a subscription to NZ handwriting videos ● Behaviour - one child returning late after break times
and are finding them beneficial and missing most of the teaching session, also
● We have just started a trial of the iDeal structured leaving the classroom during some writing sessions
literacy spelling programme - explicit, systematic, and ● Wearable art has meant some interruptions
sequential teaching of decoding/encoding and
morphology; daily revision of heart words, developing
knowledge of spelling rules
● Using resources from The Syntax Project to develop
understanding of sentence structure
● Preloading of words and ideas prior to whole class
instruction
● Using the target group writers as “experts” during class
instruction as they have been frontloaded with the
language and concepts the day before - this has been
great for their confidence
● Gradual release of responsibility - I do, then lots of “we
do” then a gradual move to “you do”
● Immediate feedback
● Keeping group activities short and snappy

Next steps for children who may not reach the target
● iDeal an online learning programme using structured literacy approach
● IBP being implemented for one child
● Consider changing time group is run
● Review use of HITS to assess which areas could be used to boost progress

Ōtāwhiti (Years 5-6)

Curriculum Area: Mathematics

Target
By the end of 2023, nine students who are achieving 6 months below the expected curriculum level in mathematics will
make accelerated progress and be achieving at the expected curriculum level.

By the end of 2023, four students who are achieving 12 months below the expected curriculum level in mathematics will

2
make accelerated progress and be achieving at least 6 months below the expected curriculum level.

How are they going?

No. of Chn Left Have already met the target On Track May not reach the target

13 0 3 2 8

From a total of 13 students, 3 children have met the target, 2 are on track to meet the target by the end of the year, 8 may
not and 0 students have left the school. One of the students has made accelerated progress from 12mth to 6mth below
expectation. 4 students had previously ‘flatlined’ but are now progressing again.

Interventions that are making a difference
● Double grouping - the children work with a TA on
numicon and then also join in with studio workshops.
● Numicon is working well for all children
● Maths Buddy is an excellent programme that allows
children to continue working at home and have
parental involvement.
Things that are hindering progress
● For some of the children a fixed mindset related to
maths is a major hinderance.
● Too much skip counting being taught in the juniors which
means that children come to rely on that strategy.
● Absences from school - medical and overseas trips
make it challenging to keep up continuity of
programmes.

Next steps for children who may not reach the target
● Dyscalculia screening test for some children
● Continue with double grouping
● Work on developing a more positive mindset with some children
● Look into structured numeracy type intervention
● Target areas of need that have shown up through the Gloss testing

Ōtūmatua (Years 7-8) - MoE Target

Curriculum Area: Writing

Target
By the end of 2023, eight students who are achieving below the expected curriculum level in writing will make
accelerated progress and be achieving at the expected curriculum level.

How are they going?

No. of Chn Left Have already met the target On Track May not reach the target

8 0 4 2 2

From a total of 8 students, 4 have met the target, 4 have not and 0 students have left the school.

Interventions that are making a difference
● Using a variety of prompts for writing. Offering the
children options in their writing through Free Writing -
this was something we added from the student voice
that we gathered.
Things that are hindering progress
● Proofreading/punctuation is a major hindrance for the
group of students who have not yet met the target.
● Lack of understanding that they are writing for an
audience and therefore need to include info/details to
ensure the reader can gain understanding.
● Massive term focus on Camp and Production.

Next steps for children who may not reach the target

3
 ● Regular conferencing with students.
● Writing workshops to help with proofreading and editing of students' writing - based on ideas from the RTLit.
● A big focus on using the CUPS editing tool when proofreading writing.

In Summary

Reading Targets Writing Targets Maths Targets

We wanted to accelerate We wanted to accelerate progress in We wanted to accelerate progress in
progress in reading for: writing for: maths for:

9 students in Huritini 7 students in Ōrongomai 13 students in Ōtāwhito

8 students in Ōtūmatua

Reading Mid Year Writing Mid Year Maths MId Year

Of the 9 students targeted for
reading, 3 have met the target, 4
are on track to meet the target
and 2 students may not reach the
target.
Of the 15 students targeted for writing, 4
have met the target, 5 are on track to
meet the target and 6 students may not
reach the target.
Of the 13 students targeted for
mathematics, 3 have met the target, 2 are
on track and 8 may not reach the target.

Total Number
In total there are 37 students in target groups for 2023. Mid year results show that a total of 10 students have already
met the target, 11 are on track to meet the target and 16 may not reach the target by the end of the year.