Author: Western, Natasha

St. Matthew’s CE (Aided) Primary School and Nursery Centre
School Improvement Priorities 2022-2023

Worship
Worship will be lead by class teachers and Rev Chris.
In-class worship will be led by the children either through the reflection journals or Bible stories.

Links
To maintain links with Lichfield Diocese and create further links with other church schools and faith groups within the area.

Governors
To develop the links between Foundation Governors and school.
To give opportunities for Governors to meet with pupils to share ideas.
To use pupil voice to inform our curriculum.

Links with St Matthews Church
Maintain and extend links with St Matthew’s Church through dialogue with the Parish.
Year 6 will take part in a Pilgrimage on St Matthew’s day.
All KS2 children will take part in a Eucharistic service during the year.

Planning
To continue to follow the matrix including Understanding Christianity curriculum as well as link to other faiths including Islam, Judaism and Hinduism.

Monitoring
Observations / learning walks to take place to enable development of teaching and learning.
Regular book scrutiny.

Class Prayers and
Reflection Areas
Children will end the school day by saying the St Matthew’s School Prayer.
Opportunities will be given to share their own prayers either during reflection time or worship time.

Prayer Bags
Every child in the school will have the opportunity to take home the class prayer bag.

SIAMS
To continue to work towards developments outlined within the
Outstanding
SIAMS report and targets set by the CDA.

Educational Visits.
To have a range of educational visits and workshops throughout the year for each class.

Assessment
To continue to develop assessment activities and record attainment on Otrack.