“Building confidence through numeracy” - Mitchell Elementary School

For the 2025/2026 school year our school’s learning focus is:

“Building confidence through numeracy”

The data that supports the need for this school learning focus is:

Lower than expected FSA numeracy scores in 2023/2024, with improvements in 2024/2025.
Student and staff surveys tell us that a more playful and hands-on approach to learning Math has built Math confidence in our students in the 2024/2025 school year. However, this confidence dwindles in intermediate years.
Learning Update data: teachers-provided results when assessing Math proficiency levels has not shifted significantly since the previous school year.
Student interest in this school focus remains high in surveys.
When surveyed, teachers have communicated that their own confidence levels in teaching numeracy have improved, and they are interested in learning more to continue improving their teaching confidence.

Actions that the school will take to achieve the goals of our school learning focus include:

The Pro-D committee is creating opportunities for learning and collaboration for staff around Math and Numeracy, including workshops during Pro-D days, in-house lunch and learns and sharings, and collaboration time for teachers to learn from one another.
The FESL committee will work together to establish a list of Mathematical terms to be used with and taught to students as a continuum by grade-level.
Teachers will provide opportunities to students to apply Math skills in everyday situations and in cross-curricular projects (numeracy!).
Evening Math Festival for families.

The intention of these actions is to make the following difference(s) for learners:

Build Math-teaching confidence for staff
Build Math confidence by providing fun exploration opportunities for students to develop skills.
Make numeracy alive for students; engage them in the concept that applied Math is all around us and that Math is a required skill for several every day and curricular tasks.
Build Math confidence with our families so they can support numeracy efforts from home.

We will know our actions are making a difference when we have data that demonstrates the following:

Students are engaged in Math lessons and Math applications.
FSA numeracy scores continue to improve.
Learning update (report cards) data show improvements in Math.
Students can talk about Math with confidence, using common Math terms.

For the 2025/2026 school year our school’s learning focus is:	“Building confidence through numeracy”
The data that supports the need for this school learning focus is:	Lower than expected FSA numeracy scores in 2023/2024, with improvements in 2024/2025. Student and staff surveys tell us that a more playful and hands-on approach to learning Math has built Math confidence in our students in the 2024/2025 school year. However, this confidence dwindles in intermediate years. Learning Update data: teachers-provided results when assessing Math proficiency levels has not shifted significantly since the previous school year. Student interest in this school focus remains high in surveys. When surveyed, teachers have communicated that their own confidence levels in teaching numeracy have improved, and they are interested in learning more to continue improving their teaching confidence.
Actions that the school will take to achieve the goals of our school learning focus include:	The Pro-D committee is creating opportunities for learning and collaboration for staff around Math and Numeracy, including workshops during Pro-D days, in-house lunch and learns and sharings, and collaboration time for teachers to learn from one another. The FESL committee will work together to establish a list of Mathematical terms to be used with and taught to students as a continuum by grade-level. Teachers will provide opportunities to students to apply Math skills in everyday situations and in cross-curricular projects (numeracy!). Evening Math Festival for families.
The intention of these actions is to make the following difference(s) for learners:	Build Math-teaching confidence for staff Build Math confidence by providing fun exploration opportunities for students to develop skills. Make numeracy alive for students; engage them in the concept that applied Math is all around us and that Math is a required skill for several every day and curricular tasks. Build Math confidence with our families so they can support numeracy efforts from home.
We will know our actions are making a difference when we have data that demonstrates the following:	Students are engaged in Math lessons and Math applications. FSA numeracy scores continue to improve. Learning update (report cards) data show improvements in Math. Students can talk about Math with confidence, using common Math terms.