INDIVIDUAL LEARNING PLAN

Student Name: Date Devised:

James (pseudonym) 08/06/2017

School: Class:
South Warrnambool Primary School Room 5 – 4/5 composite

Year Level: 5 DOB: - Age: 10

Background Information:
Due to reasons out of his control, his personal life has become unstable and confusing for him. He has stated
that coming to school is a highlight and a safe place for him. He has begun the year with good and bad days.
Good days see him working to his personal best and engaged, bad days see him disengaged, upset and
distracting for others.

Strengths:
- Willing to help staff and teachers with any small jobs/roles
- Engages in activities that he is highly interested in
- Wants to help other students where he can
- Can work with other students adequately
- Reading and maths are at or near adequate levels

Barriers:
- Can sometimes become negative about himself or the task at hand, it can turn to frustration
and anger at times, this is when he is hardest to get through to
- Sometimes won’t have motivation or interest in a task, if it’s too hard or if he thinks it’s too
hard for him he will waste time or use the excuse it is too hard.
- Writing/Spelling is behind expected level
- Not very enthusiastic about sport or physical activity/extra-curricular activities
- Often doesn’t come to school with adequate food or of poor nutrition
- Doesn’t take care of some of his belongings

Areas for Development:

- Handwriting; forming letters, using capital letters and full stops where appropriate
- Using his time more effectively
- Looking after belongings
- Joining in sport and physical activity more enthusiastically
- Become more determined and not give up too easily
- Stay positive about tasks, handle emotions if they rise.
TARGETS ENTRY SKILLS IMPLEMENTATION ASSESSMENT SUCCESS CRITERIA
 (SHORT-TERM STRATEGIES STRATEGIES
GOALS)

Improve hand- Reading skills are Practice hand- Observe hand Hand writing will
writing and adequate and writing using a writing more often look more legible,
spelling skills could assist tracing chart and give feedback spelling will become
writing and or ideas correct or closer to
spelling Keep practicing being correct. His
spelling, trying new Potentially use spelling words will
words internet/dictionary become more
to check spelling by complex
himself

Using his time Has the skills to Encouraging him to Check amount of His work will contain
more effectively engage, inquire ask for assistance if work he has been more content and he
& remaining and the general he is unsure of what completing and will have a better
determined/posi understanding of to do with a task, or observe his attitude attitude before &
many concepts when he is up to a throughout tasks during tasks
tive about tasks
point where he is
finding it hard.

Looking after James tends to Allow some Develop a simple He will have the
belongings and look after his iPad personalization of checklist to follow belongings he needs
being more well, therefore, he his belongings to and see if he’s at school most days
organized has the skills to create more looking after and will be organized
apply it to other meaning to them. belongings and to begin tasks each
objects. being organized. day.
-Develop a routine
He can charge his for ensuring he has
iPad and the books and
remember to bring stationary he needs.
it to school each
day