Creating a Learning School

Creating a Learning School ‘Reflections of the Day’

Common Strands emerging from groups • Structure • Curriculum • Learning Environment • Pastoral

STRUCTURE • Restructuring of the school day in order to allow for greater enrichment opportunities • More late buses for after-school activities • More creative use of ‘meetings’ and to provide opportunities to bring staff together for planning • Fewer meetings more clubs • Different views about length and use of lunchtime • Post lunch sport • Free up one afternoon per fortnight (ie., students go home early) allowing time for planning • Abandon bells • Greater links with the community • Crèche/childcare facilities

CURRICULUM • Themed days and weeks (vertical and horizontal groups) • Accelerated course provision for most able • Increased ‘hands-on’ provision • More subject integrated approach to learning • More flexible timetables at KS4 • Cultural topic in each year • Greater use of the International dimension • Employment of key staff eg., International Co-Ordinator • More use of outside agencies, speakers, parents and ex-pupils • Pupils learning to teach groups of students covering teaching of spec. • TA’s to specific faculties • Study periods for KS4 supervised by staff • An integrated PHSE timetable to cover citizenship, careers and the learning to learn agenda

LEARNING ENVIRONMENT • Improved display facilities across the school • Use of Plasma screens • All classes fully equipped with IT facilities • Students involved in developing school environment • New Buildings • Grounds • Nice smells/clean windows/smells/warmth/storage • Flexible furniture – multipurpose classrooms • More boards for visual stimulus • Projectors/smart boards and students with laptops • All subjects to have at least one dedicated classroom

PASTORAL • Review of focus and allocation of Pastoral time • More 1-2-1 time for Tutor and Student • More creative use of meeting time • Split assemblies across key stages • No assemblies in period 1 - a key learning time • Personal challenge week - extending Arts Week focusing on personal aspirations and learning • Developing individual skills of the students • More use of SIMS for registering, etc as a time saver • Teachers delivering the House Period • Competitive enterprise week

Creating a Learning School

Creating a Learning School

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