A start with the Personal Learning and Thinking skills!!

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A start with the Personal Learning and Thinking
skills!!

• Deep learning Days
• Extended study activities

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The new national curriculum

• Curriculum and strategy manager meetings
• SSAT/NCSL conferences
• New head !!

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What next

• Working party of keen and interested leaders
• Very regular meetings over one term
• Sort of used the QCA new curriculum activities
• Followed by extra meetings for Heads of
  Departments

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What did we want to do

• Improve KS4 gold standard with English and Maths
• Stretch and challenge higher attaining learners
• Develop students personal learning and thinking
  skills
• Enthuse students so they are committed to life
  long learning
• Teach our own subjects

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General picture of the new curriculum

• Two year key stage 3 in En Ma Sc
• Opportunity for three year Key stage 4 if needed
• Early entry for middle sets in Maths etc
• Introduce learning to learn in year 7
• Introduce Drama in year 7 and 8
• Copy South Hunsley and move PSE into whole day
  activities

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New view of time

• The new curriculum is an entire planned learning
  experience
• Longer periods needed to develop the personal
  learning thinking skills
• Need to create opportunities a range of
  activities of different lengths of time
• Extended study activities
• Deep learning Days (curriculum and PSE)

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Extended study time
7M1 7M2 7M3
Period 1 History Geography RE
Period 2 RE History Geography
Period 3 Geography RE History
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Subject links

• Maths and Science (including FBE)
• Technology and IT (including FBE)
• History Geography and RE
• Art Music and Drama
• Some PSE delivered in subjects as well

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History and the new Key Stage 3
History and the Personal Learning and Thinking
Skills
Ancient Civilizations
Pupils are studying the lives of the Native
Americans / Egyptians and Romans -
Posing the question were they Barbaric or were
they Civilized?
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History and the new Key Stage 3
History and the Personal Learning and Thinking
Skills
Ancient Civilizations
Posing the question were they Barbaric or were
they Civilized?
PLT Creative Thinking

• Questioning
• Analysing
• Developing thinking
• Developing an argument
• Question their assumptions / points of view and
  others

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History and the new Key Stage 3
History and the Personal Learning and Thinking
Skills
Ancient Civilizations
(3 Hours) Afternoon at Hull and East Riding
Museum

• Handling Roman artefacts and replicas
• Studying and researching Roman displays in the
  Museum
• Producing a group presentation of their findings

• PLTS
• Team Work
• Effective Participators
• Creative Thinkers

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History and the new Key Stage 3
Humanities and the Personal Learning and Thinking
Skills
(3 Hours) History, Geography and RE will all
teach together to answer this question
What place do the Maoris have today?
Cultural Heritage
Socio- economic Situation
Spiritual Beliefs
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History and the new Key Stage 3
Humanities and the Personal Learning and Thinking
Skills
(3 Hours) History, Geography and RE will all
teach together to answer this question

• PLTS
• Team Work - Research and presentations
• Independent Enquirers - Research
• Creative Thinkers - Analyse findings
• Effective Participators - Listening and
  Contributing

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Extended study activities in maths

• Functional skills in maths
• Group approach to maths investigations
• Links with science creates interesting real life
  scenarios
• Carbon footprint
• Bushtucker trails
• Tsunami

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Deep Learning Day

• The whole school off timetable completing
  different activities

Year 7 History field trip PE/Arts Day of Dance
Year 8 Language immersion Day Gg. Ar. Mu Australia Day
Year 9 Art/ technology mask making Keeping healthy day
Year 10 Option Day International Enterprise day
Year 11 Preparation for Working life coursework Maths revision before a module exam
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Example of Deep Learning Day activities

• Year 7 Ma/PE
• Students are encouraged to use Mathematics to
  score, record and analyse tactics and performance
  put in a Mini Olympics context.
• Year 8 Kenya Gg/Te
• Students develop an understanding of third world
  life by building shanty towns out of cardboard in
  our games shed and have to carry water across the
  field with limited resources
• Year 9 VE day Food tech/History
• Pupils cook food with rationing and have street
  party

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How we organise DLD

• Senior team agreed to 14 !!
• Time allocation at KS3 similar to lesson
  allocation
• Trips and visits focused on these days
• PSE team or curriculum team plan the activities
• A member of the leadership team has coordinates
  staffing and rooms

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Reflections

• Teachers are brilliantly imaginative
• Kids respond well ( high attendance!)
• Needs tight organisation on staffing resources
  and rooms
• Cuts down on disruption by trips and visits
• Brilliant CPD for staff
• Strong emphasis on PLTs but still need to
  consider progression