Key Stage 3 Developments at Bridgewater High School

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Key Stage 3 Developments at Bridgewater High
School

• Learn 2 Learn
• October 2007

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Parallel Developments

• Emerging interest in L2L curriculum as
  articulated through
• Specialist Schools Trust Conference 2006
• News coverage of the Villiers Model, Sir John
  Cabot
• Personalisation - Hargreaves

• Attendance at QCA conference which highlighted
• Reduction in content at KS3
• Interest in more themed approach to curriculum
  design
• Fitness for purpose

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standards in writing and mathematics are
declining because young people are spending too
much time
listening to the gramophone. The Times 1912
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Curriculum concerns
HMI Curriculum Matters 1985
"There is so much knowledge that is potentially
useful or of intrinsic interest that syllabuses
are often over laden with factual content built
up by unregulated accumulation or tradition. In
view of this schools need to be highly selective
when deciding what is taught."
QCA Monitoring 2005
"There is still a perception that the curriculum
is overloaded... delegates continued to regard
the curriculum as too full. In practice many find
it difficult to incorporate newer ideas,
including citizenship. The constraining factors
include content overload, staffing problems and
the perceived narrowness of the standards
agenda..."
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So why will it be any different this time?

• 2020 Vision Report of the Teaching Learning in
  2020 Review Group December 2006
• VLE
• Classroom technologies- specifically 87
  Promethean IWB

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Stage 1

• Developing the model engaging staff,
  governors,students

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Freeing up the curriculum-opportunities
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• (Learning for Life)
• Knowledge and skills for learning
• (Learn to Learn how and what)
• Assessment for Learning
• Learning strategies (TL policy)
• Peer coaching (CPD)

LEARNING TO LEARN

• Curriculum organisation and design
• (KS3 14-19)
• Developing classroom technologies (IWBs)
• Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)

EXPERIENCE
Change Team 1
Change Team 2
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SEF REVIEW UPDATE SECTION 5

• (Learning from Life)
• Attitudes for effective learning
• Student mentoring, guidance and advice
• Student voice
• Parent voice
• Pastoral care ( assemblies, tutorial
• support and registration)

• Turning plans into action
• Leading/supporting Change teams
• Reviewing school design and organisation

SUPPORT
LEADERSHIP
Extended Leadership Group
Change Team 3
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Bridgewater Student 2013
Running Girl
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Stage 2

• Planning to implement

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Running girl 2013
Ill be back in September 2008
My learning
My feelings
My peers
My thinking
My research
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Main L2L Logo
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Developing My Memory

• Mnemonics
• Hide and Seek
• Repetition

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Mnemonics

• Make a list of key words
• Take the first letter of each word
• Make up a fun sentence or phrase with these
  letters

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Using Mnemonics

• In Science colours of the white light spectrum

Red
Richard
Orange
Of
Yellow
York
Green
Gave
Blue
Battle
Indigo
In
Violet
Vain
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L2L context

• In 20 of lessons for year 7, Learning to Learn
  skills will be a key objective for the lesson
  alongside subject objectives
• These lessons will begin with a generic
  presentation, specific to the element of the L2L
  area
• Hence, 20 pre-prepared generic presentations are
  to be used

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My Learning Style

• Visual
• Auditory
• Kinaesthetic

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Visual

• Posters
• Charts
• Key words
• Highlighting
• Video

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Demonstrating Highlighting

• 3 facts about the Tudors
• Girls could marry at age 12, boys at age 14!
  They still had to live with their parents until
  they were 16 though.
• Baths weren't considered healthy so Tudors just
  covered up the awful smell with strong perfume
• Toilets were called 'Privies' and were not very
  private at all. They were often just a piece of
  wood over a hole in the ground and might have
  room for up to 6 people to go at the same time!

marry
age 12
14
Girls
boys
parents until
live with
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My Learning Style

• Visual
• Auditory
• Kinaesthetic

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Stage 3Delivery September 2008

• Staff training days x3
• Coaching
• Student voice
• VLE