New Opportunities for Learning International communities through international leadership

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New Opportunities for Learning International
communities through international leadership
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Our job is to
Develop a modern, world-class curriculum that
will inspire and challenge all learners and
prepare them for the future
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Develop a modern, world-class curriculum that
will inspire and challenge all learners and
prepare them for the future
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The learning you provide needs to be coherent for
the learner
The world we live in
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What dreams and teams offers

• A programme which uses sport and international
  links to develop young peoples leadership skills
  and cross cultural awareness.
• Dreams Teams allows young people in different
  countries to explore issues such as fair play,
  equity, cultural diversity, inclusion, religion,
  ethics and global communication.
• Ongoing school links are an integral part of
  Dreams Teams and this is achieved through
  various means including via email, video
  conferencing, letter writing, joint projects,
  exchange visits and worldwide festivals.

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Three key questions
The curriculum aims to enable all young people to
become
1 What are we trying to achieve?
Curriculum aims
Every Child Matters outcomes
Be healthy Stay safe Enjoy
and achieve Make a positive
contribution Achieve economic wellbeing
Focus for learning
The curriculum as an entire planned learning
experience underpinned by a broad set of common
values and purposes
2 How do we organise learning?
Components
Learning approaches
Overarching themes that have a significance for
individuals and society, and provide relevant
learning contexts Identity and cultural
diversity - Healthy lifestyles Community
participation Enterprise Global dimension
and sustainable development Technology and the
media Creativity and critical thinking.
Whole curriculum dimensions
Statutory expectations
3 How well are we achieving our aims?
To make learning and teaching more effective so
that learners understand quality and how to
improve
Assessment fit for purpose
To secure
Accountability measures
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What do you want the learners to achieve?
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CEDAR MOUNT HIGH SCHOOL An Inclusive
International School
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Pupil Voice

• I feel welcome in Cedar Mount High School
  because our individual religions are truly
  respected and celebrated Sharam
• Our school just comes together. We dont need to
  be brought together. We come together as one.
  Mahmuda

I have friends from many different countries
who have experienced education in many different
ways. They make me think differently about life
and opportunities. Taiwo
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The inclusive nature of the school is excellent.
Yesterday I was talking to my friend from
Somalia. She told me about the horrible things
that had happened to her there and how her family
had been torn apart. It made me feel both guilty
and lucky to be here, and for what I have.
Tatenda
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• Our Citizenship coordinator is exploring links
  with Indonesia and Palestine
• A Science teacher was granted a sabbatical by the
  Head and Governors to explore curriculum links in
  Chile, Peru, Brazil and Argentina, before
  returning in September 2006
• A Humanities and a Maths teacher are in New
  Zealand, returning to us in January 2006 with
  primary and secondary links.
• Our Headteacher, having visited Beijing in 2005,
  is exploring a curriculum staff visit to China in
  October 2006 and a pupil visit in 2008! Cedar
  Mount now partners a Chinese School.

• Our English, Media and Citizenship staff have
  forged links with High Schools in the Napa Valley
  (California) and Anchorage (Alaska)

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The highly successful International Evenings.
You can imagine how it feels to be in a school
where so many cultures are celebrated and where
38 different languages are freely spoken. Every
day is an adventure Year 11
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FOOD FROM AROUND THE WORLD FOR INTERNATIONAL
EVENING 2
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A new framework for Personal, learning and
thinking skills

• Independent enquirers
• Creative thinkers
• Reflective learners
• Team workers
• Self-managers
• Effective participators

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How do you organise learning to achieve your aims?
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What do young people say about learning?

• enjoy active lessons where they get involved a
  wider repertoire of approaches
• We like to create, make, do, find out and
  dislike endless writing and theres not enough
  use of technology
• think teachers who make sure they understand and
  give useful feedback and praise make a
  difference.
• We need to know what a good one looks like.
• welcome a challenge and not too much repetition.
• Definitely not too easy but not too hard
• recognise the importance of respect. They value
  an orderly, attractive school environment and the
  chance to work and socialise with friends.
• We dont like bad attitudes in teachers or
  other pupils, dislike sarcasm and shouting, want
  more consistency across classes
• want more choice, more practical life skills,
  more relevance and coherence.

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To study is to appreciate

• literature, art, folklore, food
• television
• www
• video conferencing
• visits
• human contacts

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Some curriculum examples

• dress, food and festivals international
  evenings, weeks
• formal study community activity womens voices
• languages
• using visitors life experiences
• sport capitalising on the Games
• visitsShakespeare in Italy
• charitable actsTsunami, earthquake, New Orleans,
  Tibetan refugees, Iraq schools
• war, poverty
• teacher exchange
• helping children to know their heritage

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Some other ideas

• The festival of English dance through the
  internet
• The returning leaders introduce a new sport from
  Ethiopia
• A sports day with teams working together in
  different parts of the world
• A shared teaching of cultural physical activity
  to promote communication and language skills
• A analysis of achievement by moderating standards
  across the world
• Research into how diet affects the type of sports
  a country excels at

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So what is the impact?
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When you come to us, you are our honoured guest.
When I visit you, I am a resource African
teacher on reciprocal visits
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What difference can a link make?

• A one-off Peru day turned into a fruitful
  long-term relationship for staff and students at
  Hornsey Girls school
• The school won the DCSF international school
  award in 2004
• The link with La Pastora has helped students
  labelled disaffected. Theyve drawn on profound
  empathetic skills and talk of seeing something of
  themselves in their Peruvian friends.
• Lots of girls have found a meaning for themselves
  through the link, and a belief that they can make
  a difference

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What difference can a link make?

• The Japan UK LIVE website has motivated children
  to communicate and there are marked improvements
  in the standard of independent writing
• Chopwell primary schools national test results
  showed a big improvement in just one year
• The children are so excited about coming to
  school now each day is filled with excitement
  and unexpected events

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What difference can a link make?

• Some post-16 students at the Leigh City
  Technology College who visited India in 2006 are
  now organising a fashion show with the retail
  chain Monsoon to raise awareness of fair trade
  within the community

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The potential of dreams and teams?
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Dreams and teams

• Developing leaders such as
• organisers
• facilitators
• coaches
• choreographers
• managers
• ambassadors
• politicians
• the creators of change and a better world

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Dreams and teams

• But also
• greater harmony
• a sense of friendship, comradeship and belonging
  to one world
• a depth of understanding that can only come
  through experience
• a sense of being and identity in a world of
  differences to be celebrated

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Dreams and teams

• A wonderful opportunity to
• affect all learners in your schools and
  communitybut how?
• develop pathways into life and workbut how?
• develop the characteristics of successful
  learners, confident individuals and responsible
  citizensbut how?

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Develop a modern, world-class curriculum that
will inspire and challenge all learners and
prepare them for the future