5th Annual Conf. | Narrowing the gap Victoria Park Primary Academy

Narrowing the Gapthrough a Whole Education approach

#EdWorthHaving | 18.11.14

Andrew MorrishChief Executive

“Please Sir, can we

let RIP now?”

‘Jeepers, don’t they do any learning in that school?’

Dara O’Briain,

TES Awards

440 pupils

42 languages

50% FSM

85% EAL

School’s Journey

93%

RoL Rankings

100

1

Pupil Progress | 2 Whole Levels

2013100%100%

2012

100%95%

2011

94%98%

Awaken the power of creativity

Oh for ****

sake Kevin!

The creation of something new is not

accomplished by the intellect alone,

but by the ability to playCarl Jung

Why can’t our

school be like DISNEYLAND?

Face-to-face conversations

Telephone conversation

Demonstrating experiments

Writing a standardised

test

BICS

CALP

Cognitively undemanding

Cognitively demandingSource: Cummins Framework

Context embedded

Context reduced

Journal of Digital Learning in Teacher Education, 2013, Vol 29, No.4

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THRILLS-BASED curriculum

An all together

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Independent

Creative

Enterprise

Real

Children’s interests

Thinking tools

Immersion versions

Learning challenges

Real, Regional, Relevant

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The PIT

BLOOM

JOBS

Learner engagement

Dress up as a knight

Make proper pizza

Go back in time

Ride on a donkeyVici 50

The more we

know about

something,

the more

imaginative we

can be about it.

#SocEnt

SE1

Ideas Generation

SE2

Market Research

SE3

Communication

SE4

Negotiation

SE5

Working as a team

SE6

Perseverance

SE7

Profit

SE8

People

SE9

Planet

Learning Challenge

Outcome of Challenge

Reflection and Metalearning

Ballot Street Spice

@TheSpiceAcademy

Creators of Ballot Street Spice, a Social

Enterprise based @VicParkAcademy. We

bring communities together to produce

spice blends that create opportunity.

Ballot Street, Smethwick, UK

Teacher as coach

CAF

FIP

C&SAGO

OPV

APC

PMI

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Key Principles

Let RIP!

Just add ICE

Fluent in Learnish

Chuck ‘em in the Pit!

“The secret of

leadership is

simple: Do what

you believe in.

Paint a picture of

the future. Go

there. People will

follow.”

Seth Godin

Today I learned how a spiderwraps its silk around a fly,

makes the web bounce with urgent tread –forward, wrap and backforward, wrap and back.

I watched until the fly was glued,the spider still, the web less taut.

Learningby Barrie Wade

Today I learned the ringdove’s call,

like Morse code from our rooftop,cuk-cuk-coo-

two short, one long.He kept it up for ten neck-jerking minutes

cuk-cuk-coo, then dipped away without

a backward glance.

Today I learned that daisies smell

like stale milk.I picked one, crushed its hairy stalk

between my fingersand the fatty stink

lingered rancid on my skin.

Today I learned that cats have

tongues like sandpaper.This tabby gave me friendly licks

that rasped my fingers,sent the shivers spiralling

around my spine.

Today I would have learned a lot more

but I had to goto school.

Andrew Morrish

Chief Executive

Victoria Academies

@AndrewDMorrish

www.victoriaacademiestrust.org.uk