Keeping the main thing the main thing raising attainment at ks4

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Raising Attainment at Key Stage 4David Rogers

@davidErogers

davidrogers.org.uk

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Aims

• Evaluate a range of strategies to improve

attainment at GCSE.

• Consider some practical tools for

implementation.

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‘…there was a clear tendency amongst best teachers to see the power of the humdrum, the everyday.’Practice Perfect, Lemov, D; Woolway E; Yezzi, K p5-6

The strategic view

I also knew, as did

every kid in Canada,

that it was

impossible….. But….

Just the day before it

had been impossible

to walk on the

Moon….. Maybe

someday, it would be

possible for me to go

too, and if that day

ever came, I wanted

to be ready.’Chris Hadfield, Aged 9.

Year 7 below Level 4: 20%

SEN: 20%

School Action Plus and Statements

twice national average.

20% MEG

16% EAL

30% Pupil Premium

Geography at Key Stage 3 : 1 hour per week

Average number of classes per teacher: 17

Value added:School : 996Geography : 1012

KS4 entries:2008 – 212013 - 120

If outcomes at GCSE (or A’Level) are looking good then……

What would you do?

Ideas

Plans

Steps

Share

Sharing

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jessiewhittle/

Priorities

6 dots each.

Use them as you wish

What would you identify as the key priority?

What strategy would you use?

Asking for forgiveness rather than permission

Imagine you walking around

your department.

Sketch what you’d see.

What three objects represent what you want geography to be at your academy?

GCSE specifications for the discipline of geography should provide the

opportunity for students to understand more about the world, the

challenges it faces and their place within it. The GCSE course will

deepen understanding of geographical processes, illuminate the

impact of change and of complex people-environment interactions,

highlight the dynamic links and interrelationships between places and

environments at different scales, and develop students’ competence in

using a wide range of geographical investigative skills and

approaches. Geography enables young people to become globally

and environmentally informed and thoughtful, enquiring citizens.

Subject aims

A lack of vision is the problem in geography departments.Not government or SLT.

How will this improve learning?

How will this help my team to

improve learning?

Raising expectations

High quality teaching and learning from lesson one of Year 7

GCSE questions a part of all lessons.

KS3 linked to GCSE expectations

All lessons driven by enquiry

Olympic Geocaching

It’s about learning

Simple, effective ideas

Banned Words

PEEL

SEEP

Prove it!

So What?

Thanks to Patcham High’s Art

department and @PrioryGeography

Literacy and

numeracy

Location

Sights (most

important first)

Physical features

Human features

Sounds / smells

Feeling

Thanks to: Noel Jenkins

Make this…. …from this

What can eyes measure accurately? Partner voice: 10

ideas that would count in your GCSE controlled

assessment.

Eyes were invented before equipment /

technology.

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Do now – How can using washing machines make a country more developed?

Using a washing machine means

Therefore, GDP per capita

increases and the country becomes more developed and has a higher standard of living

(wealth)

1 2 3 4 5 6

1

Link to sustainability

Mixed landuse

Integrated public transport

4/5ths of population of England, Wales & Scotland live in urban areas

Housing Minister

Refer to data

2

Refer to data Link to sustainability

National government

14’000 proposed new jobs

Young adults traditionally migrate out of rural areas to urban

Builders

3

Services (including health, shops, facilities)

Refer to data Link to sustainability

Residents (NIMBIES)

Tram-to-town Transport costs account for half all money spent by rural households

4

Large areas of urban space used for leisure& agriculture

Footpaths and cycle paths

Local government

Link to sustainability

Refer to data 15’000homes built (4’5000 starter homes)

5

OppositionShadow Housing Minister

Working from home and self employment is above average in rural areas

Reported crime levels are lower in rural areas

Refer to data Link to sustainability

Prince of Wales

6

Better internet access in rural counties

Flying Club relocated

Refer to data Architects Urban Home Owners

Link to sustainability

Image of the

week

Core

geographical

terms

Banned Words Teacher email

address

Social media

linksKey command

words

Connectives

and Groups of

People

Learning

Objective board

A saying

Priory

geography

enquiry

Flowchart

The Priory

Geography

TeamYear 10

Controlled

Assessment

Tracker

Big Whiteboard Pupil work on

current unitStevenson

Screen

Grade

mountainsPriory

Geography

Mantra

More

connectives

Different maps

Structures

Mad Stuff

Development Plans

Is your curriculum full of

JONK?

“Your are not here merely to make a living. You are here to enable the world to live more

amply, with greater vision, and with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here

to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget this errand.”

Woodrow Wilson.

‘What gets you out of bed in the morning and in to school?’

@davidErogers

davidrogers.org.uk

[email protected]