Presentation to UK Principals’ Group – Feb 14

Presentation to UK Principals’ Group – Feb 14Presentation to UK Principals’ Group – Feb 14

Primary Y7-9 Y10-11 Y12-13

PYP ??? iGCSEs IB

What are the needs?What are the opportunities?

Our current curriculum:

CertificationStudent Voice

EnquiryInternationalismContinuityCreativityInclusionProgression

CoherenceCollaboration

AppropriatenessLanguages

LinksEnrichment

Assessment

Skills

CertificationStudent Voice

EnquiryInternationalismContinuityCreativityInclusionProgression

CoherenceCollaboration

AppropriatenessLanguages

LinksEnrichment

Assessment

Skills

Examples…

A science lesson which is ‘about’ Photosynthesis becomes a science lesson which is ‘about’:- how to recognise and measure change- how to conduct controlled testing- how to improve or evaluate precision- etc. using the vehicle of Photosynthesis

An art lesson which is ‘about’ Salvador Dali becomes an art lesson which is ‘about’:- how to analyse visual texts to produce interpretations- how to identify problems of interpretation- how to communicate one’s understanding in structured writing- etc. using the vehicle of Salvador Dali’s artwork

A history lesson which is ‘about’ the Bolshevik revolution becomes a history lesson which is ‘about’:

- how to evaluate the validity of a historical source- how to structure a research process- how to present to an audience- etc. using the vehicle of Russian political history

The subject content / knowledge is just as prominent (it is what everything hangs on) but it is the skill that forms the objective.

The Vision…

A curriculum which:

• Has the skills of learning and life at its heart

• Is planned coherently so as:

- to build on the skills base students were arriving with from PYP- to facilitate collaboration between subjects so that students

learn skills in a way that has been planned across all areas- to, through this planning process, provide a rigorous, balanced

‘diet’ of skills that are targeted at what students will need later on

• Makes use of content in appropriate ways, i.e. as a vehicle for skill development rather than working in opposition to it

Next steps…

We needed a common language which would allow us to see which skills should be at the heart of the curriculum, and to facilitate our teachers being able to plan provision for them together and across subject boundaries.

ATL(Approaches to Learning)

THINKING

SOCIAL SKILLS

COMMUNICATION

SELF-MANAGEMENT

RESEARCH

Approaches to Learning – why is ATL a good choice for our skills matrix?

to build on the skills base students were arriving with from PYP

to facilitate collaboration between subjects so that students learn skills in a way that has been planned across all areas

to, through this planning process, provide a rigorous, balanced ‘diet’ of skills that are targeted at what students will need later on

Primary Y7-9 Y10-11 Y12-13

PYP Coherent, Skills-based KGV Middle

SchooliGCSEs IB

ATL ATL ATL

What will influence the student experience?

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Things that have happened:• Breaking ATL down into 28 skills

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Things that have happened:• Breaking ATL down into 28 skills• SKILLS PROFILING

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Things that have happened:• Breaking ATL down into 28 skills• SKILLS PROFILING• CPD focussing on how to plan explicit

provision for ATL skills• CPD (with Prof. David Leat) on how to

make skills-based teaching and learning happen in the classroom

• Curriculum overviews and subsequent detailed planning of written curriculum as a whole

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Things that have happened:• Breaking ATL down into 28 skills• SKILLS PROFILING• CPD focussing on how to plan explicit

provision for ATL skills• CPD (with Prof. David Leat) on how to

make skills-based teaching and learning happen in the classroom

• Curriculum overviews and subsequent detailed planning of written curriculum as a whole

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Things that have happened:• Breaking ATL down into 28 skills• SKILLS PROFILING• CPD focussing on how to plan explicit

provision for ATL skills• CPD (with Prof. David Leat) on how to

make skills-based teaching and learning happen in the classroom

• Curriculum overviews and subsequent detailed planning of written curriculum as a whole

• Publication of scheme of work expectations to ensure quality

Things that are happening now:• Key colleagues in each area planning

and making schemes of work around the coherent aims that have been codified in CAT, ready for first teaching from August 2014 (Y7)

ASSESSMENT & REPORTINGThings that have happened:• Rubric-based model developed by

AR&R group to support the skills curriculum

• Rubrics developed by all subject teams following agreed guidelines

• Data collection tool built in LIONeL, which will form the basis of the ‘input’ side of reporting

• Prototype reporting tools for parents and students designed

ASSESSMENT & REPORTINGThings that have happened:• Rubric-based model developed by

AR&R group to support the skills curriculum

• Rubrics developed by all subject teams following agreed guidelines

• Data collection tool built in LIONeL, which will form the basis of the ‘input’ side of reporting

• Prototype reporting tools for parents and students designed

Things that have happened:• Rubric-based model developed by

AR&R group to support the skills curriculum

• Rubrics developed by all subject teams following agreed guidelines

• Data collection tool built in LIONeL, which will form the basis of the ‘input’ side of reporting

• Prototype reporting tools for parents and students designed

Things that are happening:• PARENTAL COMMUNICATION

ASSESSMENT & REPORTING

ASSESSMENT & REPORTINGThings that have happened:• Rubric-based model developed by

AR&R group to support the skills curriculum

• Rubrics developed by all subject teams following agreed guidelines

• Data collection tool built in LIONeL, which will form the basis of the ‘input’ side of reporting

• Prototype reporting tools for parents and students designed

• PARENTAL COMMUNICATION

Things that are happening:• Finalising rubrics, looking for

alignment

ASSESSMENT & REPORTINGThings that have happened:• Rubric-based model developed by

AR&R group to support the skills curriculum

• Rubrics developed by all subject teams following agreed guidelines

• Data collection tool built in LIONeL, which will form the basis of the ‘input’ side of reporting

• Prototype reporting tools for parents and students designed

• January CPD on principles of effective formative assessment

Things that are happening:• PARENTAL COMMUNICATION• Finalising rubrics, looking for

alignment• Assessment structures being

developed by subject teams• Trial of rubrics / data collection tool in

every subject area (Term 2)

MULTI-DISCIPLINARY OPPORTUNITIES

Things that have happened:• Structure of curriculum for Y7

(all subjects) decided upon• Research into leading thinkers /

practice models – Prof. David Leat, HH Jacobs, Lynn Erickson

• Opportunities for multi-disciplinary curriculum work identified in Y7… and beyond?

MULTI-DISCIPLINARY OPPORTUNITIES

Things that have happened:• Structure of curriculum for Y7

(all subjects) decided upon• Research into leading thinkers /

practice models – Prof. David Leat, HH Jacobs, Lynn Erickson

• Opportunities for multi-disciplinary curriculum work identified in Y7… and beyond?

Things that are happening:• Collaborative working in teams

to make the links happen ready for a ‘first go’ from August 2014

• In particular, development of common assessment tasks that span the disciplines

PEDAGOGIES

Things that have happened:• VLE Provision targeted as a core

pedagogy – training, clear guidelines, accountability

PEDAGOGIES

Things that have happened:• VLE Provision targeted as a core

pedagogy – training, clear guidelines, accountability

• New professional sharing platforms introduced – ‘Rapid Prototyping’, Learning Tech Show & Tell, Teaching and Learning Journal…

Things that are happening:• Development of engaging, interactive

LIONeL 2.0 provision to support a skills-based curriculum

PEDAGOGIES

Things that have happened:• VLE Provision targeted as a core

pedagogy – training, clear guidelines, accountability

• New professional sharing platforms introduced – ‘Rapid Prototyping’, Learning Tech Show & Tell, Teaching and Learning Journal…

Things that are happening:• Development of engaging, interactive

LIONeL 2.0 provision across all subjects to support the skills-based curriculum

• Identification of, and investment in, further core pedagogies through the Teaching and Learning Innovation Group

COMMUNICATIONS

Student Voice

Parent Voice

Forthcoming:

• Middle School Curriculum Policy (Staff)• KGV Middle School Curriculum Teacher Handbook• KGV Middle School Curriculum Parent Handbook• Student/Parent View ‘CAT’ (Curriculum Analysis Tool)• Student/Parent View Reporting• Induction / information events for Parents and

Students over next 12 months and during Year 7-9