whose curriculum is it anyway?

Whose Curriculum Is It Anyway?

Leeds United F.C. Thursday 24th May 2012

Both challenges and opportunities are arising from the radical changes being introduced to the English education system. Against a backdrop of increased

accountability and expectation how can schools ensure they raise pupils’ achievement whilst enabling them to develop other skills and qualities just as vital

in today’s world?

At this one day conference, leading educationalists explain their journey to becoming outstanding in a challenging climate.

Plus, 20 innovative projects and initiatives feature in breakouts offering ideas to enrich the curriculum and provide a rounded, highly engaging education.

Main Sponsor

Becoming an outstanding school in challenging circumstances

Summary

Plus, 20 breakouts will feature innovative projects your school can get involved in to provide outstanding teaching and learning.

Feedback from previous conferences…

“Excellent forum for providing areas to explore

and encouraging (as a Head) to hold firm to holistic ideas for educating children,

looking increasingly outwards not inwards!”

“This model works brilliantly- we have had a great breadth of discussion and debate –

the day has flown by.”

“An excellent conference- I only wish other colleagues

had been able to attend and I will spread the word re

Whole Education!”

“Thoroughly enjoyed the Whole Ed conference- met

so many positive, like minded people, and all

speakers were first rate.

Angela Armytage, Headteacher, Yewlands Technology College will share the change journey of Yewlands and its ‘Family of (Primary) Schools’. Her story describes the challenging journey for Yewlands; where the focus has been a on a 0-19 years skills curriculum across the Family and on transition programmes. Angela will also share their innovative approach to staff professional development, and strategies used by the school to engage parents to support their children's learning.

“It has been a spectacular day - I feel even more

motivated than ever. It is great to know I am not

alone- and to see how many organisations are interested in education and its future.”

“A great day, thanks! Loads of ideas to take back- the

hard work starts now!”

Alan Yellup, Executive Head, Wakefield City Academy on the key transferrable lessons from their journey to become an outstanding school in challenging circumstances. Central to Wakefield's approach to raising attainment is through providing a 'whole education' and engaging all young people in learning. Alan will explore their focus on raising aspirations, effective use of data and curriculum design.

Agenda

Welcome and Introduction (Douglas Archibald)

Becoming an outstanding school in challenging circumstances (Alan Yellup)

09.00am

09.20am

Panel Q&A, with questions from the floor followed by closing comments 3.40pm

Close 4.00pm

Alan will talk about the key transferrable lessons from their journey to become an outstanding school in challenging circumstances. Central to Wakefield's approach to raising attainment is through providing a 'whole education' and engaging all young people in learning.

Douglas will introduce the conference, framing the opportunities available to schools through Whole Education to better engage all young people in learning and improve outcomes.

Registration and refreshments 08.00am

Lunch

1.25pm

11.15am

12.35pm

Breakout Sessions 1 & 2

Breakout Sessions 3 & 4

10.10am Speed table sessions: 6 minute sessions to learn about innovative practice

2.45pm Break

3.00pm Engaging everyone as learners across a family of schools (Angela Armytage) Angela will share the change journey of Yewlands and its ‘Family of (Primary) Schools’, including their innovative approach to staff professional development, and strategies used by the school to engage parents to support their children's learning.

10.40am Break and projects marketplace

Creating powerful learning

experiences

Improving engagement in learning

Developing wider skills

and qualities in young people

Assessing development

of skills, qualities and knowledge


experiences

Improving engagement in learning





Engaging learners through

technology


technology

Developing skills,

qualities and knowledge in young people


technology




experiences

Improving engagement

for all in learning

Do you want to change how

you teach ICT?

Debbie Forster, Apps for Good

Engaging your local

communities and families

Ian Lamb, Sydney Smith High School

Creating an engaging

school

Juliet Strang, Northern Academy

Approaches to engaging

students in learning

Claire Burstow, Fallibroome

Academy

Develop and showcase

holistic student achievement

Joe Heppell, Thomas Deacon

Academy

A new curriculum framework

offering a broad educational experience

Danuta Tomasz, Goole High School

Increasing the effectiveness of observation

and CPD

Matt McDonald, Balby Carr Community

Science and Sports College

Formative teacher

assessment at Primary

School TBC

Building leadership and

school community

through genuine student

involvement

Sally Stenton, Learning to Lead

How empowering learners can

make you outstanding

Phil Parker, Student Coaching

Teaching practical public

speaking techniques

whilst building self esteem

Cal Stockbridge and Gareth Jenkins, Speakers Trust

Developing and

accrediting leadership

skills through sport

Rebecca Wilks, Sports Leaders UK

Developing creativity, curiosity,

enquiry and imagination

School TBC

Facilitating young people to train and progress as

leaders

Steven Forster, Hemsworth Arts

& Community College tbc

Learning adventures of a

lifetime

Alex Hughes, World Challenge

Engaging all learners

through the power of film

Kofi Acheampong, FILMCLUB

MirandaNet Open Sessions

Digital media tools to support

collaborative learning

Meaning and understanding:

learning with video

Mozilla Open Badges and Accrediting 21st Century

Learning

Tim Riches, DigitalMe

Supporter to Reporter: The power of the London 2012 Olympics in your school

Damian Payton, DigitalMe

Breakout sessions at a glance:

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New technologies in learning

Games based learning


for all in learning

Engaging your local communities and families

Hear how Sydney Smith School is working with the Co-operative College to successfully engage parents and the wider community to support student learning.

Ian Lamb, Parents Services Manager, Sydney Smith School

How empowering learners can make you outstanding

Find out how to personalise learning and improve the Quality of Teaching, but avoid the spoon-feeding! This is an approach from Student Coaching Ltd which enables you to tick all 4 boxes in the new OFSTED framework, AND provide a whole education.

Phil Parker, Student Coaching Ltd






experiences

Building a Better Baccalaureate

Learn about a new curriculum framework from a Better Baccalaureate that offers a broad educational experience whilst also delivering on the ebacc for students for whom it is appropriate. Discuss, challenge and register your interest in the pilot.

Danuta Tomasz, Headteacher, Goole High School

Facilitating young people to train and progress as leaders

‘Don’t call them Lead Learners, call them Lead Legends!’ Find out how one school have worked with the University of the First Age (UFA) to train students to plan, facilitate and evaluate mainstream lessons for younger students.

Steven Foster, Hemsworth Arts and Community College

Breakout details: 11.15am

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technology

Increasing the impact of observation and CPD

IRIS Connect is a simple web-based, video technology tool that enables schools to powerfully support professional development in the classroom. Hear from Balby Carr about how they reduced the cost and increased the impact of staff development using this innovative collaborative technology.

Matt McDonald, Balby Carr Community Science and Sports College

Do you want to change how you teach IT?

Work with Apps for Good to bring ICT lessons to life with students researching, designing, building and testing imaginative mobile apps that matter to them, their interests and communities.

Debbie Forster, Apps for Good


for all in learning

Build leadership and school community through genuine student involvement

Find out how children and young people are using Learning to Lead to take an active role in teams they have created to implement positive change in their schools whilst gaining important lessons for life in the process.

Sally Stenton, Learning to Lead

Develop and showcase holistic student achievement

Find out about Didbook and the Mondrian Wall: tools providing practical steps to progress your school improvement plan by developing and showcasing holistic development. Learn how to develop and showcase holistic student achievement and create a visual, dynamic curriculum.

Joe Heppell, Thomas Deacon Academy

Developing creativity, curiosity, enquiry and imagination

What would learning look like with imagination, curiosity and creativity at its heart? Find out how networks of primary and secondary schools have worked with CapeUK to build powerful learning communities to make this a reality.

School TBC

Breakout details: 11.55am

Supporter to Reporter: The power of the London 2012 Olympics in your school

Find out how to join DigitalMe, an award-winning programme where students become sports reporters, gaining confidence, as well as writing and web-literacy skills.

Roundhay School, with Damian Payton, DigitalMe

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Approaches to engaging students in learning Learn more about Fallibroome’s work with Futurelab to survey student engagement in the classroom and the follow up work to judge positive impact of different interventions over time with departments. Claire will also explore how the focus on co-operative learning and tailored teacher CPD programme, helps to make sure learning is engaging for students.

Claire Burstow, Fallibroome Academy


for all in learning

Developing and accrediting leadership skills through sport

Hear how learners can access awards and qualifications from Sports Leaders UK that enable them to develop essential life skills such as self esteem, communication, organisation and team working skills.

Rebecca Wilks, Sports Leaders UK

Formative teacher assessment at primary

Find out about Incerts’ whole school approach to teacher assessment, that’s used formatively to improve learning as well as providing all the data needed for OFSTED. Hear how one school has used this system and the resulting benefits.

Jayne Whiteley, Athersley South Primary (School TBC)

Engaging all learners through the power of film

This workshop will explore the power of film to spark discussion and open new avenues to learning. FILMCLUB is a government funded charity that helps schools run after-school film clubs by providing films, resources, industry links and more.

Kofi Acheampong, Film Club

Breakout details: 1.25pm

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experiences


technology


New technologies in learning This session shows how the integration of video with Food Technology reinforces student learning, but also provides a powerful tool for assessment and reflective learning.

Games-based learning with Ian Douthwaite, Director, Dubit Hear how games can be a powerful reinforcement of the curriculum and how they can be implemented. Introduce gamification and increase motivation and fun!

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Teach public speaking techniques and build self esteem

Speakers Trust partner with schools to teach students practical public speaking techniques whilst developing their confidence and self esteem. This experiential workshop will show you how Speakers Trust deliver their fun and participatory sessions in school.

Cal Stockbridge and Gareth Jenkins, Associate Trainers

Creating an engaging school

Hear from a brand new academy due to launch in September who are working with the Innovation Unit’s Learning Futures programme to make their dream of being a truly engaging school a reality.

Juliet Strang, Northern Academy

World Challenge: learning adventures of a lifetime

Hear about how World Challenge’s educational expeditions transform young people and provide deep learning through challenging them to step outside their comfort zones and take full responsibility for the whole process including planning and preparation for the trip.

Alex Hughes, World Challenge

MirandaNet Open Sessions Digital Media Tools to Support Collaborative Learning Collaborative learning is extremely powerful, both within and outside the classroom. This session explains the range of free, easy-to-use tools that can be used and integrated into lessons. Learning with social media, and the issues of digital literacy and digital safety are covered, together with ways of reinforcing home-school links. Leon Cych, Learn4Life Meaning and understanding: learning with video This session will look at ways video can be used as a learning tool in the classroom and beyond. It will show how and where to find free-to-use video tools and resources for classroom use, and discusses strategies for their implementation. Theo Kuechel, Video for Learning and Open Educational Resources

Breakout details: 2.05pm B = Both S = Secondary P = Primary

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Mozilla Open Badges & Accrediting 21st Century Learning

This session will introduce Mozilla’s Open Badges project, which through a shared and free infrastructure accredits all of the informal learning demonstrated by your students. Will you have the opportunity to explore designing your own badges to recognise the skills developed by young people or teachers in your school.

Tim Riches, DigitalMe

Booking and Information

Book online at www.wholeeducationleeds.eventbrite.com, email Rosie at [email protected] or call 0207 250 8422.

Costs*

£175 Schools

£225 Local Authorities, Charities & Universities

£295 Full Price

If you would like more information about Whole Education, visit our website www.wholeeducation.org or contact us 0207 250 8053.

*Discount Codes Whole Education Network schools receive 50% discount

Book before Fri 27th April to receive 33% early bird discount (EAR33)

Other discounts available

Who should attend?

Primary Heads Primary Deputy Heads Secondary Heads Secondary Deputy Heads Heads of Department Heads of Year Business Managers Local Authority Managers Education leaders PGCE Course Leaders PGCE Students

Location Leeds United Football Club East Stand, Elland Road Leeds LS11 0ES

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