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@ScottishHead Education Scotland Leadership Conference September 2017 effective contributors successful learners responsible citizens confident individuals At the centre of everything we do @ScottishHead
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@ScottishHead
Education Scotland Leadership Conference
September 2017
effective contributors
successful learners
responsible citizens
confident individuals
At the centre of everything we do
@ScottishHead
Our Context
What is it like to be a learner at Middleton Park?
First Whole School Context World War One Autumn 2014
Engaged whole school community
Partnerships
Meaningful contexts
Success in making links across learning
Shared at SLF 15
Transformed how we deliver the curriculum
First and Second Levels
Early Level follow child centred / play based curriculum
5:1 The Rationale and Design of the Curriculum - shared values and learners’ entitlements and developed the four capacities. Clear and shared strategy for raising attainment in literacy and numeracy (SSLN inform strategy). Health and Wellbeing - staff evaluate. Curriculum - based on 7 design principles - coherence and progression develop skills for life The development of the curriculum - staff develop and refresh, developing young workforce - work in partnership, collaborate across schools, share resources Programmes and courses Transitions
RationaleFocus on literacy and numeracy - significant focus on numeracy World War One context - first time whole school approach - successful - vibrancy across the communityOutdoor learning developing - impacting on behaviour, ethos, attainmentAllotment Garden - valuable resource for whole school - look to developRME - success of piloting use of bible stories as a context for learningGlobal Citizenship - start of partnership with China - Middle School Number 2
Looking inwardRigorous evaluation of numeracy across the school - area for developmentCareful balance of initiatives including Big Maths, Outdoor context, peer learning, pupil led, digital technology - focus on challenging most able, supporting least ablePotential of rich learning opportunities of Eco Garden - not used to full potentialRME - often an add on - not addressing SALs Transitions -
Looking outward
Big Maths - looking at other schoolsWorking with forest school experts - to take numeracy outdoorsOutside expertise for WW1 - writer in residence, artist in residenceFood for thought - knowledgeLooking for RME elsewhere - sharing with wider ASG schoolsVisit to China - reflection, partnership - opportunities
Looking forward
Numeracy - build on success. Share practise with others, Outdoor learning conference, other schools visiting, working with ASG, Using Live Learning to share numeracy.Whole school contexts - planning for progression of skills - building outside - WW1 -sharing at Scottish Learning FestivalSuccess of artist in residence, dance specialist RME - expanding, working with other schools - sharingChina - MandarinPartnerships - strength of the school
EvidenceSLF - presentation about WW1 contextOutdoor Learning - visit from Education ScotlandBig Maths - other schools visiting, attainment risingLive Learning Films - partnership with parents, pupil led learningSpace - IDL - films - evaluations - using live learning as a tool for self-evaluation
Reviewing our curriculum August 2015
Curriculum Rationale
confident individuals
responsible citizens
effective contributors
successful learners
Technologies to enhance and share learning
Literacy Health and Wellbeing Numeracy
Expressive Arts Social Subjects
RME Technologies
Sciences
Whole School Contexts
Engaging whole school community
Creating sustainable partnerships
Ensuring meaningful contexts
Successful in making links across learning
Transforming how we deliver the curriculum
The overall quality of attainment in literacy is outstanding.
The quality of the rich, varied learning experiences and highest quality teaching of literacy is among the best inspectors have observed.
Stimulating, creative and exciting contexts for writing promote very high standards. This was evidenced in observed lessons across the school.
Teachers take a creative approach to planning and delivering writing lessons that excite and engage all learners. Writing is never in isolation and always has relevance.
HMIE 2016
Challenge and enjoyment Breadth Progression Depth Personalisation and Choice Coherence Relevance
Termly open mornings
Weekly films - Live Learning
Termly whole school home challenges
Whole School Contexts
It is noteworthy how effectively children use digital technology to enhance and share learning and as a tool to lead and develop learning for others. Communication skills of the highest order are clearly demonstrated through children’s use of a range of media. They demonstrate highly effective thinking and problem solving skills.
HMIE March 2016
Live Learning has been pivotal to the transformation of the curriculum at Middleton Park School. HMIE praised the ‘outstanding use of digital technology to develop and share learning’.
330 films
Over 125,000 hits
Watched in over 130 countries
Innovative use of digital technology
How does it work?Every Friday, a film is uploaded to our Vimeo Channel and the link is shared through the school website and by a groupcall to all our parents in the school. All classes watch the film on a Friday and as well as discussing it, offer feedback about it.
We love having a window into their
school. On a Friday, we all sit down and watch the film and talk about what’s
going on.
My son’s Grandparents love watching the film from their home in
France. They feel it keeps them in touch with their
grandchild.
Live Learning at Middleton Park School
Spans all curriculum areasHighlights strengths of the schoolEmpowering bank of evidenceTackles cutting bureaucracy
Whole School Homework Challenge - the results
https://vimeo.com/113041016
Open Mornings - sharing World War One with our community
https://vimeo.com/111868903
Whole School Contexts - First, Second, Third Levels
Context H&WB - Bounce Back Numeracy - whole school focus
Eco-school - Sustainability
2016/17
Making a Splash Core Values Review of School Aims
Measurement - Volume Water
A World of Imagination Emotions Fractions Litter
World of Work People Bouncing Back Money Waste Minimisation
2017/18
Wars! Courage Time Health and Wellbeing / Food
Habitats Looking on the bright side Measurement - Length Biodiversity
Inventions and Discoveries
Relationships Shape Energy
2018/19
Man in the Moon Humour Estimating and Rounding School Grounds
Walk in the Past Bullying Impact on the world - past, present and future
Transport
Aberdeen, My Place in the World
STAR! (Success) Measurement - Weight Sustaining our World
Three Year Cycle P2 - 7
Planning - starting points
Wars!
Planning - an example
Evaluating
Christmas Truce
World War One Whole School Context
https://vimeo.com/114475809
Starting to use benchmarks
* benchmarks to assess pre knowledge and skills
* helping to ensure there is challenge* opening up professional
discussions about progression of skills
* moving forward - discussions with secondary colleagues
Outdoor Learning at Middleton Park School
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Outdoors - an approach and a context World War One Context
Outdoor Learning at Middleton Park School
Our Wee Green Space - a changing space
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Outdoor Learning at Middleton Park School
Looking forwardWhole School ContextsOpportunity to use audit to extend outdoor learning - e.g. geographical features - mountains, rivers, beaches, forests
Embedding outdoor learning into whole school contexts e.g. Making a SplashFloating and sinking challenges, raft building, SEPA rainfall, ASG moderation of Volume, Revealing Waterfronts, visits to harbour, rivers ….
RME in a war context
Remembrance
Remembrance Service
Partnership
All classes contributed to a collaborative Peace Poem
P4 - 7 contributed poems they had written with Allan Burnett, our Writer in Residence
P1 -3 created over 100 poppies with Graeme Milne, our Artist in Residence
Sue Thomson and Louis Kinsey, a local Minister and TA Chaplain shared reflections with the school
Allan Wilson, one of our parents played the Last Post on his bugle
Our School Choir performed WW1 songs
https://vimeo.com/111782306
Our WW1 Peace Poem
Our approach
Partnership approach with school chaplain
Using ten bible stories as a context for learning
Empowering pupils to have a genuine voice in discussions about believe and faith
Engaging pupils in personal search for meaning and moral values
Looking forward
This P2 - 7 are exploring Ten Commandments as part of our Wars Context
We are using this as a springboard to explore the ‘rules’ of other World Religions
RME as a war context
https://tenbiblestories.org
Pupil Leadership
Collaboration - join our growing collection of films
http://middletonpark.aberdeen.sch.uk/2017/06/29/danny-champion-of-the-
world-3/
Macbeth - from China to Aberdeen
Connecting classrooms around the world
Genuine purpose
Authentic audience
Connecting Classrooms
http://middletonpark.aberdeen.sch.uk/2016/07/25/macbeth-a-collaborative-project-with-china/
Impact
Attainment
Exclusion
Attendance
Engagement
Participation
TES Creative School of 2016
The judges said, “An innovative curriculum model that has children ‘live’ in their learning and embraces fresh ideas, make Middleton Park the natural winner in this category. The impact of everything that this outstanding school is achieving is clear, attainment has increased across all stages and pupils are highly engaged and enthusiastic about their learning.”
