Teaching and Learning at Burton Borough

1. Teaching and Learning at Burton Borough

2. Main aims: • Teaching and Learning at Burton Borough should enable students to be: • Independent • Interdependent (function in teams) • Think • Lead • Value other perspectives • Communicate effectively • Resilient • Engaged

3. HOT skills Extended writing

4. Live Feedback • Stop students when you can see the error/when they stop themselves • Intervene immediately • Allow opportunities to practice and secure the skill before moving on. • Model the correct technique so they can see what you expect. • Practise with them/alongside them. • Guide them to be able to independently practise.

5. What do we expect of our students? • Bring all the correct equipment, which includes: • blue/black pen • red pen • PSD • Ruler • Calculator • Reading book • Have all the correct books for their lessons that day • Enter the classroom in silence, stand silently behind their chairs and sit in the correct seating plan. • Begin activities immediately – the ‘thinking classroom’. • Challenge themselves to complete extension tasks, HOT skills questions. • Take an active role in the class, engaging in all learning activities. • Take ownership for their learning by engaging in live feedback with the teacher.

6. What can you expect from us? • Books are reviewed regularly alongside the student both verbally and written. • Reward points, positive notes and post cards home are used to celebrate successes. • Behaviour pyramid is followed clearly. • Lessons are challenging, engaging and promote resilient, independent learners. • Homework is set regularly and at an appropriate level of challenge. • Quality first teaching ensures all lessons can be accessed by all our students.

7. What can you do? • Encourage your children to read. • Support your children to check Show my homework and complete homework tasks. • Dinner time debate – discussion about current affairs. • Down time – quiet environment, relaxation, reflection.

8. Apps available for Android and Apple devices • Parental logons Administrator : jake.blakeway@taw.org.uk

9. Your child has already received these log in details. If you have not yet received these please contact your child’s small school.

10. How we assess in Year 7 • Assessment is ongoing throughout the year • Students are awarded a working-at GCSE grade and this is reported alongside their GCSE target grade • Progress Report 1 - December • Progress Report 2 - March • Annual report - July • Parents’ Evening 4th February

11. Literacy at Burton Borough School • ‘The ability to read, write and verbally communicate effectively.’ Miss I Jones – Whole School Literacy Lead india.jones@taw.org.uk

12. Whole School Literacy We want our students to be: • Clear communicators who are able to communicate in an articulate and precise way, both written and spoken.

13. How do we do this? • Develop our students’ individual vocabulary • Develop our students’ speaking and listening skills • Develop our students’ ability to read and comprehend written communication • Develop our students’ ability to write clearly for an extended period of time • Develop our students’ individual cultural capital – their knowledge about the wider world

14. Why read for pleasure? • Studies into reading for pleasure have produced clear results which show that: • (1) A child will perform significantly better if s/he reads regularly for pleasure than those who do not across all subject areas. • (2) Studies also conclude that those people who read regularly during adolescence have better vocabulary in later life. • (3) Have better communication skills.

15. Why else? • The reading material, questions, information, etc. your child will have to access becomes increasingly difficult.

16. Literacy Assessment Online • It helps us, you and your child to monitor independent reading practicethrough calculating your child’s reading age. • Provides reading age data that can be used to support your child further in lessons to help them access their lessons. • The combined data with SATs scaled scores under 100 are then used to identify intervention students for Year 7 literacy catch up.

17. Creating a reading culture • Dedicated 20 minute reading session every day during school. • A paired reading scheme to provide extra support where required. • Small school competitions based on book withdrawals from the LRC. • Celebration of reading with the ‘Summer Reading Challenge’. • The LRC will be promoting wider reading opportunities linked to all subject areas.

18. How can you help? • Take an active interestin what your child is reading. • Listen to your child read. Ask them questions about the book such as who is their favourite character, what might happen next etc. Question them on some of the vocabulary – do they understand why • Be a reading role model by reading to and with your child. • Check – do they have their reading book in their school bag? Have they changed their reading book recently?

19. How can you help? • The English department will be facilitating Bedrock Vocabulary within lessons. • At home, students should be completing 3-5 sessions per fortnight before their next Bedrock lesson. • Working through Bedrock helps to develop children’s individual vocabulary which in turn will develop their own communication.

20. Extended Writing • As students progressing into adults in a global society, they will need to ensure they can write clearly at length within examinations and every day duties such as letters, applications etc. • As a school we are committed to developing students’ ability to synthesise their ideas clearly in written form. • As parents we should continue to encourage our students to take their time when completing extended writing and to think carefully about their ideas. • We should also encourage students to enjoy the love of writing for pleasure at home.

21. Numeracy at Key Stage 3julia.pickering@taw.org.uk – Whole School Numeracy Lead

22. Numeracy at Key Stage 3julia.pickering@taw.org.uk – Whole School Numeracy Lead • •Improve standards in numeracy across the school • Year 7 catch-up sessions for eligible students – details to follow • Numeracy activities in CLL time, and numeracy challenges and competitions throughout the year (Maths week, National Numeracy Day etc.) • KS3 maths revision (Wednesday evenings 15.15 – 16.15) • • Ensure consistency of practice including methods, vocabulary, notation, etc. • Interactive numeracy evenings 4-5 times per academic year for families (and students) to familiarise you with how we teach today • •Develop a positive perception of maths, and numeracy in particular, by empowering students with numeracy skills and fluency • Times tables practice • Telling the time on an analogue clock or watch

23. Numeracy within maths lessonsjulia.pickering@taw.org.uk – Whole School Numeracy Lead • Year 7 maths is delivered over 7 lessons per fortnight, in mixed ability groups • Starting next week, Numeracy Ninjas tasks 3 times per week • Giving students the opportunity to stretch and challenge themselves in new ways and with new peers – student progress is not linear • Skills practice, reasoning, contextual questions, problem solving will all feature • Term 1 will be heavily “number” based – taking students from procedural based methods to deeper understanding • Homework – consolidation or pre-learning (often electronic)

24. Numeracy within other lessonsjulia.pickering@taw.org.uk – Whole School Numeracy Lead • Signposting to mathematical procedures used in other subjects, and to differences as well as similarities • Science, DT and other subjects will use maths questions and terminology and vice versa • CLL (form time) – fortnightly numeracy challenge • Maths week – a celebration of all things maths across the curriculum

25. Numeracy at Key Stage 3julia.pickering@taw.org.uk – Whole School Numeracy Lead • Top tips for parents and families: • Be positive about maths- Don't say things like "I can’t do maths" or "I hated maths at school"; your child might start to think like that themselves. • Point out the maths in everyday life - Include your child in activities involving maths such as shopping, cooking and travelling. • Praise your child for effort rather than talent - this shows them that by working hard they can always improve. • If you struggle with maths yourself - try out some of the resources at http://www.familymathstoolkit.org.uk/

26. Be Prepared!julia.pickering@taw.org.uk – Whole School Numeracy Lead • Usual school equipment, including a ruler in cm and mm, not inches • Geometry set • Scientific calculator • KS3 Revision guide?

27. Be Prepared!julia.pickering@taw.org.uk – Whole School Numeracy Lead • These are our recommended calculators, and the ones we will be using to demonstrate in class • They can be purchased from Mrs Corbett (Stem 15) or Mrs Poole (Stem 11) Newer model £8.50 Older modelLimited stock - £7

28. Burton Borough KS3 Science Ivan Phillips 19 September 2019

29. KS3 Science Curious Interested Love of science • Well qualified, enthusiastic and experienced team: • Kim Stephens (Head of Science) • Ivan Phillips (2 ic Science) • Andrew Bennion • Lucy Green • Annie Turner • Helen Felstead • Flick Robinson • Liam Davies • Jeremy Pryce, and • Nicola Yates • And two brilliant technicians, Pav and Julie

30. KS3 Science • Year 7 course: • Working Scientifically • Biology • Chemistry • Physics Questions Decision making Evidence based

31. KS3 Science • Assessment: • We listened … • One formal assessment right now – Baseline • One formal assessment at the end of each term • (9th December 2019) • Assessment throughout the course Meeting needs Making progress Fulfilling potential

32. KS3 Science • Preparation: • Get revising • From the start • Revision guide (£3.50) Ready to proceed Demonstrate understanding Make the next step

33. KS3 Science • Extra curricular: • STEM clubs • STEM and Science clubs • EEP Robotics • CANSAT • I’m a scientist • Bloodhound Rocket car Apply Develop Curious

34. KS3 Science • At home: • Help with homework • Hand-s on evening • Talk about science at home, in the news • Trips like Thinktank, Techniquest, Science & Natural History museums Engage Broaden Meaningful

35. KS3 Science Get in touch: ivan.phillips@taw.org.uk kim.stephens@taw.org.uk

36. Provision for High Potential Students at Burton Borough School Tom Allen – High potential students Co-ordinator 19/9/19

37. What is our Aim? “To raise the aspirations and achievement of the high potential students and, by doing so, the aspirations and achievement of all students.” Curriculum Extra-Curricular

38. Curriculum An outstanding curriculum for high potential students is an outstanding curriculum for all students.

39. What do the top Universities say? The head of admissions at Oxford University told me they want people who: • Think independently i.e. don’t just repeat what they’ve been told. • Use existing knowledge to assess (not solve) new problems. • Work through difficult issues using dialogue. • Be curious enough about their chosen area of interest to do independent research.

40. How will we deal with this at Burton Borough? • Together. • By providing students with ways to experience things they may have never thought about before. • By giving students plenty of chances to develop their creativity and explore their potential. • By providing students with a range of opportunities to make mistakes and get things wrong.

41. The Future One thing we do know is that pure intellectual capacity is not enough to achieve this. You have to be willing to learn to create the dynamic process of change. We have to challenge all our students to achieve their best. It is failure that creates change; redrafting and discussion is where progress happens. NACE Challenge Award Framework This award will recognise and help us to further develop our provision for high potential students in the context of challenge for ALL.

42. @BBSUniversity THE BBU • Two years ago we established the Burton Borough University • This works alongside other basic expectations for high potential students which include the BBS reading and film lists

43. “Some books should be banned in schools.”To what extent do you agree with this statement? This is our first Big Think question – due Friday 11 October

44. @BBSUniversity The Future • As your child progresses through the school we will have a range of opportunities for them to explore their potential and their interests: • All years – Critical Thinking, Film Club, Big Think, Strategy Games, Theatre Trips, Young journalists, STEMtertainment, VEX Robotics, Girls Coding • Year 7 and 8 – Creative Writing Club • Year 10 and 11 – Mock Trial • This is a list that is continuously evolving and improving. Information will be shared via email, on the school website and on Twitter.

45. @BBSUniversity Communication • The school website enables access to the school policy for high potential students, provides information on the current BBU courses and offers advice on how to support you child. • Look out for upcoming letters, emails, website updates and tweets regarding the Burton Borough University, these will include information about dates and opportunities.