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! ! ! ! ! ! Integrating Children’s Services and Extended Services Smithills School will build on its experiences as a fully Extended Services School and Find Your Talent partner by expanding Ownzone, the school’s fully constituted extended provision, to provide year-round, high quality, cultural and sporting activities. We shall develop Family Learning and facilities for health information, advice and guidance. The Transformation Journey Smithills School’s journey to place itself at the heart of its community began in the mid 1990s. Early successes included: • receiving £2.4 million of Sport England lottery funding to develop a Community Sports Centre in 1999 • recognition of the school’s international reputation for Music and its success with community and partnership working when the school was awarded Performing Arts specialist school status in 2003 • further recognition of the school’s success in partnership working, in attracting additional funding and of delivering high quality community provision when the school was chosen to pilot the Extended School’s Initiative in 2004 • adoption of Smithills School as a key partner of Bolton’s “Find Your Talent” programme and it’s Headteacher as a FYT Board member. The transformation of learning has built on the realisation of the fundamental importance of student-teacher and student-student relationships, i.e. of the vital need to place cohesive learning communities at the heart of the school’s development. • In 2005 the school devised an inter-disciplinary, competency based, English and Humanities curriculum for Year 7 learners. This work built on the Essential Learning’s framework, the RSA’s Opening Minds curriculum and The Critical Skills Programme. This innovative curriculum, entitled Essential Skills, is delivered by a single teacher in two, three hour blocks and one, two hour block. Feedback evaluations from learners, teachers and parents have been very encouraging • In 2007 the concept of providing a single teacher with extensive learner contact time together with the opportunity to use time more flexibly was extended to Year 8 learners and to the development of a complementary curriculum initiative in Mathematics, Science and ICT, entitled MSI, for Year 7 learners 9
! ! ! ! ! ! • The very same principles underpin curriculum developments at KS4. Increasing numbers of learners opt to study BTEC First Diplomas and First Certificates, allowing learners greater opportunity for co-construction of learning, flexible use of time and extended contact time with a single teacher The Pace of Change Smithills School has agreed its strategic intents through staff, student and governor consultation and has already carried out over eighteen months of development in implementing its vision. The Senior Leadership Team has been extended and has proven experience in transforming learning and managing change in readiness for BSF development. • Develop consultation programme, March 2009 • Appoint Sustainable Schools Coordinator, May 2009 • Appoint Student Leaders, Design Champions, to collaborate with Sorrel Foundation in developing students voice design brief, June 2009 • Implement new Applied Learning and Performing Arts options in the Year 9 curriculum, September 2009 • Introduce new Creative and Media Diploma in Year 10 curriculum, September 2009 • Appoint Maths, Science and English Champions to support the developments of MSI and Essential Skills, May 2009. • Extend Essential Skills to all students in Years 7 and 8, September 2009 • Extend MSI to all Year 7 students, September 2009 • Use assemblies and INSET days for further consultation on Vertical Tutoring and House System, September to December 2009 • Use Parent Consultation Evenings to consult on BSF developments • BSF Newsletter distributed to 3000 local residents with invitations to attend consultation evenings, October 2009 • Agree a new leadership structure, roles, responsibilities and curriculum to support the introduction of a House System and Vertical Tutors, September to December 2009 • Further workforce reform and professional in house training re. mentoring roles, January to April 2010 • Introduce Vertical Tutors and Houses, September 2010 • Introduce new school day to support role of Form Tutors, Pastoral Curriculum and Mentoring Strategy, September 2010 • Further changes to timetabled week to integrate weekly CPD, September 2010 10
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