Thurrock Trailblazer Cultural Catalogue 2019-20

BEACON HILL
ACADEMY
EYFS KS1 KS2 KS3 KS4 KS5
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INCLUSIVE ARTS PROJECT
Beacon Hill Academy is a school in Thurrock for children with profound, multiple learning and
physical difficulties, who cater for students from 2 ½ to 19 years of age. Students are supported to
follow their own personal learning adventure to help them to succeed. Parents, families, students,
school staff and other professionals all work together to plan and deliver exciting and challenging
learning activities for everyone. Over recent years Beacon Hill have been developing mainstream
links, working with schools and organisations to develop training and projects within the arts -
including dance, art and music activities.
“This inclusive arts project has been an invaluable experience, more
learning than you could get from any classroom”
INTRODUCTORY CPD
Friday 27 September 2019, 13:00-16:00
This CPD will focus on how to interact and
engage with students with PMLD and how to
make the arts more inclusive. Training is led
by Speech & Language, Music and Dance SEN
specialists.
SHARING DAY
Monday 6 July 2020, 15:30-17:30
Each project comes back together in a
celebratory day to discover successes and
evaluate the process.
Between these two sessions, each project will
have a link to an artist and follow the steps
below:
• Step 1: Project Lead planning meeting
• Step 2: Beacon Hill visit partner school
• Step 3: Consult with artist
• Step 4: Run the project
TEACHER COMMITMENT & TRAINING
Each mainstream school must appoint a
Project Lead who will be responsible for
coordinating and implementing all steps of the
process. This lead will be working alongside
our SEN teachers to plan and lead the weekly
sessions.
Interested teachers can visit the Sharing Day of
2018/19 projects, taking place at Beacon Hill on
Monday 8 July 2019 15:30-17:30. To book a
place at this sharing please email Amanda
Bradley: amanda@beaconhill.thurrock.sch.uk
WHAT HAPPENS AT THE END?
At the end of each project groups are asked to
share their process and outcome in some way
at the Sharing Day. Past sharings have included
a breadth of approaches, from in-school
presentations to ticketed live performances.
There is time to evaluate the project outcomes
alongside what teachers and students have
learnt.
ABOUT THE PROJECT
For the second year running Beacon Hill invite
10 schools to join them to create 10 new and
exciting inter-school partnerships projects.
Whether used in primary schools to develop
students’ self-esteem and relationships through
work and play; in secondary schools for
targeted students learning about inclusive art
forms; or for the whole school strategically, this
inclusive project could be a step on your
journey to becoming levelled Artsmark
Platinum.
This project offers a unique opportunity to
explore an art form in depth, collaboratively
and inclusively with Beacon Hill Academy. Each
school will join with a different class in Beacon
Hill and together with the help of their teachers
they will:
• Choose an art form to work within
• Decide what they would like to create
• Work together to develop an arts piece that
can be shared with others
• Interact and get to know one another in the
process
Inclusive projects can help mainstream students
and staff to:
• Break down deep-rooted beliefs and
assumptions around working with people
with special needs
• Recognise the positive effects on all
students’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural
development when students work alongside
each other
• Develop a familiarity around people
with profound and multiple learning
difficulties PMLD (This will ultimately make
communities more welcoming to people
with special needs)
• Reduce fear and apprehension of working
with
• students with profound and multiple
learning
• difficulties (PMLD) both for students and
teachers.
SUITABILITY
Suitable for all ages EYFS to Post 16; projects
can be tailored to suit the needs/goals of all
involved.
DATES, LOCATION & FORMAT
Each project will be flexible, in regards to
timetabling, from October 2019 to June 2020.
Projects can be designed to achieve specific
targets for both schools/students.
There is the option for projects to take place
exclusively at Beacon Hill or shared between
both school sites (if the mainstream site is
accessible).
Two compulsory sessions take place on the
following dates at Beacon Hill Academy.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
PROPOSED PROJECT OUTCOMES
• Improved understanding of specific learning
and physical difficulties and their potential
causes and effects
• Increase in mainstream student confidence
to engage with SEN students/people
• Increase in levels of engagement from SEN
students
• Increased staff confidence in leading/
developing inclusive projects (both SEN &
Mainstream staff)
• Increase self-esteem for all students
ADDITIONAL OUTCOMES
As the projects will be designed and led by the
teachers involved unique and specific learning
outcomes can be set for each project and if
necessary each student.
CROSS-CURRICULAR LINKS
Projects can link to any area of the curriculum,
but could specifically link to:
• PSHE/Citizenship at all KS levels
• Health and Social Care
• GCSE dance (Inclusive dance module)
• Special Educational Needs Development for
specific students as part of their EHCP
OTHER RESOURCES & SUPPORT
Other resources and support needed for the
project can be identified in the initial project
planning meeting. The cost may increase if
additional resources/artist involvement is
decided on during initial planning meeting and
this is to be paid for by the school.
COSTS
£300
RECOMMENDED
This offer could complement the following:
• Confidance: Superheroes
• Confidance: I Create
• Challenge 59: Dance & Film Project
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