What do our students need to know?

The national curriculum Examinations

How will our students learn

effectively?

What do we want our students

to become?

Pedagogy

Skills Attitudes

Aspirations

Our curriculum of excellence

–Ron Berger excerpt from 'An Ethic of Excellence'

“The key to excellence is this: It is born from a culture. When children enter a family culture, a

community culture, or a school culture that demands and supports excellence, they work to fit in to that culture. A culture that transcends race,

class, and geography; it doesn't matter what colour, income or background the children come from.

Once those children enter a culture with a powerful ethic, the ethic becomes their norm. It's what they

know.”

Do we nurture an ethic of excellence?

Year 7 Curriculum Feedback

• Very keen do develop more open ended, deeper learning opportunities • New DT projects highlighted • Majority of students commented on the 'Beach

combing' project as an example of excellence. • Clear and higher expectations required • Many still excited by learning @LQ • Some felt the level of expectation and challenge

was higher at primary

Designing Curriculum Opportunities for Excellence• All departments should design learning opportunities,

which allow students to pursue work of excellence • This work should be defined as such, using clear

criteria and expectations • All subject areas could promote 2 or 3 opportunities for

students to submit work of excellence each year • Work should be expected to be as perfect as the

student can create and be publicly displayed • Multiple drafts of learning and heavily critiqued work

should be the norm

Recognising an Ethic of Excellence• Departments/School provide students with an ‘ethic of

excellence’ card to be stamped or signed at any time a student produces work of excellence or has demonstrated an exceptional work ethic despite level of difficulty

• Student’s work, which is awarded this ‘stamp’, is automatically recorded in student’s portfolios on the VLE

• Students can receive junior and senior ‘Learning Excellence’ awards. This could be linked to colours.

• All students should expect to receive this award by the end of KS3 and 4 respectively

• Students can request work to be awarded an ethic of excellence

Passage Presentations • Collate a portfolio of best work from all subjects to publicly

present • Students present their achievements as a narrative of their

progress • Students discuss both academic and personal growth • Present to community body; made up of staff, students, their

parents and members of the local community • The presentation should explain why students are ready to move

onwards and upwards, reflecting on their learning achievements • Students pass or have to retry

The ‘Corridor of Excellence’

• Will be somewhere where work of excellence can be displayed by all subject areas.

• It should be a source of inspiration for both students and teachers.

• The school becomes a living museum, archiving excellence for all to see.

–John Hattie

“The greatest single issue facing further enhancement of students is the need for teachers to

have a common perception of progress”

A Culture of Excellence

–Ron Berger excerpt from 'An Ethic of Excellence'

“The key to excellence is this: It is born from a culture. When children enter a family culture, a

community culture, or a school culture that demands and supports excellence, they work to fit in to that culture. A culture that transcends race,

class, and geography; it doesn't matter what colour, income or background the children come from.

Once those children enter a culture with a powerful ethic, the ethic becomes their norm. It's what they

know.”

–Us!

LEAD COLLABORATE. DRIVE. PASSION. PLAN. RESEARCH BEST PRACTICE. MONITOR. INVOLVE

STUDENTS, STAFF, PARENTS. PROFESSIONAL CULTURE. COMMUNICATE, COORDINATE,

COLLABORATE. TIME TO PLAN AND PREPARE FULLY, NOT HALF HEARTED ATTEMPTS. SKILLS/TRAINING. RESOURCES. HIGH EXPECTATIONS BUILT ON KNOWLEDGE OF EXISTING ABILITIES

AND LEVELS. LEADER TO DRIVE DEVELOPMENT FORWARD AND KEEP VISION ALIVE AND

UNCLOUDED BY DAILY JOBS LIST. ADAPTED TIMETABLE FOR EXTENDED LEARNING

EXPERIENCES. PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL CHILDREN TO EXPERIENCE EXCELLENCE.