second breakout blurring the lines, anthony partington
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‘Blurring the Lines’
innovation in timetable structures
and curriculum Anthony PartingtonVice PrincipalCambridge Meridian Academies Trust
Some context…
Timetabling…?
Which is your timetable?
First rule of ‘Timetable Club’…?
…but there are priorities!
Curriculum plan for 2014-15 – Dec 2013
Swan out of water
What do they want?When do they want it? NOW!
Options processes – the strength of my errors
Can’t fit it all in one day – so don’t
Timetables are like mayflies –respond to the changing market
There’s no point to Year
9!
Only X can teach Y!
Primaries/ colleges can
do…
We’re 50 hours over in
humanities…
Got rid of Year 9 – focus on GCSEs and deepen learning. Don’t start courses earlier. Double-certificate in an area. Push quality and Russell Group admission.
So we explored whether we could do it. Increase/ extend/ alter tuition hours. Changed delivery format and style.
We were only ‘over’ because we decided we were ‘short’ elsewhere. So we re-processed the time…
We split the load. One teacher focus on a skill/ topic. We divide the labour. We ‘rotate’. We allow people to specialise, It drives development too.
‘Primary Feel’ 7 English & Humanities
RESEARCH STATIONCollaborative15 studentsResearch Question (Sugata Mitra)Joint report; subject matter enquiry60 minutes
EXPERT STATIONConceptual (Analysis/ Synthesis)15 studentsTeacher ledThinking tools60 minutes
LITERACY STATIONCollaborative (literacy)15 studentsReciprocal teaching30minutes
FOUNDATION STATIONFoundational (Core Content)15 studentsIndividual onlineConnect-Activate-Demonstrate-Consolidate30 minutes
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Research Station
Collaborative / ConceptualProject Based
Learning.
Foundation Station
Foundational Learning
Independent Learning Tasks to secure accuracy &
fluency.Expert StationConceptualTeacher-led
individual and group activities.
FEEDBACK & IMPROVEMENT TIMECONTROLLED ASSESSMENTS
SHOWCASE & EXHIBITION
Literacy StationConceptual/
CollaborativeGroup and
individual literacy activities.
Wish you were here?
Which is your timetable?
