STRIPES Gold Challenge

W A N T E D

FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST

CENTURY GLOBAL

WORKFORCE:

Resilient, creative

independent learners

who have flexible skills

and competences, who

work well in teams and

can lead themselves and

others to perform up to

and beyond their

potential.

If you are planning a Fundraising event, please check with Mrs Collinge before you go ahead.

For example, this could be:

An assembly you organise that raises awareness of a charity or issue that is important to you. You must do this with a team that you create and manage.

OR A charity event that you organise that is successful. For it to be successful

you will need to demonstrate that you have raised money and raised awareness of your chosen charity (eg. car wash, supermarket bag packing, cake sale etc)

OR Any other team event or your own choice that benefits our local or global

community OR

The Giving Nation project in the summer term in which you raise awareness or money for a charity. This will automatically enable you to get this STRIPE signed off. Speak to Mrs Asling for more details!

Skills you will need to show evidence of:

Financial capability Decision making

Taking calculated risks Perseverance

Using your initiative Negotiating

Controlling and leading a team

ORGANISE AN EVENT IN OR OUT OF SCHOOL THAT DEMONSTRATES GOLD QUALITIES.

To get your TEAMWORK & PARTICIPATOR

GOLD

you need to...

DO A DETAILED STRIPES SELF ASSESSMENT (IN THIS FOLDER) AT THE START

OF THE GOLD AWARD AND AT THE END. YOU NEED TO SET PERSONAL

TARGETS AFTER YOUR FIRST SELF ASSESSMENT AND THEN MAKE A NOTE OF

WHEN YOU HAVE MET THEM. TO COMPLETE YOUR GOLD AWARD YOU

MUST DO THE SAME EXERCISE AGAIN TO MEASURE YOUR OWN PROGRESS.

NB: Speak to Mrs Plece about how Cascaid can help you with this.

www.cascaid.co.uk

Ways of doing this:

Complete the questionnaire with someone who knows you well, and talk through your responses with them

Photocopy the questionnaire and then ask a friend/family member to do the questionnaire about you. Then after you have done your own version, sit down together and COMPARE your own ideas about yourself with how someone else sees you. What do you notice?

When you have ticked your boxes for the first time, get it copied and enlarge it and pin it up somewhere in your bedroom so you can REFLECT everyday on your strengths and targets to keep them fresh in your mind

When you are completing your GOLD award, keep adding to the evidence in your folder of all the things you are doing that are helping you get better all the time.

To get your REFLECTIVE LEARNER

GOLD

you need to...

KEEP A LEARNING JOURNAL OVER HALF A TERM AS YOU LEARN A NEW TOPIC IN ANY SUBJECT YOU LIKE!

WHEN YOU HAVE CHOSEN YOUR SUBJECT, MAKE SURE YOU TELL

YOUR TEACHER THAT YOU ARE GOING FOR YOUR GOLD STRIPE

FOR THAT TOPIC SO THEY CAN SUPPORT YOU!

Some suggested projects/topics that you might choose to focus on for your journal:

Geography Exmoor, Kenya, Pepperhill Farm, Olympics, Settlement, Rainforest, Migration, Kenya

Music Any aspect of your musical performance

English Autobiography, Gothic Horror, The Highwayman, Spoken language, Persuasive Writing, Stage & Screen, WW1 poetry

Maths Fractions, Decimals & Percentages, Expression, Equations & Formula, Pythagoras

French/Spanish/ German

Holidays, Health & Fitness, Media & Entertainment, This is Me, My Free Time

D&T Licence to Cook, Finding Out/All about Food, Steady hand game, Photoframe, Time for Design, Mood lighting, Whirlygigs, Battery test, Different types of bag, Recycling, Stencilling.

Art Nicky de St Phalle, Banksy, Joseph Cornell, Roy Lichenstein, Theo Jansen

RE Sikhism, Punishment, Forgiveness, Character Education, Suffering, Buddhism, Human Rights Hero

Citizenship Community Cohesion, Diversity, Britishness, Taking Action, Creating your own Political Party

Science Particles, Rocks, Cells, Reproduction, Forces, Chemical Reactions

IT Downloadable Tunes

PE Netball, Hockey, Trampolining, Football, Rugby, Basketball, Badminton, Dance

Careers Year 7 Workbook, Year 8 Workbook, Year 9 Apply for Success

To get your INDEPENDENT ENQUIRER

GOLD you need to:

Here comes the groovy bit....

you can present your journal in any way, shape or form you like:

OR you might want to research one of YOUR OWN PERSONAL HEROES and present

your findings about them in any format you wish - a Powerpoint, a piece of art, a

mindmap, a biography, a photostory, a wiki page or even your own short film. Your

own personal hero should be someone who has INSPIRED you in some way.

It could be a sports person, a ground breaking scientist, a musician, an artist, a

great writer, a human rights activist or a local hero that is not necessarily famous

but has done something amazing that has made a difference. Speak to Mr

Woodason for some resources to get you started, alternatively visit this website for

some ideas:

http://historysheroesks4.e2bn.org/heroes

As a series of

AWOLs that you

fill in after each

lesson/activity

As a film

OR ANY OTHER

BETTER IDEA

OF YOUR

OWN!

A photostory that visually

records all the different

learning activities you have

done

A written ‘diary’ where you record

your thoughts and feelings and

learning throughout the project

In a scrapbook of

images, photos,

thought bubbles and

cuttings

PLAN, RESOURCE AND DELIVER A WHOLE LESSON IN

YOUR FAVOURITE SUBJECT.

Guidelines:

Chat with your teacher in the subject you have chosen about doing some

lesson observations to start thinking about what makes a good lesson

Then start thinking about TEACHING your own lesson.

You will need to PLAN a lesson using the lesson plan template in this pack.

Your teacher should be able to help you with this. Why not plan it with a

buddy to support you?

Make sure you keep a record of all the resources you use and print outs of

any slides you make!

After your lesson, discuss it with your teacher, reflect on WHAT WENT

WELL.. & think about EVEN BETTER IF...

To get your EXPERIMENTAL & CREATIVE LEARNER

GOLD

you need to...

CONGRATULATIONS! YOU WILL AUTOMATICALLY ACHIEVE THIS STRIPE IF YOU

MANAGE TO COMPLETE ALL THE GOLD CHALLENGES TO A HIGH STANDARD.

In completing the rest of the challenges you must have demonstrated that you:

Enjoy the challenge of working in different ways

Never give up

Learn from mistakes

Use help and support that is available to you and seek out people and

resources

Can organise your time, yourself and behaviour to help you succeed

Aren’t you clever?

To get your SELF MANAGER

GOLD

you need to...

If you achieve your Arts Award,

you automatically qualify for a GOLD Stripe

(if you have already obtained your Bronze & Silver)

Arts Award - GOLD Fast-track

Arts Award - Bronze Certificates – GOLD STRIPE

You have to complete 4 different parts of the Award to achieve a bronze certificate. You can achieve this in either Art, Dance, Music or Creative Writing.

1) Heroes and Heroines - Research on Artist or performer – someone you admire For Art - You have to produce a Sketchbook Research and Powerpoint presentation on a chosen Artist. For other Disciplines – eg A talk, or any other presentation is admissible – to an audience with questions and answers.

To produce the work you have to: Research an Artist independently Self manage your time. Review and reflect on your practice. You need to show creativity, imagination in your layout and design and experimentation

in the media and materials you use 2) Explore the Arts as an audience member - a visit to an Exhibition, gallery or museum,

concert, production, gig, talk To complete this part students need to: Visit an exhibition either arranged by the school or on your own. Some students choose

to interview local Artists. Whilst at the exhibition you would be expected to take notes/ drawings and

photographs on the experience. You need to review and reflect on the visit in your sketchbooks For other Disciplines – keep evidence to show attendance eg programme, ticket, poster etc. Following the event, write a review and discuss, share your reactions with others.

3) Explore the Arts as a participant –

For Art - (Year 8 Arts award day - Workshop in school) Students will work in Teams over the course of the day to produce a large piece of

Artwork to be displayed around the school. Workshop would be lead by Mr Heath or a local Artist - possibly a willow workshop with some permanent structures

You need to review and reflect on the workshop in your sketchbooks after the days work

For other Disciplines – taking part – set yourself a challenge within your discipline – this could be starting a new instrument, learning a new dance, taking on a bigger role etc. You will need to keep a diary of your progress and reflect throughout.

4) Arts apprenticeship

For Art - Sharing skills learnt in your Research Study with other students You have to share your knowledge of the Artist you have studied with a small group of students. This could take the form of: A formal Powerpoint presentation An activity for the small group to engage in for the length of the lesson You need to review and reflect on your performance in your sketchbooks after the

lesson. For other Disciplines – sharing your skills may mean supporting your teacher or leading a workshop in your chosen skill eg helping with a drama workshop for Chinese students or teaching a small group how to play a musical instrument or devise some performance poetry. Whatever section you are undertaking you must be self disciplined, reflect on your responses and share your thoughts.

NOTES

GOLD - before you start:

Date of first assessment: _______________

GOLD - before you finish:

Date of final assessment: ______________

Learning Plan

Teacher:

Group: Date: Lesson:

Context of lesson: Where does this lesson fit within the series of lessons?

Learning objective(s): What do I want the students to learn in this lesson?

Learning outcomes: How are the students going to demonstrate their learning?

STARTER: Set the scene & connect the learning: How can I get the students thinking? What have they done before

that will help them today?

Main learning

Teaching: Instruction, providing information,

demonstration, explanation, modelling…

PLENARY: How will you review learning at the end?

Learning: How will students develop, and assess their

understanding?

What evidence will demonstrate what the students have

learnt

RESOURCES NEEDED: