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The following articles, taken from recent issues of our Optimus newsletters, will prove invaluable for anyone with a professional or personal interest in Learning Communities. To ensure you stay up-to-date with the very latest thinking in this area, please make use of the articles below. If you can’t find what you’re looking for here, simply click on another category on the left or 'search the library'.
Extended services across a cluster | Learning CommunitiesSome of the key success factors in the development of extended schools provision across a cluster are discussed by Dave Dunkley, headteacher at Coleshill Heath Full Service Extended School in Solihull, and Ruth Shand, lead officer for extended services at Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council Support for all: extended and outreach services | Learning CommunitiesHeadteacher Bernadette O’Brien describes the core themes of extended provision at Priory School and Sports College Speaking school finances: business and education | Learning CommunitiesRuth Bradbury considers the relationship and boundaries between the roles of school business manager and teaching and learning leader Sustainable nursery schools: Environmental review at EYFS | Learning CommunitiesAnne Humble describes the benefits to be gained for nursery schools from participating in the Eco-Schools scheme Elective home education: parental rights and constraints | Learning CommunitiesHeadteacher David Dixon takes a close look at the philosophy behind elective home education, enshrined in a recent consultation document on guidelines to cover this parental option Community learning in action | Learning CommunitiesProviding an extended schools service with a community learning centre brought about unexpected synergies for Mitchell High School. Shaun Morgan describes the changes Raising achievement through extended schools | Learning CommunitiesPrincipal Ian Johnson describes how an extended school day and a high level of community involvement are central to the strategy for raising achievement at The Marlowe Academy in Ramsgate Making extended schools work | Learning CommunitiesRuth Bradbury offers a wealth of practical advice on getting the most from the extended schools initiative Extended services – the inside story | Learning CommunitiesLiz Rowbotham looks at how extended services have worked for one community college Engaging governance: teaching and learning involvement | Learning CommunitiesRather than see governors as a nuisance to be endured, schools instead should be working with them as an invaluable source of help and advice, argues Colleen Arnold of the National Governors Association Vertical tutoring and the personalisation agenda | Learning CommunitiesHeadteacher Peter Kent and deputy Annabel Kay describe how vertical tutoring has moved them towards the extended, cross-age family ethos that they seek to develop within their school Primary assemblies guidance part one: values | Learning CommunitiesGerald Haigh begins a three-part series on primary assemblies by looking at values A classroom of the future? | Learning CommunitiesThe CPR Learning Space is a building with a 'wow' factor, providing services to schools and the wider community. Jane West looks at its development Speaking school finances: extended schools | Learning CommunitiesI have just got back from the SFM annual conference in London: a long journey for me, but definitely worth it – not only because it gave me the opportunity to present a couple of sessions, but also because it is encouraging to see the quality and variety of business management professionals who are now working in our schools. Networking for whole-school improvement - case study | Learning CommunitiesIn 2003, Blackburn with Darwen’s secondary schools decided to apply to become one of the National College for School Leadership’s (NCSL) Networked Learning Communities (NLCs). John Westwell, Des Callaghan, Joanne Emberton and Jenny England describe the background to that decision and how the Leading into Learning NLC has developed into a major force for professional development and improved attainment in Blackburn with Darwen. Making connections: networking to improve teaching and learning | Learning CommunitiesBarbara Spender outlines the benefits for students that can come from schools collaborating with each other in a formal partnership where staff give mutual support and share resources World heritage - examining the threats | Learning CommunitiesAnjana Khatwa explores the implications of acquiring World Heritage Site status Community cohesion - will history help? | Learning Communities‘Community cohesion’ is now a legal obligation on school governors and we must make the best of it, says Richard Bird, former headteacher and now legal consultant to the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL). He asks how teaching of history could contribute to this objective. Quality teaching and learning - one school's success | Learning CommunitiesNeil Hawkes outlines a values-based approach to school improvement. Active community involvement | Learning CommunitiesStudent Volunteering Week offers all young people opportunities, says Christine Fanthome. Assessment for learning and cooperative learning strategies | Learning CommunitiesCooperative learning strategies aim to promote feedback loops relating to assessment and reflective learning in the classroom at Fallibroome High School. Jane Gormally and Francis Power describe the developments. Case study: working with parents at Casterton Business and Enterprise College | Learning CommunitiesCasterton Business and Enterprise College (CEBC) is one of three truly comprehensive Rutland secondary schools with 800 pupils on role in Years 7-11. The impact of extended schools on G&T students | Learning CommunitiesCasterton Business and Enterprise College (CBEC) is the hub of local learning, offering 11-16 education by day and a wide range of recreational and academic activities for young people and adults in the evenings and at weekends The importance of windows on the school | Learning CommunitiesMany governors’ influence in their schools falls short of the model suggested by law, regulations, training, and the perceptions of politicians and the press. Assembly: a chance to stress your values | Learning CommunitiesIn recent years assembly has been squeezed by the pressures of the curriculum but its importance in demonstrating what your school stands for should not be under-estimated, says former headteacher Gerald Haigh. Communicating with parents: formal approaches | Learning CommunitiesCarole Farrar highlights how you can make the most of formal communications with parents. Community learning environments: a business manager's perspective | Learning CommunitiesUnder the extended schools agenda, all schools are expected to enhance their community provision and open up their sites to embrace a range of wider community initiatives. Nina Siddle explains how one school in East Yorkshire is developing an innovative garden area, and outlines the key role that school business managers can play in such initiatives The art of getting real | Learning CommunitiesSusannah Temple, Giles Barrow, Julie Leoni and Trudi Newton describe how teachers can use the principles of transactional analysis (TA) to build relationships that stimulate learning. On course for delivering Every Child Matters | Learning CommunitiesDr Barbara Spender, Freelance Writer and Researcher, with information supplied by Terry Smith, Assistant Headteacher, Ninestiles Secondary School, Acocks Green, Birmingham. Introducing Every Child Matters - routes through the curriculum | Learning CommunitiesDr Barbara Spender considers the key questions underpinning Every Child Matters implementation from first considerations about individual school priorities, through visibility in specific curriculum areas, to evaluation and measurement of success. More encouragement for extended schools | Learning CommunitiesThe government’s campaign to persuade more schools to offer extended services continues with the publication of new guidance. The value(s) of community | Learning CommunitiesIn his regular column, Dr Graham Haydon suggests that reflecting on your own school can be a good way into raising wider questions about communities and the values they share. Together We Can - an active citizenship initiative | Learning CommunitiesJohn Potter explores a government proposal for citizenship education. Schools and the 2012 Olympics | Learning CommunitiesWhat are the potential benefits to young people and how are schools preparing? Richard Bailey looks into the future. Blank sheet or inheritance – extended schools and the 'community schools movement | Learning CommunitiesRichard Bird, former headteacher and now legal consultant to the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) looks at the lessons that can be learned from the community education movement to help ensure the success of extended schools. Global citizenship and healthy schools – Manchester Healthy Schools Partnership | Learning CommunitiesGlobal citizenship links can help increase children's and young people's knowledge of the wider world. The Manchester Healthy Schools Partnership created a close working relationship with three schools in Kabwe, Zambia. Global Citizenship across the curriculum at Chantry High School | Learning CommunitiesOur theme was 'Rich World, Poor World'. How do we open the eyes of children to equality issues? Eco-school project at Kirkley High School | Learning CommunitiesThis project supports the National Framework for PSHE and the National Healthy School Standard, as well as supporting the development of Citizenship throughout the school with some 1400 pupils. Multi-cultural Arts Day at Congleton High School | Learning CommunitiesOur multi-cultural arts day was aimed at Year 7 students and was one of a programme of stop days around global citizenship in our school. Fair Trade Day at Congleton High School | Learning CommunitiesFair trade day formed part of a whole school curriculum enrichment programme, and linked to the Citizenship scheme of work, which explores diversity and human rights in a local, national and global context. Working with the media to promote your school | Learning CommunitiesMany communities are keen to know what is happening in local schools and the profile of your school can be raised and presented in a positive light by successful use of the media. This counters a great deal of the damage done to the public view of education by more generalised central reporting, where sensationalism is the main criterion for publishing/reporting. By Linda Trapnell Organising a school event? | Learning CommunitiesThere is always room for enhancing the curriculum through the creation and development of special events in school that pull teachers, pupils, local businesses and the wider community together, writes Rosemary Cairns Family learning | Learning CommunitiesFamily learning covers all forms of informal and formal learning that involve more than one generation, writes Melissa Gardner Web review: Building learning communities | Learning CommunitiesTo help entrench lifelong learning in the common psyche, this website from ContinYou displays the programmes it is developing to build learning communities throughout the UK. The aim is to give communities, and the individuals within them, access to new learning opportunities, and by so doing to change lives. It is based on the premise that learning is about much more than just that which goes on in schools. Transforming the culture of Prince Henry's Grammar School Specialist Language College | Learning CommunitiesMichael Wilson, Lecturer in Education Management, and Jon Prosser at School of Education, University of Leeds. Changing culture: improving curriculum leadership | Learning CommunitiesSchool culture is a term that curriculum managers are having to pay more attention to in nearly all areas of their job. But how do you identify what culture prevails in your school, understand the implications this has for your curriculum leadership, and from there make changes for the better? Jon Prosser, Director of International Education Management at the University of Leeds, shows how. Getting the most from mentoring | Learning CommunitiesClare Smale and Andrew Gibbons consider how mentoring encourages the development of a learning organisation culture Most Related:
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