imyc at abbey field overview may 2012

Abbeyfield School

• 11-18 comprehensive school

• Business and Enterprise status

• Chippenham, Wiltshire• Approx 900 students on

roll• 65% A*-C (inc Eng &

Ma) 2011 at GCSEOur journey to create an integrated curriculum

for the 21st century

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Ofsted 2009

Main area for development:

‘Raise the achievement further by

improving the quality of teaching &

learning, particularly in

Years 7 and 8’

Inspiration

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U

From here to here

Learning at Abbeyfield SchoolOUR AIM from September 2012

Stage 1What kind of learner do

we want to create?

Stage 2How do we organise

the teaching & learning?

Stage 3How do we organise

the curriculum?

Planning for change

Stage 1What kind of learner do we want to create?

Abbeyfield Learner

How do we organise the teaching?The Abbeyfield Learning Wheel

Student Behaviour for Learning

Teacher Behaviour for Learning

Assessment for Learning

Collaborative

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questioning

Linking the Learning

Introduce, create, demonstrate & review

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DJD 2011

The AbbeyfieldLearning Wheel

Stage 3How do we organise the curriculum to allow us

to achieve this?

From here to here

Learning at Abbeyfield School

MYCAbbeyfield Middle Years Curriculum

How do we organise the curriculum to allow us to achieve this?

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Why are we adopting the IMYC model?

What will look different at Abbeyfield in the AMYC?

?

Provides the structure

Reasons for developing AMYC

1. More explicit learning goals - Knowledge, Skills & Understanding (across all subjects)

KNOWLEDGE

SKILLSUNDERSTANDING

Reasons for developing AMYC

2. Design that links subjects and themes

Reasons for developing AMYC

3. Subjects are linked but not all the time (only when links are meaningful) - helping students’ brains make links

Reasons for developing AMYC

4. Big Ideas to give context

Reasons for developing AMYC

5. More coherent process of learning

Reasons for developing AMYC

6. Some increased teacher collaboration,

Reasons for developing AMYC

7. Teachers and student more aware of teaching in other subjects

Lesson Entry point

Lesson Exit Point

Big idea

Knowledge harvest

Lesson Learning goals

Research and record

learning activities

Reflection opportunities

Abbeyfield Learning Wheel Lesson planning

*inspired by IMYC curriculum model

MYCAbbeyfield Middle Years Curriculum

MYCAbbeyfield Middle Years Curriculum

Ofsted 2009

Main area for development:

‘Raise the achievement further by

improving the quality of teaching &

learning, particularly in

Years 7 and 8’

It is not about this…

From here to here

Learning at Abbeyfield School