Notre Dame High School, Sheffield, SSAT Learning Walk, March 22nd
New Technology at the Heart of School Improvement
Booking https://www.ssatrust.org.uk/ssat/Pages/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=PPN1013017
Notre Dame High School is a large 11-18 catholic comprehensive school in Sheffield. The school is rated outstanding by Ofsted and has a national reputation for innovation.
The Specialist Schools and academies trust of are offering a ‘Learning Walk’ in Notre Dame to find out more about the school and in particular its innovations which often have new technology at their core.
Delegates will have a mixture of presentations from both school leaders and classroom practitioners, lesson visits and a school tour as well as a buffet lunch to network with other delegates and share their own ideas with colleagues about the topics for discussion
Notre Dame has an innovation consultancy business http://bit.ly/consultND and is a National Support School so very well placed to support delegate’s schools after the event should they wish to implement any of the ideas.
Programme
10.00-10.15 arrival and coffee in the ELC
10.15-10.25 Welcome from Headteacher Jane Willis, context of the school- intake, Catholic School myth busting, leadership model & ethos of school and review its success in recent years
10.25-10.50 John Coats Assistant Head (Curriculum) & Steve Davies (Deputy Head)- The innovative curriculum model and how leadership and accountability is devolved and managed in the school- the ‘Review Cycle’
10.50-11.20 Paul Haigh, Assistant Head (Innovation) Introduction to the new technologies aspect of the school- tour of the ‘Virtual School’ and highlights of several projects including students’ own mobile devices, parental engagement and the environmental learning centre
11.20 learning walk (See below)
12.20 lunch in ELC- chance for delegates to network with each other sharing experiences from the learning walk and chatting to the Notre Dame staff they saw
1.00ish finish
Group | Tour Guide | 11:20 – 11:40 | 11:40 – 12:00 | 12:00 – 12:20 |
1 | John Martin. Headteacher. | VC Room (CLC) Workshop: Innovation & Data in Maths Peter Sides | Room LA1 (OLC) Lesson Observation. Year 7. Set 2. MFL Helen Jones | Room S20 Workshop: Using VLE for A Level Farrah Saddiq |
2 | Paul Haigh Assistant Head | Lab 1 Workshop: Mobile Devices Andrew Marsden | H1 (History Block) Lesson Observation. Year 11. Set 1. History Shaun O’Connor | Lab 3 Workshop: ICT & Innovation in MFL Christine Bodin |
3 | Helen Ashton Head of Physics | Lab 3 Workshop: ICT & Innovation in MFL Christine Bodin | Room 209 (main building) Lesson Observation. Year 10. RE Ben Lacey | VC Room (CLC) Workshop: Innovation & Data in Maths Peter Sides |
4 | Dannii Waller Curriculum Innovator & Science teacher | S26 Workshop: Using a VLE successfully. Emma Dickie | Room 204 (Main Building) Lesson Observation. Year 9. Set 4. Mathematics Mat Roden | Lab 10. Workshop: Diagnostic Tools. Dannii Walller |
5 | Steve Davies Deputy Headteacher | Room S20 Workshop: Assessment Database Robin Nixon | Room 102. Lesson Observation. Year 8. Set 3. English Beth Smith. | Main Room (CLC) Workshop: Using Moodle Laura Young |
6 | Laura Jackson Coordinator for Enrichment | Main Room (CLC) Workshop: Using Moodle Laura Young | Room 208 (Main Building) Lesson Observation. Year 9 Set 5. Mathematics. Laura Bullars | Lab 1 Workshop: Mobile Devices Andrew Marsden |
