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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
+
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
Learning Accel
erat
ed
Learn
ing
Effectiv
e
questioning
Linking the Learning
Introduce, create, demonstrate & review
Learn
ing
inten
tion
s
and
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ffec
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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
