Parental Information Evening

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Parental Information Evening

• The Revised Curriculum

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Purpose of the evening

• To demonstrate why there is a new curriculum
• To illustrate how it will evolve
• Hopefully to assist parents understand how to
  help their children with school

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Why a New or Revised Curriculum?

• Our understanding about how learning takes place
  has changed
• Unsatisfied existing curriculum
• The demands of society have changed
• Need to prepare pupils to cope with technology
  the effects of globalization

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Globalization?

• Our workforce is not what it was nor will it ever
  be again
• As our economy evolves we are to target a
  knowledge based structure
• STEM - Science, Technology, Engineering and
  Mathematics

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The Cutty Sark
The Colombo Express, the world's largest
container ship.
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What is going to change in school?

• Teachers understand learning better
• For example The Stroop Test
• Do you think your brain uses the same of
  different processes for reading, telling colours
  and saying things out-loud?

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The Stroop Test

• What is the Stroop effect?
• Partner 1 reads the card when told.
• Partner 2 records the time
• The colour of the text is to be read - NOT the
  words
• Partner 2 should check the accuracy of Partner 1

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The Stroop Effect

• The Stroop Test demonstrates how we use different
  parts of our brain at the same time

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The 3 Aims To develop the young person as

• An individual
• Someone who contributes to society
• Someone who contributes to the economy and cares
  for the environment

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How does the Revised Curriculum seek to do this?

• Make content more flexible
• Give space to teach Thinking Skills, Assessment
  for Learning and LLW (Learning for Life Work)

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What does it mean for your child at RES?

• Teachers will build on existing good practice
• Teachers will focus on HOW as much as WHAT they
  learn

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Thinking Skills Personal Capabilities

• This skill help pupils to search for meaning,
  deepen their understanding and cope with
  challenges.

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Thinking Skills Personal Capabilities

• This skill helps pupils to develop their
  imagination, generate original ideas and
  encourage them to take risks for learning

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Thinking Skills Personal Capabilities

• This skill is all about asking, accessing,
  selecting, recording integrating and
  communicating information,

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Thinking Skills Personal Capabilities

• Pupils will learn how to evaluate their own
  strengths and weaknesses, set goals and targets
  and manage their own learning.

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Thinking Skills Personal Capabilities

• Pupils will learn to work with others and in
  particular to be sensitive to others feelings,
  be fair and responsible.

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Active Learning

• Confucius said
• What I HEAR, I forget.
• What I SEE, I remember.
• What I DO, I understand.

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Active Learning

• What I hear, see, question or discuss, I begin to
  understand
• What I hear, see, discuss and do, I acquire
  knowledge and skill
• What I teach to another, I master.

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Active Learning

• Activity!!!

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2nd Form Corrosion Revision Active Learning
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1. What is the chemical name for rust?
PINK hydrated iron oxide
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2. What three substances are needed for rusting
to occur?
PINK iron, oxygen and water
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3. Which of the following substances speeds up
rusting?
BLUE Salt
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4. In the rusting experiment below why is the
water boiled in tube 2?
YELLOW to remove oxygen
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6. In the rusting experiment below what is the
purpose of the calcium chloride?
BLUE to remove moisture from the air
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7. What is corrosion?
YELLOW the reaction of any metal with water and
oxygen in the environment
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9. What is the best method to stop rusting of the
bike gears in this picture?
PINK oil
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11. Which metal has corroded to produce the green
domes on Belfast City Hall?
RED copper
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Learning for life work

• Four parts
• Education for employability
• Home Economics
• Local Global Citizenship
• Personal Social Development

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Assessment FOR learning

• Traditionally assessment is OF learning
• Focus now is to improve learning not prove
  learning!

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What does this mean?

• Sharing learning intentions
• Giving feedback
• Negotiating what will be successful
• Effective questioning
• Encouraging pupils to assess their own and others
  work

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Coping with Technology

• Greater emphasis on society to use technology
• What are we doing at the Rainey?

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WIFI Environment
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What is Podcasting?
A combination of the words iPod and
broadcasting. A way for people to be able to
selectively subscribe to audio or video content
over the Internet. This content can then be
automatically added to a mobile device, like an
iPod.
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Datalogging
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Website
www.raineyendowed.com