Welcome to the Learning Journey

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A JOURNEY IN LEARNING
Welcome to the Learning Journey
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The Dudley Challenges - ahead of their time?
4 Key Elements a) problems to solve b) travelogue
to complete c) e-mails to send d) something to
make To encourage collaborative
learning creativity broadest form problem
solving cultural awareness attitude to
learn international networking independence and
initiative
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Reviews ...
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Key skills and Competencies

• What captains of industry want from todays
  learners
• Good team players collaborators
• 2. Ability to work independently and take
  decisions show initiative
• 3. Ability to solve complex problems
• 4. Be creative
• 5. Ability to stick at things perseverance
• 6. Communicators including a second language
• 7. High levels of ICT skills taken for granted

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The First Challenge
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Four Key Elements
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Problems and clues
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The National Curriculum ........
Education only flourishes if it successfully
adapts to the demands and needs of time.
The Curriculum cannot remain static. It must be
responsive to changes in society and the economy,
and changes in the nature of schooling itself!
in the 21st Century!
QCA DFES Meeting the Challenge
January 2005
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This is The Learning Journey
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The Learning Journey ....
Developing and enhancing .... Collaborative
learning Curiosity and Enquiry Creativity Problem
solving Independence and initiative Perseverance
Accelerated ICT skills
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• Problems to solve clues to your destination
• Subject focus ICT opportunities in History,
  Geography, Citizenship Cultures, Quest (Science
  and Maths) The Arts.

Some Key Elements
3. Travelogue Journey E-portfolio 4. Experts to
contact / email opportunities 5. Evidence Key
competencies Practical tasks Creativity Problem
Solving Independent and collaborative
work Accelerated ICT skills
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Tools and Functionality
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An integrated curriculum with embedded ICT
With breadth and balance and transition
opportunities.
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In Geography .....
Unit 14 Can the earth cope? Ecosystems,
population and resources Unit 24 Passport to
the world
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In History
ICT and Statutory Requirements Historical
enquiry4a identify, select and use a range of
appropriate sources of information including oral
accounts, documents, printed sources, the media,
artefacts, pictures, photographs, music, museums,
buildings and sites, and ICT-based sources as a
basis for independent historical
enquiries Organisation and communication5c
communicate their knowledge and understanding of
history, using a range of techniques, including
spoken language, structured narratives,
substantiated explanations and the use of ICT
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In Citizenship
Citizenship through .history Unit 5 Living in a
diverse world Unit 7 Children's rights -- human
rights Unit 8 How do rules and laws affect me?
Unit 9 Respect for poverty ICT through
investigation of topical issues, problems and
events, analyse and evaluate a range of sources
of information, including ICT and the media
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and Science can be exciting!
Integrated ICT Science Promoting curiosity,
enquiry, investigation and enjoyment. Involving
Research Practical tasks Expert advisers
How do hot-air balloons work? Why dont
mummies decay? Where does the worlds oxygen
come from? Why are some species
endangered? How do people impact on the
environment? How do you survive in the
desert? How has medicine changed peoples lives?
Why do climbers need oxygen? Why is DNA used in
murder enquiries? What will happen in space in
the next 10 years? Who is the Worlds most famous
scientist?
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Culture, traditions and creativity
Culture and Traditions Dance Drama Music
Art Sport Religion Languages
past and present Celebrations
Festivals Delivering creativity across the
curriculum 'All our futures Creativity, culture
and education' NACCCE 'Analysis of research and
literature on creativity in education' (pdf)
QCA 'The arts, creativity and cultural education
An international perspective NFER 'Culture and
creativity The next ten years'DCMS 'Creativity
across the curriculum A review and analysis of
programmes designed to develop creativity'
QCA Excellence and enjoyment - a strategy for
primary schools DFES Exciting minds Creative
Partnerships from the Arts Council of England
ARTS COUNCIL 'What learning needs The challenge
for a creative nation' DESIGN COUNCIL/DEMOS
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Touchdown .what will travellers have learned
and achieved? An aptitude to learn Critical
thinking skills enhanced curiosity rekindled An
awareness of their own strengths and weaknesses
as learners and people Developing reflexive
ness Perseverance - stick ability (teachers and
learners) Independence and initiative Flexibility
and adaptability within a collaborative (team)
environment Transferable skills Accelerated ICT
Skills 21st Century Competencies a) Recognised b)
Promoted c) Developed d) Rewarded e) Celebrated
Accreditation
The Final Touchdown
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Dead Men Tales
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Test 1
Translate the coded message. Identify the sender
and receiver from the portrait gallery. What was
special about the message? Send your own message
in this coded form to a contact in another
country and get a reply! What does all this
have to do with the skeletal figure and the ship
below?
Leviathan was the biggest ship afloat. 19000 tons
of iron! People didnt believe she could float.
How could so much iron float ! I proved them
wrong , though I never saw her sail. Use
animation to explain why she floated and make
your own Leviathan to demonstrate the key
principals of floating and sinking!
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Now note the engineers first initial
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A sacred hill top
33, 17, 9, 81, 65, 41, Yes!
23, 7, 51, 12, 40, 38, No!
Identify the YES numbers in the grid. The letters
will lead you to an ancient goddess . This
goddess is the right hand companion of an even
more important goddess. Name both. On which hill
top will you find the goddess?
Test 2

• The goddesses belong to the mythology of an
  ancient civilization. How did this civilization
  influence the modern world we live in?
• List 5 ways their influence can be seen in our
  lives today
• Design a poster to reflect the links between this
  ancient peoples ideas and our world.

Hilltop - here
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