Boys Achievement

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Boys Achievement

• Weston Road High School

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Starter

• A man's got to do what a man's got to do. A woman
  must do what he can't. Rhonda Hansome
• Whatever women must do they must do twice as well
  as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this
  is not difficult.Charlotte Whitton
• If high heels were so wonderful, men would still
  be wearing them. Sue Grafton
• When women are depressed they either eat or go
  shopping. Men invade another country. Elayne
  Boosler

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Our National Context
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Our Issue

• Gender attainment gap high
• Boys getting far more detentions and exclusions

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Our Belief

• Schools stress boys

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Our Belief

• Boys cant cope with school
• Mature later
• Develop social skills later
• Reptilian brain dominant
• Flight or fight

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Our Strategies

• Create more boy-friendly learning opportunities
  through
• Lesson activities
• Managing boys attitude and behaviour
• System support

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Our Strategies

• Boy friendly learning
• Set clear behavioural codes and ensure they are
  operated consistently.
• Set short-term targets and make it clear exactly
  what has to be done to succeed.
• Set open-ended questions and tasks but provide a
  semi-structured work frame and provide high
  minimum requirements.
• Give plenty of positive feedback on work and
  participation.
• Promote self-esteem encourage boys they need
  more encouragement.
• Use a wide variety of teaching and learning
  styles, those that are kinaesthetic, spatial, and
  conceptual.
• Tap into the competitiveness of boys and set
  challenges!

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What Parents Can Do to Support their Sons

• Ask questions about their learning, show interest
  in what they have been doing at school - ask
  about what they have learnt.
• Help establish a culture where it is OK to work
  well and succeed.
• Check their HwK Diary show boys you are
  interested in what they are doing.
• Support school, emphasising its importance,
  working in partnership.
• Help them get organised and equipped.

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What Parents Can Do to Support their Sons

• Provide a specific space for work that is
  undertaken at home.
• Monitor the use of the PC or have the PC were you
  can see it!
• Consider boys use of leisure time.
• Challenge stereotypes.
• Link boys achievements with positive role models
  outside the school environment.

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What Parents Can Do to Support their Sons

• Read with year 7 and 8 boys and encourage reading
  as much as possible.
• Continue to learn about the issue and how to
  tackle it.
• www-rba.educ.cam.ac.uk
• www.literacytrust.org.uk/Pubs/bearn
• www.garywilsonraisingboysacievement.co.uk
• www.scre.ac.uk/spotlight/spotlight81.htm
• www.education.staffordshire.gov.uk/curriculum/them
  esandachieveemnt.co.uk
• www.teachers.tv/video/2586

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What Boys Can Do to Help Themselves

• Become the talker as well as the doer!
• Forget what others think of you!
• Concentrate on your learning
• Give yourself time to analyse be reflective!
• Ask for help
• Understand that we all make mistakes!