Science at Elms Bank Specialist Arts College

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Science at Elms Bank Specialist Arts College
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Our school

• A generic special school serving the borough of
  Bury
• 160 students aged 11-19
• A wide range of SEN including PMLD, SLD, MLD and
  ASD, physical needs, HI and VI
• February 2010 maintained Ofsted Outstanding
  rating. Achieved outstanding across every
  category except for 1
• Deployment of staff

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Our journey

• Before
• In house schemes of work
• Entry level accreditation
• AQA unit award scheme
• Generic room with gas taps , sockets and sinks

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Our journey

• After
• Updated in house schemes of work
• Pre-entry level award trial
• OCR Entry level
• OCR 21st Century Science GCSE
• Science lab. with gas taps, sockets and sinks
  attached to rise and fall accessibility for
  students with limited mobility
• Link with EPRU mainstream links

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The future

• New schemes of work
• Whole school PMLD thematic approach
• Whole school assessment documents
• Pre-entry level award
• BTEC First Certificate in Applied Science

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National Science and Engineering week

• For the past 3 years an annual event
• 5-day programme of events including in-house
  workshops with collaborative working between
  local primary and secondary schools and external
  providers
• Science trips
• Competitions
• Feedback from pupils and staff and all involved

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Differentiation

• Prior knowledge
• Setting meaningful targets
• P-levels
• New progression guidance between levels P1-3
  expected 2 sub-levels progress, at level P4 and
  upwards 2 whole levels progress expected over the
  key stage
• Graphs

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Graphs/pictograms
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Non-specialists teaching science

• Initially given a science pack containing all
  relevant information for their class and for
  science across the school
• Trial experiments with myself/technician
• Sharing good practice
• Risk assessments document produced by technician
  using CLEAPPS guidance
• Monitoring and feedback e.g. lesson observations
  with learning classroom in the near future, work
  scrutiny, target setting and evaluating, levels,
  reports, advice.

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My journey

• For pupils on the autistic spectrum use of
  timelines, PECs and the power of being non-verbal
  emerging communicators
• Use of sensory activities profound learning
  experiences
• Baselines / Starting Points
• Evidence in different forms enjoy and achieve

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Contact details

• Farzana Shah, Assistant Headteacher
• Elms Bank Specialist Arts College
• shah.f_at_elmsbank.bury.sch.uk
• Telephone [phone]