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‘Blurring the Lines’
innovation in timetable structures
and curriculum Anthony PartingtonVice PrincipalCambridge Meridian Academies Trust
apartington@cmatrust.net
Some context…
Timetabling…?
Which is your timetable?
First rule of ‘Timetable Club’…?
…but there are priorities!
Curriculum plan for 2014-15 – Dec 2013
Swan out of water
What do they want?When do they want it? NOW!
Options processes – the strength of my errors
Can’t fit it all in one day – so don’t
Timetables are like mayflies –respond to the changing market
There’s no point to Year
9!
Only X can teach Y!
Primaries/ colleges can
do…
We’re 50 hours over in
humanities…
Got rid of Year 9 – focus on GCSEs and deepen learning. Don’t start courses earlier. Double-certificate in an area. Push quality and Russell Group admission.
So we explored whether we could do it. Increase/ extend/ alter tuition hours. Changed delivery format and style.
We were only ‘over’ because we decided we were ‘short’ elsewhere. So we re-processed the time…
We split the load. One teacher focus on a skill/ topic. We divide the labour. We ‘rotate’. We allow people to specialise, It drives development too.
‘Primary Feel’ 7 English & Humanities
RESEARCH STATIONCollaborative15 studentsResearch Question (Sugata Mitra)Joint report; subject matter enquiry60 minutes
EXPERT STATIONConceptual (Analysis/ Synthesis)15 studentsTeacher ledThinking tools60 minutes
LITERACY STATIONCollaborative (literacy)15 studentsReciprocal teaching30minutes
FOUNDATION STATIONFoundational (Core Content)15 studentsIndividual onlineConnect-Activate-Demonstrate-Consolidate30 minutes
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Research Station
Collaborative / ConceptualProject Based
Learning.
Foundation Station
Foundational Learning
Independent Learning Tasks to secure accuracy &
fluency.Expert StationConceptualTeacher-led
individual and group activities.
FEEDBACK & IMPROVEMENT TIMECONTROLLED ASSESSMENTS
SHOWCASE & EXHIBITION
Literacy StationConceptual/
CollaborativeGroup and
individual literacy activities.
Wish you were here?
Which is your timetable?
Anthony PartingtonVice PrincipalCambridge Meridian Academies Trust
apartington@cmatrust.net