The Central Collegiate AcademyOur purpose
The benefits for us allThe future
“…a culture of aspiration in which all are valued, all can achieve and
diversity is celebrated”
Central Collegiate Academy Mission Statement
Comedy Writing project at St Alban’s – year 9 strike a pose
with their thought clouds!
Circle of Emotions - an EmotionalIntelligence project that developed
Calthorpe’s autistic students’ ability to express themselves
Our Purpose
• A reciprocal relationship – learning from and supporting each other
• Raising achievement through joint collaboration
• Valuing each others’ strengths
Transmissions playwriting project With the REP Theatre. Students from Calthorpe, Small Heath and
Moseley explore the many differentways of “writing”…
…and share some of their ideas through timetabled lessons by video-conference…
Transmissions playwriting project – the students spend a day at the REPworking with professional actors who
will perform their plays…
Collegiate Librarians organise learning opportunities
for groups of students across allCollegiate schools…
Where now, 2 and how? Collegiate Assessment for
Learning project
Project involved Moseley, Bordesley Green Girls,
Small Heath and St Alban’sSchools
Where now, 2 and how? Assessment for Learning
in practice
Where now, 2 and how? TEEP planning and TEEP
in action
The benefits for us all
• A wider perspective• Inclusive• Collective expertise – staff and students• A shared understanding• Opportunities for developing and sharing
good practice• CPD opportunities for us all
Floaters and Sinkers – fortheir coursework year 10 SaltleyGCSE Textiles students design
floatation aids for some of Calthorpe’s profoundly disabled
students to use in the pool
Forecast grades for courseworkrise to over 50% A* - C
Floaters and Sinkers – year 10students at Saltley test out the “Thinking Ducks”
Frying onions…a “smelly” TEEP hook to Start a lesson focusing on Assessment forLearning in Science at Bordesley Green
Girls’ School
Year 8 St Alban’s students prepare for the Literacy Breakdancing project
with Calthorpe and take part in a Disability Awareness session
Literacy Breakdancing…constructing sentences andshowing your best moves!
Over 70% of students involveddemonstrate a gain
in their learning in the baseline test at the end of the
project
E-Mission – Operation Montserrat! Year 9 students from Golden Hillock,
Yardleys and Small Heath video-conference with the National Space
Centre and evacuate the island ofMontserrat in the process!
Soccer Science! Year 9s from St Alban’sLearn about how the body works through
football – and coach younger studentsfrom Calthorpe with support from Calthorpe
and St Alban’s staff
EI Working Group – a central pointfor Emotional Intelligence across
the Collegiate
Peer and self-assessment in Science at Moseley using still
photography and video– year 10 learn
from each other’s mistakes!
Birmingham Airport Trails – schemes of work written by Calthorpe and
Collegiate staff to develop literacy,numeracy and Emotional
Intelligence
Trails to be shared with our wider community on the Birmingham Airport
Education website
The future• An evolving
Collegiate• A recognition of
success so far• The thematic, TEEP-
based approach• Building Schools for
the Future – working in partnership
Thematic approach
Assessment for Learning
New Technologies for Learning
Thinking for Learning Accelerated Learning
EI in Maths at Small Heath
Science Breakdancing! Students from Golden Hillock, Small Heath and Calthorpe learn about Biology
through dance
Expert tutors show them the moves…
Project work within English lessons at Yardleys…
year 10 show what they can do!
Trans-Active – a project withBordesley Green Girls and
Calthorpe focusing ontransition through developing
self-awareness and awareness ofothers
Colleagues from Moseley and Small Heath assisted in the planning and
delivery of the project – a truly Collegiateeffort!
Bordesley Green girls peer support Calthorpe students to
build up a passport aboutthemselves
Colleagues from all Collegiate schools working together and sharing good practice on the
Teaching and LearningNetworks Day – May 2006