Our Cluster Approach... GRAEME HIGH SCHOOL 13TH MARCH 2015 Cluster Working Cluster Meetings GLOW Good Practice RACI Planning Network Building Relationships Professional Mobilisation Learning Teams Network Subject Commissioners Ambassadors Improvement Priorities Priority 3: “To plan for the delivery of 1+2 Languages within the Graeme Cluster, and further develop networks to support implementation” Ø To review impact of modern languages transition projects Ø To further develop modern languages cluster network approaches Transition Projects Transition Projects 3. 1. 2. Mon profil à Francophonie Helix Project moi February-April May June 1. Francophonie • S1 French Champions launch challenge Task • Introduce French speaking world and overseas territories • Research French speaking country in groups of 6 Research • Work to decode extended French text • Deliver presentation and display to cluster cohort Event • Devise quiz task for workshop activities Impact of Project 69% of pupils felt their 81% of pupils found using confidence increased in the reading strategies delivering a presentation helped them understand containing French. the French text Pupils By the end of the project 54% felt more confident in 73.6% felt more confident in using a French – English being able to understand a dictionary longer text in French Impact of Project “Pupils enjoyed meeting “The project really their French teachers and highlighted how many showing them what they countries across the world can do in French” speak French” Teachers “ Pupils developed a wide “It was interesting for pupils range of skills and gained to find out about life in confidence in using French” different countries” Skills development What skills did you develop? u Improved my French u Improved confidence “I learned u Improved presentation skills that u Improved team skills French is u Improved researching skills u Improved note-taking skills epic!” u Improved listening skills u Making new friends u Knowing my way around the school The2. Helix Task Project (Transition Days) Task: Collège Plaisance, our partner school in Créteil has sent an e- mail to Graeme High School asking what there is to do and see within the Helix. Your task is to prepare a short power-point presentation in French giving information on what you can see and do if you were to visit the Helix project. ENGLISH DRAMA BUSINESS Creative Create a EDUCATION writing - drama Create a tourist HIDEAWAY inspired by the brochure in the HELIX about the The Kelpies HELIX project MUSIC Learn the DESIGN and instrumental TECHNOLOGY HELIX parts of the Evaluate HELIX different types promotional of public seating Transition music for various areas Project of the HELIX park ART and DESIGN Design an environmental SCIENCE art sculpture for Learn how the FRENCH specific sites HELIX got its INFORMATION within HELIX park Design a power- name TECHNOLOGY point to say what there is to Create a comic do and see in strip about the the HELIX HELIX project Impact of Project “I learned a lot more about “It was fun to try and the Helix park. It is so near imagine what someone in but I didn’t really know France would like to know much about it before” about Helix” Pupils “I liked visiting different subjects. Sometimes I could “Meeting Ben from Helix use what I already knew to was really interesting” help me in other areas” Impact of Project “Raises awareness of the importance of language “Real life context increases learning within the local motivation” context” Teachers “Raises awareness of the importance of languages “ Valid interdisciplinary to the tourism industry and learning experience” the promotion of Scotland as a tourist destination” 3. Mon profil à moi v Transition project focusing on the transfer of information. v Each pupil compiles a profile in French. v Project is transferred to secondary. v Pupils use profile in S1 during initial 4 week block in preparation for first speaking and writing assessment. v Will be used to assess impact as 1+2 rolls out across the authority. ML Cluster Network Developing a network • Lead RACI Improvements in Modern Languages Cluster HT Link • Meet monthly • Standing item on cluster HT Hallglen agenda Laurieston St.Margaret’s • Representatives act as Graeme High subject champions within Westquarter each of the cluster schools Whitecross Victoria Network Priorities Local Contexts CPD Resources for Learning October INSET Common pack for each school Callendar House Support Staff GLOW Secondary mentors Helix Re-fresher Course Pilot School Next Steps Beyond Transition Electives in Local Extra- IDL Spanish and expertise curricular Opportunities German activities Teacher Real-life CPD in Contexts Spanish Leadership Sharper lens Award Building Capacity Areas for Development CPD •October Cluster Training •Mentor Programme from August •Support for additional languages Contexts for Learning •Develop local contexts for language learning •Explore school transition contexts within cluster programme •Use cluster GLOW group to exchange resources and approaches Structures •Further review and develop structures to promote language learning •Continue to engage in collegiate planning q Laura McEwan-Graeme High School [email protected] q Kristy Rennie-Graeme High School [email protected] .