Castles
in the Air, Feet on the Ground
Jane Rolph, Angela Moore and Sara Stanley are,
respectively, the Head, Deputy and AST at Chapel Break
First School in Norwich and they have a tale to tell… |
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Distance
Learning
Kath MacAlister is Deputy Principal of a Reception to
Year 12 Area School in Roxby Downs, South Australia.... |
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Innovatory
Approaches to Supporting Schools
Ivan Pegg is Project Director of the Wakefield
Education Action Zone. He has been working with Alite
on innovatory ways to improve learning in the Yorkshire
schools. |
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The
Harbinger of Great Things
Jill Chatt-Collins is in her fourth year of Primary teaching
she has a Year 6 class at Harbinger Primary School, London... |
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A
League of Their Own
Stepney Primary School is a small inner city school in
Hull. Many of our pupils arrive at school lacking self-confidence
and with chequered school careers behind them... |
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Shakespeare
Primary School
The focus of this case study was into specific applications
of music to enhance speed of pupils' writing in a test
situation.
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Burtonwood
and Newchurch
Maureen qualified as a Primary teacher during the 60’s,
training in London and specialising in music. |
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Hillcrest
Primary School
The focus of this case study was the use of Accelerated
Learning techniques and in particular those relating
to
activities, environment, skills and techniques to assist
with Year Six SATS. |
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Eastover
CP School
Despite being in the rural county of Somerset, Bridgwater
is a town with the kinds of problems that one would expect
to find in the inner city. Head Teacher, Steve John,
describes
how adopting the ALPs approach immediately stimulated
continuing improvements in attitudes, behaviour and test
results. |
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Christ
Church Junior School
Since qualifying as a Primary teacher 14 years ago, Alex
has worked in the ILEA, Zanzibar and Bristol. |
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Hornsea
Community Primary
The school aims greet the visitor to Hornsea Community
Primary. They’re written in the form of an acrostic,
the root message being that you are entering a ‘Learning
Place’. |
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Ebor
Gardens Primary School
The focus of this case study was the use of Accelerated
Learning techniques to raise self-esteem amongst a Year
Six class. |
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South
Hunsley
They can’t see them, nor can they touch them. What
lies behind the formulation of formulae is a difficult
concept yet something that needs to be understood when
learning chemistry. |
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Walkington
Primary
Theresa Rogerson positively crackles with energy and
enthusiasm. When she asked her children in circle time
one day, “What
makes a good teacher?” |
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West
Grove Primary School
Elaine began her teaching career in Doncaster in 1976
working in two very different Primary schools –
one in an upper middle class area and the other on a run
down council estate. |
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Wilberfoss
C of E Primary
Self-esteem is not something that can be taught. So how
can it be improved in pupils who radiate a lack of belief
in themselves and their abilities? |
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St
Nicholas CE Primary School
According to former Prime Minister Harold Wilson, “A
week is a long time in politics”. How does 20 years
in teaching compare? |
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Implementation
of change
The course itself began on 1st October 1998 with 17 students
expected and 13 actually present. |
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Primrose
High School
The lesson begins before the class is in the classroom,
with a deliberate attempt to establish positive relationships
as pupils line up outside. Each pupil is recognised,
affirmed
and welcomed. Music is often played on entry. |
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Porth
County Community School
Steve Bowden is Headteacher of Porth County Community
School in Rhondda Cynon Taff. |
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St.
John`s School and Community College
Previously Headteacher of a school in Cornwall (1991-96),
Patrick Hazlewood was awarded his PhD in Effective Management
of Secondary Schools from the University of Exeter in
1994. |
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Chafford
Hundred Campus
Ruth originally trained to teach PE, but after a year
teaching children in care she realised that she cared
more about the young people than the teaching of a particular
subject and moved into the special needs field. |
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Brain
Wave
Sue Sayer is an AST on secondment to the CPR Success
Zone, the only Education Action Zone in Cornwall. This
EAZ covers
three Secondary Schools, one Special School, 25 Infant
and Junior Schools and one Nursery. |
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Learning
Partnerships in Leeds
Bankside Primary School; Ebor Gardens Primary School;
Leopold Primary School; Hillcrest Primary School;Shakespeare
Primary School
and Primrose
High School present individual case studies. |
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Getting
Personal
J ill Jordan is the Project Director for the two Excellence
in Cities Action Zones in Woolwich and Plumstead, Greenwich.
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Climate
for Change
A new school emerges on the site of a previously failing
school. It sets out to develop excellent teaching
and then strives to develop excellent learning, ensuring
all teachers and students are on board. Find out
how The Compton School are doing it! |
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"That
were good, that were, Miss"
According to Julie
Goddard the problem at Kingsbury School, where they prefer
to describe 'challenging' pupils as
rough cut diamonds, was simple. The diamonds believed
they were Cubic Zirconia and they needed to change their
perspective. |
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Team
Teaching, the third way to visualise success
Melissa
Gardner, Sally Heppenstall and Sarah Todd share
ideas and practical advice on developing comprehensive
team teaching in geography. |
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Esteemed
in East Riding
Alite Senior Trainer Nicky Anastasiou works with
teachers in East Riding to promote the self esteem purse. |
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Reaping
the Benefits of the Right Disposition
Alison Bray
from Nafferton Primary School sows the seeds of success
in her Year 4/5 class. |
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Partners
in Positive Learning
Five East Riding teachers
move forward together with their vision of Accelerated
Learning. |
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Holistic
Learning
Living, Learning and Laughing is the motto behind the
innovative and successful Grangeton project.
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Let's
Start from the Very Ending
Graeme Logan investigates the purpose
of education. |
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Success
through Accelerated Learning Vision +
Action + Passion = Success. Janet Moffat explains
how Melcombe Primary School's equation for success works.
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Stamford
High School Here's a snapshot of a school which doesn't
appear in magazine articles, academic journals or on television
but gives you all the evidence you need for the success
of Accelearted Learning
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