Rationale Sink or Swim Support in all aspects

Rationale ► Sink or Swim ► Support in all aspects of learning ► Learning for life ► Sustainable learning

Organisation ► Organised into a number of projects of varying length. ► Students will work in small teams of 4 or 5. ► Staffing will be 6 teachers per half Year group. ► Each teacher will have responsibility to facilitate the learning of one group of students. (3 or 4 teams) ► Each facilitator will have a base room for their group

Learning Outcomes and Assessment Focus for assessment will be on the process and the learning capacities the students will develop. ► Outcomes for projects, are primarily to give students something to work towards. ► On all final outcomes, any student in a team may be quizzed about any part of the project. ► Interim reviews with facilitators during the project and on completion ► Students will be expected to spend at least half an hour per week on personal reflection. ► At the end of each project students will spend time assessing their performance against their agreed areas of focus. ►

At the beginning of any project • • Introduction to the project (usually to the whole half year) Students return to Learning Bases with their LF LF organises Teams Students are given access to any pre-prepared resources and list of seminars Students develop the ideas for their project and plan accordingly

During a project the following cycle takes place START Students meet in Base Room and each team presents to the group what they plan to do that session. LF arranges any meetings or shares any further resources. Teams ensure they are organised Students attend seminars and research their projects Teams meet back in the Base Room to present progress, teach other and plan for next session. Team possibly meets with LF Student spends some time carrying out individual reflection

At the end of a Project ► Students Present/Display/Perform discuss their findings and results. To the rest of the teams in their Base room. They will act as judges as to whether or not the project has been successful ► Presentations to external panel in the Theatre. Due to numbers not every team will be able to present to an external panel. This will be done on rotation. ► Back in Base rooms students will individually review/reflect on their progress.