Engaging and Inspiring Learners through a Collaborative Approach to School-to-School Working 

Aims: Promote school-to-school working through collaborative school-to-school projects. Develop effective teaching and learning through engaging themes. Develop purposeful DCF rich tasks. Build capacity for schools to develop collaborative projects.

Developing links for school-to-school collaboration Cluster Groups SIG Groups Developing links for school-to-school collaboration Central South Consortium Wales and the World World

Blitz: Wales at War Use digital technology to raise standards in Literacy and Numeracy Promote school-to-school working – within SIG group. Create an innovative and engaging history topic, focusing on World War Two, to develop LNF and subject specific skills. Develop teaching and learning and digital competency through using Minecraft and Hwb tools.

Minecraft Map of WW2 Community Blitz: Wales at War World War Two Theme Shared Experiences Shared Hwb+ Site Minecraft Map of WW2 Community

The Wonderful World of Roald Dahl Collaborative project involving 95 schools from around the world. Develop reading and writing through engaging with a range of Roald Dahl’s texts and create Minecraft settings based on the texts Create and build brand new Roald Dahl settings to feature in a presentation to celebrate Roald Dahl’s 100th birthday. Collaborate using Hwb tools - Office 365 and Hwb+ Create multimedia presentations to share their work.

Minecraft Education Edition The Wonderful World of Roald Dahl Hwb Network Hwb + Minecraft Education Edition Office 365: OneNote Class Notebook Developing Writing

School-to School Working Develop Engaging and Inspiring Projects DCF: Interacting and Collaborating/ Producing School-to School Working Successful Futures: Develop Four Purposes Cross Curriculum Responsibilities AoLE Development Sharing Good Practice

“Relevant, challenging, exciting and engaging experiences.” Some words taken from pupils and teachers involved in the projects

Experiences Pupil Visits Online collaboration Outside agencies Teacher Network Will Discuss what we did (the experiences) So…. Digital leaders visits Online collaboration using shared Hwb page Visits to school for Technocamps workshop Work with turnipstar fish Teacher network established to share resources etc..

Impact Pupils School Development Broadened Horizons Partnerships Pupils: increased confidence, development of skills (Cross-curricular), Oracy L5+ 61.5%, pupil voice (digital leaders)

Pupils Confidence Development of skills Oracy L5+ 61.5% Pupil Voice Knowledge/ skills learnt from each other Oracy evidence – the evidence was there to award a higher % of pupils with L5+ Development of Digital Leaders – whole school impact

School Development SIP Staff Development DCF School: impact was measured (aside from Oracy) positive impact on targets within SIP (e.g development of the use of Hwb) Staff knowledge and most importantly confidence in the use of ICT improved Step towards meeting the requirements of the DCF

Broadened Horizons Successful Futures Need for more! A shift away from “one of course” more to collaborative development Pupils and teachers ‘hooked’ by this collaborative approach, it has made learning experiences meaningful The shift from to “facilitator” e.g. use of Minecraft and other emerging technology

Partnerships SIG Cluster Wider networking Outside agencies

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