CoPE through International Communications & Business Enterprise Thursday 3 rd September 2009 Winner of the 2008 Mary Glasgow Award for Curriculum Innovation

What’s different? No exams at the end Collect evidence from every lesson Learning at own pace No homework Spain study visit is part of the qualification You make choices about what to learn There are three teachers in the classroom The life skills are the main focus of the course (e.g. Independent learning, working with others..) An adult way of working

Year 10 Autumn Term Improving Own Learning PDR Spanish - 2 credits 20 hours Working With Others PDR International Coffee Morning/ International Talent Evening 4C – 1 credit Year 10 Spring TermYear 10 Summer Term Year 11 Autumn Term Problem Solving PDR 3 week fund-raising project 2C Credit – Community 10 hours 1 credit Research PDR C Credit – free choice 10 hours 1 credit Year 11 Spring Term Finish Study Visit Project – publicity campaign 10 hours - 1 credit Year 11 Summer Term Discussion PDR Oral Presentation PDR Exchange Visit 3 credits 30 hours 6 C Work Experience 10 hours 1 credit (or 2 credits for 2 weeks) 12C – 1 credit (GCSE Philosophy & Ethics) 11C – 1 credit (GCSE Dance or Art) 1 credit (Write a story for children) 10C – 1 credit (Indepth study) 9C – 1 credit (GCSE Product Design) 8C – 1 credit (Part-time job) 3C – 1 credit (Sport & Leisure) 2C – 1 credit (Human Rights) Continue with Spanish & preparations for Study Visit Finish Discussion & Oral Presentation Conclude 12 Credits in total. Complete any portfolio work. Use time for revision in other subjects.

GijóN, Spain

Rachel Hawkes November 2008

What CVC students doing CoPE International say about this course: “I think like there’s like more self motivation when you work at your own pace because when you’re working with the class and if there are the people that are really good at German and French and whatever and they’re like well in front of you you’re like not very motivated because they’re like well in front of you because you start getting behind and you just kind of give up but it motivates you more when you work at your own pace.”

“ The teacher like comes and sits down and goes through the whole thing with you if you don’t understand so it’s like one on one because maybe because there’s less people in the class and we’re working on different things it’s like one on one so if you don’t get it you do understand it because you have one on one time with the teacher to understand it.”

“I think we’re learning the stuff that you’re actually going to use coz I think it helps that we’re going to Spain for the 6 days because we’re like kind of focusing on stuff to learn.”

“I think that with the international bit going to Spain like makes us like we want to learn more and makes us want to get on with the work quicker.”

“I’ve actually found out a way how I work and learn and so it’s quite good because I’ve learnt myself and found that if I have a sheet of paper and like read it and kind of turn it over and try and memorise it and I’ve found that I can learn really easily and I like never knew that about myself.”

“I like the fact that we can choose if we do it in pair work,sheet work or on the computers.”

“We have all the resources to do anything we want to do so there’s stuff like you can either learn off the computers or like how I learn them just looking off the sheet or just talking in your pairs so the exercises aren’t set and things, there’s like there’s the exercise and choose your way of learning it.”

Why is learning a language important? “I think it’s quite respectful like showing some respect for other people coz they’re all taking their time to learn our language it just shows that we have respect for the other countries and the other languages and we will learn their languages too.” “ …so that we’re not saying ours is the most important, learn ours.”

Year 10 Autumn Term Improving Own Learning PDR Spanish - 2 credits 20 hours Working With Others PDR International Coffee Morning/ International Talent Evening 4C – 1 credit Year 10 Spring TermYear 10 Summer Term Year 11 Autumn Term Problem Solving PDR 3 week fund-raising project 2C Credit – Community 10 hours 1 credit Research PDR C Credit – free choice 10 hours 1 credit Year 11 Spring Term Finish Study Visit Project – publicity campaign 10 hours - 1 credit Year 11 Summer Term Discussion PDR Oral Presentation PDR Exchange Visit 3 credits 30 hours 6 C Work Experience 10 hours 1 credit (or 2 credits for 2 weeks) 12C – 1 credit (GCSE Philosophy & Ethics) 11C – 1 credit (GCSE Dance or Art) 1 credit (Write a story for children) 10C – 1 credit (Indepth study) 9C – 1 credit (GCSE Product Design) 8C – 1 credit (Part-time job) 3C – 1 credit (Sport & Leisure) 2C – 1 credit (Human Rights) Continue with Spanish & preparations for Study Visit Finish Discussion & Oral Presentation Conclude 12 Credits in total. Complete any portfolio work. Use time for revision in other subjects.