Rednock Update

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Congratulations to the following on their recent successes

Kate Cobb: successful completion of the Foundation Degree in Education at

the University of Gloucestershire.

Dave Young: successful completion of 60 Units towards an MA in Education

Leadership on the Coaching and Mentoring module.

Ian Cole, Abi Harris, John Davis : successful completion of 60 Units on the
Masters in Education programme, Advanced Practitioner Pathway,
Coaching and Mentoring module.

Gail Pearce and Caroline Maddison: successful in achieving HLTA

status.

Dave Young - “I have just received a Post Graduate Certificate in

Coaching and Mentoring from Gloucestershire University with a
Distinction. This qualification is the first part of a Masters Degree in
Educational Leadership. The Module involved critical reflection on my
own practice and several essays and case studies that allowed me to
see the affects that contempary mentoring theories had upon the work
that I perform as a Line Manager and as a GITEP mentor.”

The History Department has received the

Prince’s Trust kitemark for Excellence

This was achieved as a result of promoting the Department and the

subject within and outside the classroom through a range of
activities such as inviting visiting speakers, using drama and role
play, organising visits in this country and abroad, making links with
other subjects and with external organisations such as museums,
developing links with archaeology, highlighting the role of History in
celebrating the History of the school and the former owner of
Rednock House and in the annual Remembrance Day service. This
is an ongoing programme and this year we hope to renew some of
our links with Primary Schools.

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Thank you to Abi Harris for these ideas on increasing student

engagement and responsibility for their own learning. The guidance
together with the power point referred to and an observer sheet can be
R.U.F.U.S
found on FROG – School Documents – Teaching and Learning –
P4C (Philosophy for Children).

Please see Abi for further info.

The following lesson idea is based on a number of seminars including

P4C (Philosophy for Children), Socratic and Dialogic questioning.

Key ideas;
Students should be able to offer opinions, these do not have to be
based on facts, rather they should be encouraged to explore their
reasons for thinking what they do and be willing to change their mind,
every student‟s opinion should be valued by everyone in the room.

With the exception of setting up the lesson , concluding and managing

behaviour the teacher should not talk, it may help to have the lesson
summary sheet in front of you to remove temptation to involve yourself
in or direct the questions/ answers. Students should speak to, and
make eye contact with, one another, not the teacher.
I remove desks when facilitating this discussion as the physical removal
of barriers seems to encourage listening to each other better.

The lesson
The lesson should begin with a stimuli, (the aim should not be
discussed with the students until the end of the lesson). The stimuli
may be a statement, quote, source, short video clip or sound.
If this is the first time you have set up this style of learning follow the
stimuli with the „Success in Dialogic learning‟ PowerPoint. Play the
stimuli a second time.
In pairs, ask the students to write down 2 questions about the stimuli
that they would like to ask (this is particularly successful if done on a
mini whiteboard).
Students should then discuss their questions with the pair sat next to
them and decide on two questions they would like to share with the
group. A copy of these on one white board should be placed in the
middle of the circle.
Ask one student to read out any question, throw the question out to the
students (this should be the only time you speak, unless for behaviour
management purposes).
Nominate a student (possibly a G&T student) to choose a new question
when they feel the conversation is coming to a natural end.
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Article from The Citizen - „Cool for schools‟

Rugby star Andy Hazell

R.U.F.U.S
got a cool down of a
different kind when he
visited a school in
Dursley.

The Gloucester flanker

went to Rednock school
on Wednesday to
answer students
questions, thanks to
Dursley company
WatercoolersDirect.com.

Andy spent an hour answering a range of questions relating to his rugby

career and his life off the pitch.
He said ”I do think that children should have healthy lifestyle and part of
that is keeping hydrated.”
“As a sports man I know how important it is to drink plenty of water each
day for optimum performance.”

Rednock school is one of the first schools to install free water coolers from
WaterCoolersDirect, winner of the Gloucestershire media‟s Small
Business of the Year Award.

Managing director Fred

Cairnes Palmer, an ex
Rednock student, said
“We provided the school
with four free
watercoolers.”

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