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Transforming Learning in Warrington:
Sharing Innovation
Thursday 23 June 2011, 9.00am– 3.00pm
William Beamont Community High School and Sports College
Classroom of the Future
Book your place on Warrington’s first showcase of innovation in education. The event will celebrate the collaboration among Warrington schools and demonstrate their shared vision to shape the future of learning for the 21st Century.
Working with Futurelab, Livelab, schools and other partners Warrington Borough Council have been co-ordinating and promoting action research programmes, developing communities of practice and supporting and sharing innovations appropriate to the needs of learners in the 21st century.
The following workshops will provide a flavour of the work being undertaken in just some of our schools.
- Extreme Living Creative Enquiry Project: developing creativity and literacy within a Geography context
- Harnessing new technologies and resources: exploring the use of mini PCs, flip cameras, Nintendo DS consoles and IPADS for learning
- International Primary Curriculum and the Children’s University
- The use of Quality Improvement Teams (QITs) with a particular focus on the development of pupil voice to enhance curriculum innovation.
- Next steps in implementing and using a professional development camera system for CPD
Closing date: MONDAY 20 JUNE 2011
Shelagh Roberts, Administration Assistant, Children’s Workforce Support Unit, Children and Young People’s Services, Personal Development Centre, Irwell Road Warrington WA4 6QR Telephone: 01925 458119 Fax: 01925 458103
