Oakfield House make praise pod part of school life

Congratulations to Oakfield House staff and students in setting up praise pod to support the positive culture that is so important to students.  Often it is these small schools that lead the way in the soft skills that every school, however large, need to get right.

True as it may be that smaller specialist schools have higher staffing ratios, it is also true to say that larger schools have a more mature ICT infrastructure. . . how many schools use their parent text systems to share positive achievements and not just absences?  In these times of austerity the challenge is to make better use of the tools we already have.

Architects of learning

A huge thank you to Sheffield University school of architecture's 'Voice group' for their amazing work with the peer mentors at Arbourthorne Community Primary School.
We spent six wonderful weeks learning together and connecting around the school's eight core values.  Some things are hard to put into words, but needless to say the legacy has only just begun to take shape.  One outcome has been a reminder of the amazing things that happen when students at various stages in their formal education collaborate as equal partners.
Click here for the project blog.