Sir John Talbot's School

Demonstrating excellence through creative teaching and learning:

Teacher Dares

Earlier this year, students told us in a Student Spotlight that they would like more variety in learning. One student put it as “more videos, whiteboards and fun”. As a result, we have challenged our staff to take part in ‘Teaching and Learning Dares’. We have seen some great outcomes and our teachers have risen to the challenge.

Miss Hayward dared to take her Geography lesson outdoors to measure the weather.

Mr Allen banned using worksheets in his DT lessons.

Mr Crudden developed a ‘Revision on a Plate’ – using paper

Miss James even dared to let her students lead her

In the summer term, teachers responded to changing the way they normally teach. Some examples are as follows: plates to organise knowledge for revision. lessons.

It has been great to see our staff and students continuing to develop ways to make learning as engaging as possible. We will continue to keep asking

Spotlight on the Creativity Department

Our A Level Art students have worked impressively hard this term, they completed their two year course which concluded with a three day examination. During this time, students created wonderful, intriguing paintings, drawings and sculptures. Students were creating artwork to respond to the theme simple or complex. Topics ranged from the complexity of human anatomy, to how our surroundings can evoke complex or simple emotions. Students were invited to showcase their artwork for an exhibition, they thoroughly enjoyed presenting their artwork. They spent an afternoon organising the art room and work to showcase for their families and friends. On the evening of the exhibition the students attended with their families which was a lovely opportunity for them to see the excellent work that the students had produced over the last two years.

Students are moving on to a range of different further education settings, with two progressing onto art foundation courses, one with an unconditional offer to study fine art at York University, another two are hoping to study architecture and illustration pending their results. We are really proud of the high quality work that our students achieve in Art and Photography at Sir John Talbot's School. The Creative culture is alive and kicking!

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