Bellemoor School | Southampton

We are now a Mathematics and Computing Specialist College.

We now will implement the following plan:

 

 

Outcomes: Now that Specialist Status has been achieved, we will:

 

 Ensure that standards will be raised by planned and funded innovation – through further development of –

 

• Extended Schools
• Community Work
• 14-19 Agenda

 

 Whilst the focal point for raised standards will be Maths & Computing – the improvement will spread across the curriculum and beyond.

 

Bellemoor will become a centre of excellence!

How do we propose to achieve this?

•             A. School Plan
•             B. Community Plan
•             C. Capital Plan

School Plan: Brief outline of intended use of Year 1 specialist school grant

 

Additional staff resources (teaching staff)

• Director of Maths and ICT
• Assistant Director of Maths and ICT
• Maths and ICT specialists to facilitate extended learning, both after school and during holidays. (Calculation based on a day a week for each specialist subject over a 30 week period).
• Appoint a second in Maths

 

Staff development

• Courses on presentation skills and classroom management for Mathematics and ICT
• Director of Mathematics to attend an ICT course
• Specialist Maths and ICT Associate Professional – training provided for identified AP staff member

Equipment and materials in specialist subjects

• Develop Maths online website to facilitate OSHL
• Pay for internet facility for LAC and FSM students

Other

• Provide every student with individual help booklets on ‘how to succeed in maths and reach their target level’
• Purchase software for ICTAC (ICT across the curriculum)

Community Plan: Brief outline of intended use of Year 1 specialist school grant

• Additional staff resources (teaching staff) Community Teacher of Maths/ICT employed by Bellemoor to not only teach Maths/ICT at the school but to have in years 2, 3, and 4 timetabled lessons at our feeder schools.
• This would be a 0.6 appointment in year 1 with a view to increase provision in years 2, 3 and 4.
•  The vision for years 2, 3 and 4 is that the community Maths/ICT teacher would have timetabled lessons in all our feeder schools and have the opportunity to further links with some of our business partners.

 

 

Staff development

• The Community Mathematics/ICT teacher to be provided with appropriate CPD to allow enrichment of delivery in all areas of the post.

Equipment and materials in specialist subjects

• To allow successful delivery of the post of Community Maths/ICT – Laptop, projector, travel expenses, consumables, software licences.

Outline of capital project

 

• Provide computer suite including projector, printer, benching, networking and power.
• Provide data projectors in every classroom
• Provide the majority of the school with interactive whiteboards
• Provide 3 televisions for the main hall and the dining room.
• Provide 2 televisions and computers for our partner primary schools.
• Provide a music ‘ICT Apple Suite’ to include 15 machines, software and server.
• Provide PDAs (portable learning aids).
• Provide dance/activity mats/Wii boxes
• Create an IT Practitioners workshop which would suit our more Kinaesthetic learners. Requirements being: Benching, storage racks, test equipment and parts.
• Create a new suite of Apple Macs – power, benching, network sockets/switch, decorating.
• Computer equipment and digital cameras for use in Sports Science and linking in with Mathematics