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02/12/24

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02/12/24

The latest HSAEL Parent Survey results highlights...“Consistently high expectations of pupils with regards to work and behaviour. A large number of clubs are available. Staff always show kindness and respect to pupils and each other.” pic.twitter.com/HjA0HpHEFT

25/11/24

This week's Community Bulletin is now available on our website. https://t.co/q96SN3oAKy pic.twitter.com/kWj9slOGGW

21/11/24

Our Sixth Formers have been working tirelessly putting together a fantastic campaign for the CoppaFeel Challenge this week by raising vital awareness for breast cancer. Please support them by completing your self-check and sharing the link below. https://t.co/s7q92O8PFn pic.twitter.com/T6qY5D44XI

20/11/24

“They are all very excited to get started! After completing 3-6 months of volunteering, a physical activity, and a new skill, in 2025 our pupils will go on expedition in Epping Forest and the South Downs, learning essential navigation and campcraft skills."

20/11/24

We are delighted to report that more than 100 HSAEL students have now enrolled onto Bronze and Silver award scheme. Students from Years 9, 10 and 12 are taking part. Find out more on our website. https://t.co/049wcOiauG pic.twitter.com/Crqv4tpp22

18/11/24

This week's Community Bulletin is now available on our website. https://t.co/NHsqfD6JLM pic.twitter.com/C0U3t3Wos9

11/11/24

This week's Community Bulletin is now available on our website. Please see the link below. https://t.co/Xw40GqupGL pic.twitter.com/EvKrlL8PfW

01/11/24

Sixth Form Open Evening Out of over 260 applicants last year, only 80 students got a place in HSAEL Sixth Form, if you are interested in a bespoke, human-scale Sixth Form experience, then come to the Open Evening to meet our students and staff. https://t.co/Mm9HKy6CA2 pic.twitter.com/jRq31y2EsB

30/10/24

Sixth Form Open EveningOut of over 260 applicants last year, only 80 students got a place in HSAEL Sixth Form, if you are interested in a bespoke, human-scale Sixth Form experience, then come to the Open Evening to meet our students and staff.https://t.co/Mm9HKy6CA2 pic.twitter.com/OAytkTDYpi

23/10/24

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21/10/24

Our latest Community Weekly Bulletin is out now.https://t.co/6cCECbEXqV

14/10/24

Our latest Weekly Community Bulletin is out now. https://t.co/YDb91DMstk pic.twitter.com/8TGlirhWSO

08/10/24

'Two pairs of eyes are better than one. Normalising coaching feedback at our academy.' The latest in our series of Teaching & Learning blogs.https://t.co/6wCrkPxykD pic.twitter.com/GQY6xRuOu3

27/09/24

Our sixth form was three times oversubscribed last year, thanks to a huge improvement in results. Outcomes up by over a grade and %A*-C up by a huge 25%. Apply early to secure your place for 2025.https://t.co/3WIEJKjMCr pic.twitter.com/CQBKKEAGgb

25/09/24

Our sixth form was three times oversubscribed last year, thanks to a huge improvement in results. Outcomes up by over a grade and %A*-C up by a huge 25%. Apply early to secure your place for 2025.https://t.co/3WIEJKjeMT pic.twitter.com/0wysegrwWV

25/09/24

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23/09/24

Our latest weekly Community Bulletin is now available on our website. https://t.co/YJ6WMAc8o3

23/09/24

Open Evening and Open Days in October. Please book your place via our website.https://t.co/DQMBGydrPP pic.twitter.com/5FWK7ttniZ

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Independent learning

Intent, implementation, impact

Intent

Independent learning at HSAEL encourages growth by ensuring all students continue to make progress outside of their lessons independently.

It instils a sense of responsibility as students must learn to become responsible for their own study habits helping them to organise themselves and their schedules.

Independent learning promotes ambition as students know that are not reliant on their teachers to improve. They know what they need to do outside of school to help them move closer to achieving their goals.

It fosters compassion as students recognise the effort teachers have gone to in order to provide them with the necessary knowledge to succeed in the subjects at home.

Independent learning cultivates excellence as independent learning helps students to master their subject knowledge increasing their levels of success, motivation and curiosity inspiring them to undertake further study.

Principles and research

Research suggests that independent learning can add an additional five months’ worth of progress onto a learner. The most effective pieces of home learning are integrated into the curriculum students are studying and are not ‘bolt on’ extras.

 Endowment Foundation (2018). Homework (Secondary). Teaching & Learning Toolkit. Available at: https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/education-evidence/teaching-learning-toolkit/homework

Huntington Research School (2017). Homework: What Does The Evidence Say? Available at: https://researchschool.org.uk/huntington/news/homework-what-does-the-evidence-say

Institute for Effective Education (2015). How much homework is too much? Available at: http://www.beib.org.uk/2015/04/how-much-homework-is-too-much/

Lee, S (2018). How all stakeholders helped redesign our homework process. Available at: https://www.ssatuk.co.uk/blog/redesign-homework/

Vatterott, C (2010). Five Hallmarks of Good Homework. Available at: https://www.ascd.org/el/articles/five-hallmarks-of-good-homework

Willingham, D (2016). Important New Study of Homework. Available at: http://www.learningscientists.org/blog/2016/10/18-1

Implementation

Implementation

Master golden nuggets

Every summer holiday, winter break and spring break, students are given the most important terms they learnt the previous term. Those on the Alpha pathway must learn 40, the Beta 30 and the Gamma 20 pieces of knowledge to memorise through the Look, Cover, Write, Check method. The knowledge is mostly from their previous terms learning but can be important knowledge that is essential to their studies from previous years.

They are tested on the terms upon their return to school.

Master the core knowledge

Every week, students are set a block of core knowledge for each subject; 10 terms for Alpha, 7 for Beta and 5 for Gamma. These are pieces of knowledge students have just learnt or will learn the following week allowing them to arrive to the lesson confident to use the terms. They are often tier three vocabulary and help students to consolidate their learning.

Additional platforms used help to their learning.

Maths https://sparxmaths.com/

English https://app.bedrocklearning.org/

Science https://www.my-gcsescience.com/ and www.uplearn.co.uk

Humanities https://app.senecalearning.com

Join the dots

Teachers help students piece together the golden nuggets and core knowledge in the lessons to provide schemas for learning.

Apply the knowledge

Mastering these terms to ensure they can be used automatically helps accelerate progress when teachers begin showing students how to apply the knowledge to problem solve.

Independent stretch

Success in lessons fosters curiosity. Teachers can direct students on to further reading or study.

Real world examples in character education

Students see the knowledge they have learnt in action in the real world on field trips.

KS3: One block of LCWC a week set per subject + Bedrock + Sparx.

KS4: One block of LCWC a week set per subject + an exam style question + Bedrock + Sparx + My GCSE Science

KS5: One block of LCWC a week set per subject + 5 hours of independent study including Uplearn.

 

Links to core knowledge books

Summer Golden Nugget and Core Knowledge booklets 2024

Autumn Golden Nugget and Core Knowledge booklets 2024

Impact

Winter Golden Nugget testing 101 students scored 50%+ in all but one subject

Spring Golden Nugget testing 236 students scored 65% in all but one subject