The John Locke Academy

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The John Locke Academy

• Opening Minds to Success
• Darrell Butler BMus PGCE

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John Locke Academy

• Sharing our vision

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John Locke Academy

• A teachers past has a direct influence on how
  they want their classroom to be run a
  principals past has a direct influence on how
  they want their school to be run...
• Experiences as a pupil that have stayed with me
• Experiences as a teacher
• Leading a school

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John Locke Academy

• Vision for the school
• John Locke (1632-1704) was a British philosopher
  who developed theories about education that are
  still relevant today
• Tabula rasa blank slate people are able to
  control their own lives through education
• Reading furnishes the mind only with the
  materials of knowledge it is thinking that makes
  what we read ours
• There is frequently more to be learnt from the
  unexpected questions of a child than the
  discourses of men

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John Locke Academy

• A curriculum and classroom that are irresistible
  to children - so they want to achieve their best
• All areas of the classroom and outdoors are
  planned to maximise their potential for learning
• A school and classroom that makes children feel
  safe and welcome - where routines are established
• A place where children can take risks and learn
  from their mistakes where success is celebrated,
  whatever that success is

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John Locke Academy

• A place where language and communication are
  highly valued - children will learn to
  communicate their ideas, opinions and thoughts
  and these will be valued confidence through
  public performance
• Resilience, resourcefulness, risk taking and
  reflectiveness have equal value to high standards
  of learning in reading, writing, maths -
  control, choice
• A school that invites imagination and creativity
  - children need to mess about with things, take
  them apart, rebuild, tinker - curiosity
• High quality technology is the norm

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In practice

• Classroom indoors and outdoors
• Using area to create their own learning spaces
  dens, self-designed climbing frames
• Blocks
• Gardening
• Easy wipe boards/chalks so mistakes can be
  corrected quickly

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Mind set

• Fixed mind set/growth mind set
• Challenge embrace
• Obstacles fortitude
• Effort work hard
• Criticism learns
• Success of others - celebrate

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In nursery and reception, your child is working
in line with The Early Years Foundation Stage
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Characteristics of Effective Learning
Does the child play and explore? Are they willing
to have a go? Are they involved in play? Can
they concentrate? Can they think of their own
ideas? Can they make decisions themselves? Can
they make connections between things?
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Assessment

• Early Years Profile (Government document)
• Characteristics of effective learning
• Leuven scale of Well Being and Involvement
• Child conferences talking to the children!
• Observations of play
• Field notes long observations, on going
  observations
• Photographs

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John Locke Academy

• A school that meets the needs of its pupils and
  serves its community
• This includes breakfast club, afterschool club
  and afterschool
• Breakfast club 2 a day if booked ahead (2.50
  on the day) 7.30am 9.00am
• Afterschool arrangements depending on staffing,
  run by staff until 6pm.
• Holiday clubs- to be arranged and dependent on
  interest link to other schools

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John Locke Academy

• High quality staff who will have ownership of
  the vision for the school - induction, range of
  experiences, desire to get stuck in, opportunity
  to shape a school
• An inclusion manager - role is to champion
  children with special educational needs, more
  able pupils, pupils whose first language is not
  English
• Looking at a way for children to meet each other
• Building

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John Locke Academy

• Uniform
• Website www.johnlockeacademy.co.uk
• School to home communication - Scholarpack

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Access

• 3 approved vehicular and pedestrian accesses
  two from Hillingdon Road and one from Park Road
• Hillingdon Road/Greenway
• Park Road/Chippendale Waye
• Pedestrian access from Vine Lane via St. Andrews
  Road
• Vehicular access from Vine Lane to serve houses
  being built on St. Andrews Road residents only
• The gate at the end of St. Andrews Road will
  eventually be opened to pedestrians only

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