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AbbeydAleGRANGeMedIA ARTSSCHOOlpROSpeCTuS2008/09
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HOw dO yOu kNOw yOuRCHIld wIll be CHAlleNGedACAdeMICAlly? HOw dO yOu
kNOw yOuR CHIld wIll feelSAfe? HOw dO yOu kNOw yOCHIld wIll be SuppORTed?HOw dO yOu kNOw yOuR CHIl
wIll be HAppy? HOw dO yOkNOw THe SCHOOl wIll keepyOu INfORMed? HOw dO yOukNOw yOuR CHIld wIll beGIveN exTRA OppORTuNITIeS
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ABBEYDALE GRANGE SPECIALIST
MEDIA ARTS SCHOOL
PROSPECTUS
2008/09
OuR ROle ANd key OuTCOMeS
The role o the school is to provide a frst-class
education to a diverse range o pupils that respects
and builds on their own experience and knowledge.
INdIvIduAl ACHIeveMeNT
Every student will:
R be successul and sel-confdent in school
and when they leave
R develop a positive attitude to learning and
accept being challenged intellectually
R have a highly-personalised curriculum, that
oers choice and diversity in education or all
R experience a curriculum that is broad, balanced
and creative with multiple approaches and
opportunities or enrichment
R learn according to their individual needs
through acceleration or dierentiation
R develop thinking, study, lie and social skills
as well as literacy and numeracy
R have a confdent sta team able to provide
the best possible education or them
ReSOuRCeS
Our acclaimed media arts expertise will:
R create strong city-wide links
R extend opportunities or developing the
ICT skills o students and sta
R enhance teaching and learning across
the curriculum
COMMuNITy
Abbeydale Grange will be recognised as:
R Shefelds International School
R being totally comprehensive in intake
R delivering education through a human-scale, carin
individual education o the whole young person
R working in partnership with parents/carers throug
a range o eective and innovative strategies
R ensuring the saety and well-being o each studen
R contributing an important element in Shefelds
city-wide provision
RelATIONSHIpS
We will ensure that the school community:
R respects and values the dierent attributes
o each student and adult in school
R gives students the sel-confdence
to play a ull part in society
R gives students the social skills to
relate successully to others
R supports a house/amily structure
with tutor groups across the years
R osters enterprise skills and economic
awareness at all levels.
vAlueS & pRINCIpleS
elIZAbeTH THAw HTOO /
Intrmiat 1
At Camp I met new people and made new
riends. I enjoyed helping to make dinner
and sleeping in the tent with my riends.
I loved the pasta!
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Dear Parent / Carer
Welcome to the second edition o our prospectus
as a Foundation School.
We continue to welcome students and their amilies
rom across the city as well as the local area. We
are very pleased that the number o First Preerence
places has increased signicantly or 2008/9. The
school remains truly comprehensive in its intake.
On the rst page o this prospectus you will have
read some questions that we believe most parents/
carers ask beore choosing a school. We hope togive you enough inormation to answer some
o these questions. Here are a ew more key
events rom 2007/8:
R 10% o students achieved 3+ A* and A grades
at GCSE in 2007
R 98% o students went onto urther education
or training in 2007
R Three students who let in 2006 have been
oered Oxbridge places
R The school has participated in art projects at
the Weston Park Museum and the Victoria and
Albert Museum in London
R Athletes have run or the county with great success
R A student who let in 2007 has won the 3000m
or England and is representing the country at
the Commonwealth Games in India
R A student has won direct entry to the Italia
Conti drama school in London
R The school choir has perormed at theRoyal Albert Hall
R Students took part in a joint project with
Bents Green Special School and the National
Trust to create some amazing public art on the
Longshaw Estate
The school emphasises its community eel throughits Summer Fair, International Food Evening, School
Sports Day and charity undraising. Over 300.00
was quickly collected or the victims o the cyclone
in Burma.
Our aim is that every student will leave school eelin
successul and sel-condent. We do not believe
that any student should ever eel he or she has ailed
It is our responsibility to ensure each student nds
his or her particular aptitude and then develops this
in later lie through urther qualications or training.
I am proud to be the Headteacher o Abbeydale
Grange and proud o our excellent dedicated sta w
contribute so much to the success o each student.
I hope you enjoy reading the prospectus and will
come and visit the school to see or yoursel what
makes us so special. Do get in touch by phone or
email to arrange a visit.
IntrODUCtIOn
ABBEYDALE GRANGE SPECIALIST
MEDIA ARTS SCHOOL
PROSPECTUS
2008/09
CatHerIne BULL /
Hdch
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enGLISH
The aim o the English department at Abbeydale
Grange is to mould pupils into inquisitive, thoughtul
students who are able to speak, write and read
independently. These are skills crucial or unctionality
and success in lie as well as school.
Teachers within the department are enthusiastic
and caring and believe that every student has
valuable contributions to make to the subject
based on the three aspects o
R ReadingR Writing
R Speaking and Listening
We also place great importance on students
being able to work productively with each other
in situations where they clearly understand the
aim o their collaboration.
Richard Shaw
Leader or English and Literacy,
Head o Fire House
MatHS
The Mathematics department at AGS is dedicated
to providing mathematical experiences or all studen
and showing them that while being an important too
in other subjects, Mathematics is a subject in its own
right. We hope they will discover the awe and wonde
to behold within its boundaries.
The versatile, inspiring, lively and riendly sta are
committed to oering help and support to all studen
in order or them to achieve their ull potential.
The Maths department has subscribed to MyMaths.co.uk, an interactive Maths website that is used or
some classroom lessons as well as being a solid
revision base or our students.
The website provides ready-made lessons which allo
us to take a topic rom the beginning right through to
its conclusion. It has been designed to work well on
Interactive whiteboard as well as a suite o compute
Its large text, animations, interactivities, and random
question generators help us to bring Maths alive.
This is an Internet resource, so our students can use
it within school and at home or revision and learning
There are also six Booster packs on MyMaths: each
pack includes lessons and online Worksheets which
our students can do or homework. The packs are
intended to help our students cross a key borderline
Halima Rachad
Acting Subject Team Leader or Maths
ABBEYDALE GRANGE SPECIALIST
MEDIA ARTS SCHOOL
PROSPECTUS
2008/09
COre SUBJeCtS
IMran aHMeD /
High 2
Discussing work with my classmates
helps me a lot in my education.
MUnIF ZIa / tch of Mhs
& Hd of eh Hous
I believe in spending time really getting
to know the students. I regularly give up
lunch times to go and talk to students and
this helps me to engage them when we are
in the classroom.
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WHat DOeS It Mean?
We have proessional ICT resources or making high
quality multimedia work. We use this expertise to
enrich students experiences in a range o subjects:
R Art & Design
R Perormance Arts
R Media Studies
R Music
R Web Design (DiDA)
R Creative & Media 14-19 Diplomas
We have achieved some excellent results in thesesubjects, well above national averages, and students
oten go on to use these skills to great advantage in
Higher Education and a variety o careers.
HOW DOeS MeDIa artS StatUS SUPPOrt
tHe WIDer CUrrICULUM?
We use these innovative techniques and ICT
to support students throughout the curriculum.
For example,
Students use us to develop their writing skills, dratin
lm scripts, radio programmes or web content. Liter
skills are developed through creating image-based
narratives in lm, animation and graphic novels.
Students numeracy and ICT skills are enriched byusing proessional web authoring, graphics and edit
sotware. We are able to display students work in
new and exciting ways and there are numerous extra
curricular experiences or all students.
WHO DO I COntaCt tO FInD OUt MOre?
My name is Joe Gradwell, Lead Media Arts Teacher.
Just call or email me and we can meet in school or
an inormal chat about what acilities and learning
opportunities we can oer your child.
ABBEYDALE GRANGE SPECIALIST
MEDIA ARTS SCHOOL
PROSPECTUS
2008/09
SPeCIaLISt MeDIaartS SCHOOL
MartHa SnOW /
High 2
I like Drama but its a lot o hard work.
You have to do loads o rehearsals beore
a play, but I think it pays o in the end.
raGDaH aBDULLaH /
Imdi 1
I love being in choir because we get to
go to amazing places like the Albert Hall.
Being in choir helped me to meet lots
o new people.
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StUDY SUPPOrt SeSSIOnS
Higher 1 (Year 10) students have approximately three
and a hal hours o study support sessions per week.
In these sessions, they are able to work individually
in small groups with the help o a teacher to do
homework, coursework and revision.
These sessions will help students to be:
R Able to plan time eectively
R Increasingly independent, sel-motivated learners
R Better equipped to manage their GCSE workload
R Prepared or the next step into sixth orm,college and university
aStrOnOMY
GCSE Astronomy is a new course or Abbeydale
Grange. The course is available to students in
Intermediate 2, Higher 1 and Higher 2 and is run
as a Lesson 7 option (3pm).
The course includes:
R Visits to the National Space Centre in Leicester
R Night-time visits to the Peak District
R Use o binoculars and high-powered telescopes
The course involves the ollowing units o study:
R Planet Earth
R The Moon and Sun
R The Solar System
R Stars and Galaxies
R Observing techniques and space exploration
Any students (or parents) interested in Astronomyas a hobby or studying or the GCSE, please
contact Mr Dave Askew.
eXPLOratIOn
The Opening Minds curriculum was developed by
Royal Society or the Arts to give young people an
education that helps them learn practical lie skills
in a challenging world. It is now being used in over
200 schools across the country; schools involved
in a three-year pilot study experienced signicant
improvements in both student and teacher motivatio
and showed solid gains in student perormance.
The RSA, and Abbeydale Grange, believe that a
curriculum which ocuses only on subject contentcannot provide students with the skills and abilities
that they will need i they are to make a success o
their uture lives. Young people ace environmental,
technical, social and economic challenges and an
ever-increasing volume o inormation.
The RSA Opening Minds curriculum is the result o
eight years o research and is based on teaching
specic competences. These include: skills or
learning, the ability to manage relationships and
situations well, and good citizenship.
From September 2008, all Access (Y7) students willollow the Opening Minds curriculum in lessons calle
Exploration or 8 periods a week. Using science,
technology and geography, all taught by specialist
teachers, it will give students the chance to learn in
depth and apply knowledge in a very hands-on wa
InnOVatIOnS In LearnInG
ABBEYDALE GRANGE SPECIALIST
MEDIA ARTS SCHOOL
PROSPECTUS
2008/09
SteLLa DILLOP / High 2
In my opinion, I think netball is a good
sport, because the more you do the
sport, you learn and get better at it, andyou develop a better social skill with your
team members. Its a great way to keep
t and healthy!
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We pride ourselves on the care we oer each student.
There is a mentor or each year-group and a senior
learning mentor takes responsibility or Child Protection
and Looked-Ater Children. These colleagues liaise
with amilies closely and look ater the well-being o
students.
There are also three Key Stage Managers, who ensure
that each student is able to meet his or her academic
targets.
Our House system oers a unique support structure
with sta and students building relationships on a daily
basis. At Abbeydale Grange we have our houses
Earth, Air, Fire and Water. Everyone, sta and students
alike, belongs to one o these houses. Within each
house there are 8 tutor groups which involve no more
than 20 students o all ages. Having a small tutor
group with students o all ages develops teamwork
and leadership, and links with our Human Scale
Education ocus.
The tutor group meets every day ater break or
15 minutes. Two sta members are attached to
each tutor group and get to know the students well,
and these tutors meet with parents on LearningConerence Days.
eaCH HOUSe HaS a COLOUr
Earth Jade Green, Air Sky Blue,
Water Royal Blue, Fire Maroon.
During the year there are inter-house competitions
o many kinds, culminating in our Sports Day at
Woodbourn Road Stadium.
UnIFOrM
Our uniorm consists o:
1. Black trousers, black skirt or shalwar kameez
(not jeans, not tracksuit bottoms)
2. Polo shirt in house colours or white
3. Black zip-up school sweatshirt
4. Flat black shoes (not trainers)
5. Team colours (e.g. trampolining sweatshirt
or choir teeshirt) may also be worn.
PaStOraL Care& tHe HOUSe SYSteM
ABBEYDALE GRANGE SPECIALIST
MEDIA ARTS SCHOOL
PROSPECTUS
2008/09
HSer naY BLUt DOH /
Imdi 1
I was araid o abseiling, but when I did it
I elt very happy and I even did it twice!
Marta BaYOn /
tch of Spish
The school has given me new opportunities,
such as on Wednesdays I give Spanish
language lessons to local primary school
children, so that there is continuity rom
primary to secondary school.
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BreaKFaSt CLUB
The start o a day sets the tone. Breakast Club oers
the chance or the young people o Abbeydale Grange
School to unite in a relaxed manner, take on some
provisions and head into a day o learning.
R Students are involved in setting the t or purpose
breakast menu in line with National Standards or
Food in Schools.
R Students use some o their cooking lessons to
make items to be sold at Breakast Club.
R Students are involved in money transactions and
accounting, learning Maths and Enterprise skills.
R Students are involved in the day-to-day running
o the breakast provision including:
Preparation / Delivery / Concluding service
(cleaning, packing away and organising or
next time)
GarDenInG
Q. Why teach gardening on our school allotment?
A. Growing organic vegetables is un and healthy.
The same qualities and skills learnt as a gardener
can help us become good parents we tenderly
nurture seedlings with love and care.
Our allotment puts us into the heart o the communi
where we help out our neighbours, share tips and
enter the Annual Show. We also make connections
in school with Art, Science and ASDAN.
Tony Tigwell
Head Gardener (and Teacher)
LInKS SCHOOL SPOrtS PartnerSHIP
Abbeydale Grange has a School Sports Co-ordinato
(Mrs Sandra Whiteld) who works with our partner
primaries, Holt House Inants, Carter Knowle Junior,
Sharrow Primary and Abbeydale Primary School.
The SSCO helps the primary schools develop highquality PE and increased opportunities, such as
sessions to introduce children to cricket, rounders,
trampolining and even belly-dancing.
The SSCO can also tap into PE, health and sport
proessionals who work supporting schools, and
make links with local community sports clubs and
other school partnerships.
KeLLY GItHInJI /
Imdi 2
I like going to Breakast Club because
it helps a lot, especially when I wake up late.
I know I can have breakast in school.
aLternatIVe LearnInG
ABBEYDALE GRANGE SPECIALIST
MEDIA ARTS SCHOOL
PROSPECTUS
2008/09
rYan SUGDen / High 1
Ive learnt lots about planting and growing
vegetables rom Mr Tigwell. Ive learnt new
skills such as double digging.
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aCCeSS CaMP
The annual Camp is an opportunity to promote a
strong sense o group cohesion amongst our Access
students. Students have the opportunity to work with
a variety o people in a dierent and oten unamiliar
environment. Thornbridge Outdoors Centre is anideal location or the camp and provides additional
opportunities or outdoor and adventurous activities
such as abseiling, nature work and team building.
Students regularly return rom camp with new-ound
condence, as well as new riendships and the
memory o exhilarating experiences that remain
with them or years to come.
Kate Grapes
PE Teacher & Camp Leader
neXt StePS
Our staying-on rate into post-16 education exceeds
by ar the citys average. All students are encouraged
to consider college or sixth-orm education. We have
active links with Sheeld Hallam University and the
Gited and Talented Academy at Warwick University.
A representative rom the Connexions service is in
school every week.
Claudine Thomas, rom Connexions:
Our role in school is to provide inormation, adviceand guidance, as well as an integrated youth support
service. There are lunch time drop-in sessions,
one-to-one support, group work and we always
attend parents evenings.
SPeCIaL eDUCatIOnaL neeDS
At Abbeydale Grange we believe that equal opportu
does not necessarily mean treating every student in
same way, but rather providing each student with th
appropriate opportunity to achieve their true potenti
Some students will need additional help, support anchallenge to ull this philosophy.
For every individual, the school strives to create a
learning environment in which a student is able to
progress as ar and as ast as they can.
We have two Special Needs Co-ordinators, one
who co-ordinates outside agencies and support or
individuals, while the other concentrates on student
achievement, ensuring everyone is set appropriate
and challenging targets.
Some o our sta - the Esteem Team sta, or instan
- have a role which is primarily to work with students
with special needs. However, everyone who works a
Abbeydale Grange has skills in this area and works t
make the curriculum accessible to everyone.
There is an Integrated Resource Unit with 20 places
or students with moderate learning diculties. Thes
students divide their time between mainstream lesso
and the Esteem Team, which oers targeted suppor
and practical learning activities.
Our ull Special Educational Needs policy is availabl
on request rom the school or on the website at
www.abbeydalegrange.co.uk
DISaBLeD aCCeSS
The majority o our teaching rooms are on the rst
and second foors; there is ramped access to the
ground foor and a disabled toilets. September 2008
sees our new community classroom on the rst foo
with disabled access rom the car park.
We are limited by ty-year-old buildings but the sch
will always make every eort to meet the needs odisabled students or sta. Please let us know i we c
do anything to make it easier or you to contribute to
the lie o the school.
ABBEYDALE GRANGE SPECIALIST
MEDIA ARTS SCHOOL
PROSPECTUS
2008/09
LaY eH HtOO /
Imdi 1
I liked everything about camp, especially
abseiling. I made lots o new riends.
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Abbeydale Grange School
Hastings Road, Shefeld,
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Tel. 0114 2557301
Fax. 0114 2508540
Email. enquires@abbeydalegrange.
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