Grow Your Own LeadersSMSC Exercise For

Governors

Learning Slides

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Agenda

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Governors Meeting

School Day

VisitActivities

Term 2

7 minutesIntroduce SMSC

Term 3

48 minutes

Expand governors’ understanding of what is expected of your school in terms of pupils’ social, moral, spiritual and cultural learning

Term

3-5

1 hour

Governors to visit school with focus on either Social, Moral, Spiritual or Cultural.

Purpose: Answer the question “Can I see evidence that we are doing X?”

Term 5

90 minutes

Feedback from all governor visits.

So what?

Action Planning to inform SEF and SDP

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“Emotional competence may be the decisive factor that determines the extent

to which any child is undone by economic or family forces or finds a core

resistance to survive them.” Daniel Goleman

Agenda – Term 2 – 7 minutes

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Minutes

Time (adjust to

suit)Topics covered

3 18:30–18:33 Introduction

4What is SMSC

Development?

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Agenda – Term 3 – 50 minutes

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Minutes

Time (adjust to suit) Topics covered

3 18:30–18:35 Introduction

4 What is SMSC Development?

8 Exercise – Initial judgement

14 Exercise - Aims

6 Exercise – Share judgements

10 Exercise – What now? and Brainstorm

3 Exercise – Goal setting

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“Emotional competence may be the decisive factor that determines the extent

to which any child is undone by economic or family forces or finds a core

resistance to survive them.” Daniel Goleman

Step 1: One person talks for 2 minutes about what they have written.

Step 2: Other person has 45 seconds to summarise what they have heard. Original speaker takes notes.

Step 3: Repeat step 1 and step 2. Step 4: Review and discuss what has been said.

great learning great learning great learning2 minutes 45 Seconds

2m45 2 minutes

Initial SMSC Judgements

SMSC Judgement Results - Directions Sheet

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1. Calculate average scores

2. Write averages on the Master Aims Sheet

3. Compare

4. Each group feeds back for up to 2 minutes each

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Agenda – Term 5 – 90 minutes

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Minutes Time (adjust to

suit)Topics covered

2 18:30–18:35 Introduction10 Exercise - Debrief4 Exercise – Master Aims Sheets10 Exercise - Feedback15 Break

5 Exercise – Areas for Improvement vote8 Exercise – Where are we now?

12Exercise – Generating and sharing

ideas15 Exercise – Round up5 Evaluation – Think, Feel and Do?

Evaluation

As a result of this programme

what do/will you …

Think, Feel and Do?12

As a result of this learning programme

“What do you THINK?”

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As a result of this learning programme

“What do you FEEL?”x

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As a result of this learning programme

“What will you DO?”

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