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CORE Education Tr
rust is short for ‘turnaro
CORE Education Trust is short-listed for ‘turnaround’
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award after schoolsrd e rated ‘Good’
A trust which runs two schools that have undergone a phenomenal transformation has been short-listed for an award.
CORE Education Trust was established in
March 2015 and runs Nansen Primary School and Rockwood Academy in Alum Rock, Birmingham. InMarch 2016 both schools were removed from special measures and rated as ‘Good’ by education watchdog Ofsted. For Nansen Primary, it was its best rating in its entire 90-year history. The turnaround has seen the Trust and school win praise from political and education chiefs, including National Schools Commissioner Sir David Carter and Chief Inspector of Schools Si r MichaelWilshaw.
It has now been short-listed in the Institute For Turnaround (IFT) Annual Awards 2016.
IFT is the
leading professional body for accredited experts who drive step change in organisations of all types and the awards celebrate ‘exceptional performance’.
CORE Education Trust prides itself on its
innovative and pioneering partnerships with high profile external organisations in the arts, culture
The Lawn Tenni s and sports sectors.
Association, Birmingha m
Repertory Theatre, andMaverick TV are among the organisations it has developed partnerships with. These partnerships were described by Ofsted as “pioneering” when the schools were inspected inMarch.
The Trust, also based in Alum Rock, is led by CEO Adrian Packer, a proven and exceptional leader in the field of education whose expertise i s valued nation-wide .
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MATLAB Expo is attended by up to 1000 delegates from the UK STEMcommunity including major STEMemployers as diverse as Shell, the Royal Navy, BAE Systems,McLaren Applied er. This year the expo was held at Silverstone, 2016.
Northamptonshire on 5th October Technologies and Jaguar Land Rov
www.matlabexpo.com/uk ww Young eco-warriors love clean streets oung eco-warriors love clean streets
Primary schools across the country are invited to join a national clean-upmission, using the latest technology to helpmake the area around their school cleaner.
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Environmental reporting app, Love Clean Streets, was successfully used by Eco-Schools across England in July this year. The successful pilot study took place with 11 primary schools fromRochdale to Kent and has resulted in the Love Clean Streets Board committing to develop the app further for use within the curriculum. Teachers involved in the pilot study reported considerable learning skills and educational value across the curriculum, positivelymentioning benefits to Personal Social Health Economic, litter education, use of technology and demonstrating ryday lives, encouraging pupils
www Susannah Butcher, Eco- School leader at
Bapchild & Tonge School, said: “The children had a lot of fun taking part in the project. It was an excellent chance for us to do some real work in trying to combat the problemof litter in the school area.
“Pupils liked that they could take a picture, detail the problemand send it off themselves. They liked it evenmore when an overflowing bin outside the school was reported at lunchtime and b y end of school at 3.15 it had been e mptied! “This project highlighted a variety of local
environmental issues and raised questions with the children, which ensured they were fully engaged andmotivated by the task. Smart phones and tablets are big part of children’s lives, so showing themhow these can be used in a positive way made the lesson really enjoyable for them.”
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Calls for “new thinking” to close the UK STEM skills gap
Calls for “n ewthinking ” to clos e the UK STEMskills gap
A shortage of STEMskills is a major concern for the UK, and was addressed at the recent MATLAB Expo, one of the biggest annual gatherings of STEMprofessionals and academics in the UK
Speaking atMATLAB Expo, Dr. Kenny
Webster, Head of Learning Operations at the ScienceMuseum argued:
“The ScienceMuseum has an important job to do to inspire the STEMprofessionals of the future and start that interest and love of science and
technology from the earliest years.We need to help more people feel that science is for them and that’s a huge challenge needing creative partnerships between institutions like ours and the STEMindustry.”
Chris Hayhurst, consulting manager atMathWorks UK, said, “Engineering currently generates 27%of the total UK GDP but science, technology, engineering and maths skills are in desperately short supply.We need many more engineers, approximately double the number of graduates and apprentices, if the UK is to remain competitive in the global economy. A key focus should be how the STEMcurriculum could be enriched with more long term pro
ojject-based learning that
tackles real world business problems and demonstrates that STEMis at the heart of creativity and innovation.”
www.lovecleanstreets.com November 2016 2016
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