VIEW FROM THE CLASSROOM
It’s not only children who need to learn to share
Tell us about your school Pheasey Park Farm Primary School and Early Years Centre is part of the Elston Hall Learning Trust group of schools. We are a three-form entry school (catering for ages 0 – 11 years) situated in the heart of a pleasant residential area on the edge of Birmingham, close to Beacon Regional Park. We were formed as a result of the amalgamation of two schools. The school gained grant-maintained status on 1st September 1996. Since 1st September 1999 this changed to Foundation Status and in February 2020 the School became part of Elston Hall Multi Academy Trust. We have 648 children on roll, with 23 percent
from disadvantaged backgrounds. Just nine percent have English as an Additional Language, and 11 per cent require SEN support. In terms of ethnicity, 25 percent of our children come from Panjabi, Chinese, Bulgarian and Polish families. Our vision is to develop a learning community
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n this month’s ever popular View from the classroom, we’re delighted to speak to Sally
Lanni, executive leader of Pheasey Park Farm primary and Early Years Centre, part of Elston Hall Multi Academy Trust in Wolverhampton. Talking about the power of schools working together, Sally explains that it’s not just the children who have to learn to share!
where all children enthusiastically participate, excel and are proud of their achievements across the curriculum. We aim for our pupils to experience a wide breadth of study and have, by the end of each key stage, long term memory of an ambitious body of procedural and semantic knowledge.
You are an EdTech demonstrator school, what does that mean? We have used EdTech successfully to make
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improvements to pupils’ learning and outcomes. This has been recognised by the DfE. For the second year running we have been awarded the prestigious title of being one of just 43 Department for Education (DfE) EdTech Demonstrator Schools. Demonstrator schools and colleges are a
network of the 43 best schools in the country who have demonstrated the highest quality management of their technology investment and infrastructure. As an ‘EdTech Demonstrator School’, we are given additional government funding to help other schools and colleges reach the same level of excellence. It’s all about schools sharing experiences, ideas and best practice. This second year of support is aimed at helping schools and colleges across the country access training and advice on the use of technology for both remote and classroom teaching during and after the coronavirus pandemic.
How is the DfE’s demonstrator school initiative working? The initiative is working really well because schools are beginning to realise that this is the way forward. We supported over 100 schools last year and anticipate supporting another 200 this year. Technology is a significant investment and
unless the right strategy is in place for each individual school, a lot of money can be wasted, and children’s learning potential reduced. Having
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