philippawhitford&davidwhite

7/8 Learning Neighbourhood trial**
 * Philippa Whitford, David White, Lucy Armstrong and Chris Musk, Crusoe College

This TPL project was a very practical project, and to develop a clear picture it would be very beneficial to speak to members of this team at Crusoe College. A Year 7 and 8 Learning Neighbourhood was set up to represent as closely as possible the Learning Neighbourhoods that will exist in the new schools. This included setting up a physical space as close as possible to the Learning Neighbourhood design for BEP with two double classrooms, a shared staff office space, a breakout room for students and (some) student lockers inside the learning space. The team of English, Humanities, Maths and Science teachers took individual and collective responsibility for the cohort of 7/8 students, including acting as Advisors and taking responsibility for student management using restorative practices. The team had shared planning time so that they could develop and trial curriculum exemplars, such as a Transdisciplinary Inquiry unit called //“Changing Technology”//. Also a trial of a Volume/Area problem-based learning unit in Maths/English, involving the oral presentation of a Maths problem as the Performance of Understanding. The team ran Focused Learning workshops to teach specific skills and content by flexibly grouping students according to their need.


 * TPL Knowledge Bank Report**


 * Exemplars sourced/developed by team for the Transdisciplinary Unit:**

Student work sample 1 Student work sample 2
 * Exemplars developed by team for the Maths/English Performance of Understanding:**

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