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SHINE guiding principles for a creative Saturday-school curriculum

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Description

SHINE specifies guiding principles that host schools use to design their own Saturday curriculum: a core focus on literacy and numeracy around a termly theme; opportunities to revisit areas of struggle and extend beyond weekday subjects; hands-on project work and enrichment applying learning to real-world contexts; curricular flexibility for trips and visits to re-engage demotivated pupils; and "an emphasis on investigative and collaborative learning and research projects which encourage problem solving and independent learning". The pattern structures a 25-week enrichment-oriented catch-up programme.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

  • A termly theme chosen by the school linking literacy and numeracy work
  • Educational visits connected to the theme and a subject area, funded from a dedicated budget
  • Medium-term planning demonstrating how learning links between Saturdays

Constraints

  • Schools, not SHINE, design the specific curriculum, so implementation varies by host school

Target Learners

  • underachieving Year 7 pupils in the transition year of secondary school

Learning Goals

  • literacy and numeracy consolidation
  • problem solving and independent learning
  • engagement and motivation

Claims

  • Shine In Secondaries Programme

Examples

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Key Sources

  • Victoria Menzies, Clare Collyer, Dimitra Kokotsaki, Catherine Hewitt, Kirsty Younger, Andy Wiggins and Carole Torgerson. (2015). SHINE in Secondaries: Evaluation report and Executive summary. Education Endowment Foundation. https://www.educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk
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title SHINE guiding principles for a creative Saturday-school curriculum
description SHINE specifies guiding principles that host schools use to design their own Saturday curriculum: a core focus on literacy and numeracy around a termly theme; opportunities to revisit areas of struggle and extend beyo...
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