Pilot Schools - a new approach
There are Springboard pilot programmes running in four schools at present:
- Bar Hill Community Primary School, Cambridgeshire
- Marown School, Isle of Man
- The Vine School, Cambridgeshire
...and a Home Education Group meets regularly to follow the programme.
An evaluation of the programme at two of the current pilots is being undertaken by Manchester University, and the summary of their first report was music to the ears of the teachers and headteachers involved!
The summary of their second year report shows the important progress made by the teachers and children in the last year.
We are keen to hear from other schools who may be interested in running a pilot.
Materials and support
All Pilot Schools will be provided with support, materials and partner links with schools and groups abroad. Materials include:
- A Teacher Handbook with step-by-step guidelines to topics presented:
- Childrens’ topic worksheets
- A Resource Handbook containing cross-curricular worksheets for differentiation and extension
- CDs with songs and conversations
- Card games for children to play
- Stickers to encourage each of the four learning skills:
and knowledge about language assessment sheets linked to language ‘Can do’ statements - Copies of Wise Owl Grammar! Book one – nouns, together with worksheets and a Teacher's Guide
- Sets of plays for children
- Copies of Fun with word-builders booklet, for creative word building, together with a Teacher's Guide
- Posters
- Copies of Usbourne's First Thousand Words in Esperanto and activity cards
Twilight and weekend INSET training, classroom teaching and support will be available from a qualified teacher and competent Esperanto-speaker.
Completed pilots
The Springboard programme was also piloted in 2007/8 at:- Scorton C of E School in Lancashire
- Bolton Primary School in Cumbria