Transition Case Studies
Bro Gwaun Family of Schools: A Thinking Skills Toolkit
Project overview
Compilation of a folder of strategies and materials to support thinking skills in the classroom. Head Teachers from ‘Family’ of schools attended County Inset on Thinking Skills in 2006 and agreed to look at a number of thinking strategies. They subsequently held an Inset day for all the staff of their schools, with an outside speaker who developed further the approaches to use of thinking skills. Selected colleagues then met to produce a bilingual folder detailing a number of strategies, with accompanying materials for use in the classroom.
Schools involved
Ysgol Bro Gwaun, Fishguard and its 9 feeder schools (Bro Ingli, Ger y Llan Letterston, Glannau Gwaun Fishguard, Goodwick, Holy Name Fishguard (RC), Llanychllwydog, Mathry, Puncheston, Wolfscastle)
Medium
Bilingual
Context
Ysgol Bro Gwaun is an 11 – 18 Comprehensive School of approximately 700 pupils situated in Fishguard and drawing on 8 feeder schools, mostly Category A or A/B. Many of the pupils come from English-speaking backgrounds. Five or six subjects in the curriculum are taught to some sets through the medium of Welsh.
Key contact(s)
Sian Bowen, Assistant Head Teacher, Ysgol Bro Gwaun, Heol Dyfed, Fishguard SA65 9DT 01348 872268
Sbowen@yuabergwaun.co.uk
Judy Griffiths, Head Teacher, Mathry Church in Wales VC School, Mathry, Haverfordwest SA62 5HA 01348 831452
Head.mathry@pembrokeshire.gov.uk
Resources
3a. Bro Gwaun Powerpoint1
4a. Bro Gwaun Powerpoint2
5a. Bro Gwaun rationale
6a. Bro Gwaun THUNKS
FAQs
Acknowledgements
Materials developed based on the work of Andy Hind and Simon Cooper-Hind who both generously provided copies of their presentations from their Inset in Pembrokeshire.