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Exhall Grange is a 2-19 community maintained specialist school which meets the needs of children and young people with visual impairment, physical disabilities, complex medical needs and social and communication interaction difficulties.
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Year 11, 12 and 13 Pupils attended a Talk The Talk Workshop
Jan 2019
In readiness for their GCSE Spoken Language Examination Year 11, 12 and 13 GCSE English Language pupils attended a Talk the Talk workshop to bolster their confidence in public speaking. Pupils were encouraged to speak on a variety of topics and to practise confident communication skills with one another.
Congratulations to Alex Carvell and Lucie Shaw for achieving ‘Best Speaker of the Day’ and to Olivia Cockayne and Joe Rice for achieving ‘Most Improved Speaker of the day’. Well done! We are very proud of you! Good Luck to all pupils in their GCSE Spoken Language Examination!
Year 11 Visit Birmingham Symphony Hall for GCSE Poetry Live
Jan 2019
Year 11 GCSE English Literature pupils travelled to Birmingham to hear Simon Armitage, Oxford Professor of Poetry, read his collection of poems and poems from the AQA Power and Conflict cluster of poems which the pupils are studying. Gillian Clarke and Daljit Nagra were inspiring and read from their collection of poems. Carol Ann Duffy, Imtiaz Dharker and John Agard all gave the pupils valuable insights into the GCSE poems the pupils will be examined on in May, this year, when they sit their GCSE Literature examination. Poets responded to pupils’ questions and discussed how their poems connected to other poems in the Power and Conflict cluster.
Peter Buckroyd, chief examiner for GCSE Literature spoke about the two skills vital for success in the GCSE Examinations. The first session looked at how pupils might deal with unseen poems in the exam, both how to think about them and how to write for the best possible results. The second session looked at comparing poems and how to write effectively about them in the exam. All pupils commented on how valuable they had found the day to their revision of the poems.
NATIONAL AWARD WINNER – Tyler Inman
Jan 2019
We are very proud of Tyler Inman Year 7 who won a national award for being an inspiring young person. He collected his award at a huge awards event in London in January. Well done Tyler.
YOUR EMPLOYABILITY NEWSLETTER SEPT – DEC 18
We offer a mainstream curriculum and endeavour to break down barriers to learning. Through high quality teaching and personalised support, we aim to unlock the potential of every pupil so that they leave our school as well rounded citizens, ready to embrace the next step of their learning journey.
Our Vision
• That we strive to be an outstanding school that meets the complex needs of all our pupils and the communities they represent.
• That we constantly improve the quality of the learning outcomes for individuals by refining and refreshing our high quality teaching, reviewing our curriculum and by using assessment and targeting consistently and effectively.
• That all staff of the school, are committed to personal and shared development of skills that strengthen and support our strategic purpose and vision.
• That we remain open-minded as we seek to follow opportunities that strengthen our focus.
• That we maintain and develop self-evaluation and self reflection in ways that consistently focus on the best outcomes for individuals.
• That we undertake strategic planning that enables us to use our skills, expertise and ambitions to support all the pupils we work with.
