14-19 Network Education and Learning Opportunities / Addysg Service Poverty
Current Challenges
What Can Be Done?
Where To Go?
Curriculum and Teaching Tailor the curriculum specifically to the Schools that are ‘learning organisations’ and needs of the pupils and consider flexible prioritise classroom experiences and learning approaches to teaching methods. rather than teaching have been found to be successful in reducing the gaps in educational attainment caused by poverty.
14-19 Learning Peacehaven Community School
Curriculum and Teaching Cultural opportunities provide many benefits which can increase childhood resilience. Those who grow up in poverty have fewer recreational, social and cultural opportunities.
Provide cultural opportunities that pupils would otherwise not have access to (sport, art and other activities)
Enhancing pupil learning on museum visits (TL_MUSEUMS)
Homework Policies Children from more advantaged backgrounds enjoy considerable out of school support in overcoming their problems that their disadvantaged peers do not receive. The latter are almost totally dependent on out-of-school homework clubs if they are to access such support.
Develop guidance on homework policies that take account of the difficult situation faced by children experiencing poverty and the support that can be made available to them.
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/management/ atoz/h/homework/ Homework Policies