Entrant's address and contact details

School name:	Belmont Primary
School/college address:	Lauderdale Drive Guisborough Cleveland TS14 7BS England
School phone number:	01287 635332
Number of pupils in school(s) - male:	150
Number of pupils in school(s) - female:	180
Number of staff in school(s):	25

Our team leader and our team

Name	Position (e.g. Headteacher, parent, etc.)	Organisation
Mrs June Coomber	Teacher and head of science	Belmont Primary
Mr Dave Wells	Teacher and head of design and technology	Belmont Primary
Mr Graham Plant	Apprenticeships Business Development Consultant	The Technical Training Group
Mr Andy Cooper	Parent governor, engineer and marketing manager	Belmont primary
Mrs Mary Walker	teacher and head of special educational needs	Belmont Primary

The key skills, strengths and roles of each team member are: (200 words)

June Coomber
Y5/6 teacher, subject leader for science in and beyond the classroom. She is passionate about bringing science to life, committed to providing innovative and creative ways for all pupils to learn science through hands-on real experiences.

David Wells
Class teacher, head of design and technology, teacher governor and safety officer. Dave will play a vital role in supporting pupils in the design and making processes of the project.

Graham Plant
Apprenticeship consultant with TTE. Graham has extensive experience in working with and training young people for industry. He will be integral to the management of the project, provide expert industrial knowledge and the off-site workshop facilities during the making process that are all fundamental to the project. He will be one of the driving and motivating forces and is committed to the success of the project.

Andy Cooper
Parent, governor and engineer, he has expertise in marketing and sales. He will help with the project, lease/organise parent helpers and provide regular feedback to board of governors.

Mary Walker
Class teacher, manages all aspects of special needs and is trained in how underperforming children learn. She will ensure that the project is accessible to all learners across the school.

Our proposal

Topic area of proposal: Generic Issues - Links with external organisations

Briefly, the aim of our proposal is: (50 words)

To establish an ongoing industry linked programme of study beginning with the building of a wind–powered weather station. It will provide information about air temperature, sunlight hours, rainfall, wind speed etc.

Pupils will be involved in the design, the winning design will be refined using computer-aided design software. The manufacturing processes will be carried out by older pupils, off-site, using locally based manufacturing workshops and tools under expert supervision. Creative use of the weather stations information will be incorporated into the school’s curriculum.

In addition the station will be made available to our cluster group of schools.

Pupil type to benefit: All

Age range to benefit from proposal: 3-11

Learning outcomes from our proposal: (50 words)

• An ongoing programme providing first-hand experiences of making purposeful devices within a manufacturing and engineering environment.
• Meaningful learning experiences impacting on pupils’ perceptions of industry.
• Practical scientific problem-solving skills improved, the creation of learning facilities for the future.

Our reasons for developing this particular proposal: (100 words)

Within the community there is a worrying decline in the uptake of industrial apprenticeships, considered to be a result of young people’s perceptions of this type of work. During recent consultations with training agents it was agreed that the establishment of an ongoing school-industry partnership aimed at introducing primary pupils to the reality of industrial processes would provide stimulating and inspirational learning experiences and deepen understanding of the nature of industry. The project supports the school’s focus on raising achievement in science and in particular boys’ achievement, through creative practical-based experiences, in line with research on how boys learn.

Detailed description of our proposal: (300 words)

Following discussion with a local industrial training firm we are proposing to:

• Establish a regular short–term programme of study that applies the learning of science through manufacturing and engineering projects.
• The first stage of the programme is to build a self–powered weather station with features such as outdoor sensors to provide an array of weather data including temperature, humidity, pressure, sunlight, rainfall, wind speed and direction. The information will be also be recorded by a built in datalogger, connected to a PC console, and use TFA-type software for the downloading and storing of data for further analysis.
• Pupils will be involved in the research of renewable energy, its role in powering small scale devices, the purpose of weather stations and the benefits of analysis of the information.
• All children will submit design posters for a wind-powered weather station. Mr Plant will judge the entries and the winning design will be used for the manufacturing process.
• Pupils will work with Mr Plant’s team in the firm\'s workshops to manufacture working models of wind turbines and outdoor sensors and other features.
• A small-scale commercially produced wind turbine will be used, for safety and legal reasons, in the end product to be erected within the school grounds by pupils, Mr Plant’s team and teachers.
• Weather station learning experiences will be embedded into the curriculum and teachers will receive training to ensure its potential is maximised.
• Information gathered will be used in a variety of ways and across all ages, to enhance pupils’ learning experiences in and beyond the classroom.
• The weather station and its information will be made available to local schools through onsite visits and the school’s website, with purchasing options.

Putting our proposal into practice

Outline of how our team would implement our proposal over a period of not more than 24 weeks: (300 words, bulleted lists accepted)

Weeks 1-3

• Team meetings to clarify roles, objectives and review action plan.
• Survey of sample pupils and parents’ views.
• Parent visit to training workshops.
• Loco parentis forms out.
• Pupils’ research.
• Establish electronic diary.
• Children create design posters.

Weeks 4-5

• Competition judged, winners announced.
• Mr Plant’s presentation explaining the role of industry within the community and beyond and the various manufacturing and engineering processes.
• Purchase of manufacturing kits, computer software, datalogger etc.

Weeks 6-12

• Y6 pupils’ weekly visits to workshops, manufacturing components of weather station.
• Pupil manufacturing, marketing and PR teams established and cyclical rota agreed.
• Pupils establish marketing portfolio with the support of Andy Cooper.
• Cross-curricular learning experiences planned by teaching team members and embedded into school’s teaching and learning curriculum.

Weeks 13-14

• Ground preparation - reinforcement and stabilising of weather station platform.
• Organise and book press coverage for grand opening.
• Weather station erected.
• Staff training in use of weather station.

Weeks 15-17

• Weather station and computer linked up.
• Information from weather station posted on school website.
• Weather station opened to whole school.
• Class visits to weather station.

Weeks 18-20

• Children collecting, analysing information.
• Pupils interviewing Mr Plant, Andy Cooper, members of the working party and pupils from working teams.
• Sample survey of pupils’ and parents’ views.
• Pupils prepare smartboard presentation.

Week 21

• Pupil presentation of project to pupils, parents, governors and business partners.
• Project aims and success posted on school website.

Week 22

• Grand opening.

Weeks 23-24

• Team meeting to develop next project and action plan.
• Pupil evaluation.
• Invitations to local schools to visit the weather station and pupil presentation.

Monitoring and evaluation

The monitoring procedures we will use during the project are: (200 words, bulleted lists accepted)

• Weekly site meetings with Mr Plant and team group to manage funding and schedule.
• Monthly expenditure audit with Andy Cooper who will lease and update governing body.
• Two parent meetings to monitor progress.
• Pupil recordings in electronic diary – research, pictures, videos, interviews and comments.
• Pupil PR team’s monthly reports to school council and governing body.
• Regular self-assessment by pupils of new knowledge and skills learned.
• Monthly teacher assessment of pupils’ progress.
• Monthly meetings with teaching team members to review progress.
• An overall evaluation of the project on completion.

The evaluation procedures we will use at the end of the 25 weeks to check the effectiveness of our project are: (200 words, bulleted lists accepted)

Full pupil and parent surveys to obtain their opinions of:

• The outcomes of the projects.
• The management of the project.
• The impact it has had on pupils’ learning experiences.
• The impact the project has had on Y6 pupils’ perceptions of industry and future career choices.

Governors will be surveyed to ascertain their opinions on the success of the project and its management.

Teachers will:

• Assess the impact on stimulating and motivating children’s learning and subsequent achievements in science and design and technology, and particularly boys’ learning.
• Evaluate the success of the planned learning experiences in providing enriched creative learning experiences, their accessibility for less able learners and the challenge provided for gifted and talented learners.
• Evaluate and review the training provided and make recommendations if necessary.
• The working party will evaluate the success of the project in terms of time, expenditure and impact.
• Visiting schools will be asked to complete an evaluation comment sheet in terms of their opinion of the project and whether they propose to use the weather station.
• Website feedback comments will be collated, analysed and used to inform the working party’s evaluation.

Budget

Itemised costs of putting your proposal into practice within a maximum budget of £5,000 or equivalent in Euros:

Budget Item	Cost (GBP)
Supply cover	500
Pupil transport costs	1600
Manufacturing kits	800
‘Rutland 913’ wind turbine	479
Regulators and Invertors	130
Ground preparation, structural support materials and labour	450
Outdoor sensors, weather station – computer linking cables and hardware	350
TFE software with school licence	350
Staff training	280
TOTAL	4939