Entrant's address and contact details

School name:	Perth Academy
School/college address:	Murray Place Perth Tayside PH1 1NJ Scotland
School phone number:	01738 458000
Lead school:	Perth Academy
Partner schools:	Perth Grammar School Tulloch Primary School
Number of pupils in school(s) - male:	1125
Number of pupils in school(s) - female:	1125
Number of staff in school(s):	200

Our team leader and our team

Name	Position (e.g. Headteacher, parent, etc.)	Organisation
Mrs Audrey Smith	Teacher - Science & Biology	Perth Academy
Dr Fiona Stewart	Principal Teacher	Perth Grammar School
Ms Kerry Robb	Teacher - Science & ICT	Tulloch Primary School

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

The team and Rolls-Royce science idea evolved from the members' involvement in the Scottish Survey of Achievement 2007 which focused on science.

Audrey Smith

Teacher of biology/science to S1-6 and joint leader of the ASG (Associated Schools Group), LT Scotland. Actively promotes the more practical aspects of teaching and learning within the school. Team leader and key co-ordinator of project.

Fiona Stewart

Principal Teacher. Leads department in science resources and teaching styles towards a Curriculum for Excellence. Joint organiser, responsible for liaison with secondary schools.

Kerry Robb

McCrone teacher of science and ICT to Nursery-P7. Keen practitioner of active learning with experience of organising cross-schools events. Joint organiser, responsible for liaison with primary schools.

Our proposal

Topic area of proposal: Generic Issues - Teaching and learning

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

Project is aimed at P5 - S2 pupils:

• To promote enthusiasm and active learning through science.
• To share understanding and skills throughout local authority.
• To promote science as a life skill.
• To improve the ‘cool’ status of science.

By:

• Encouraging schools to set up science clubs to carry out science projects.
• Showcasing their experience at a local authority science fair.
• Involvement of local businesses and celebrity guest speaker at the event.

Pupil type to benefit: All

Age range to benefit from proposal: 11-16

Learning outcomes from our proposal: (50 words)

• To promote enthusiasm and interest in science.
• To further develop investigation and reporting skills for all abilities
• To celebrate achievement and share understanding of science.
• To extend collaboration, discussion and presentation skills.

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

Through staff and pupil discussions during field officer work on the Scottish Survey of Achievement we realised there was a need to encourage the confident undertaking of exciting and challenging practical science. We were also aware of the widely differing scientific and ICT opportunities pupils experience.

This project would address these needs while providing an opportunity to promote collaboration and sharing of knowledge and skills through out primary and secondary schools.

Consultation was taken with Roddy Renfrew, Science Co-ordinator for Perth and Kinross Council who has offered his full support.

Detailed description of our proposal: (300 words)

Lead science teachers will be sought through support from the local authority, contact with the local management groups and existing networks between secondary schools. These lead teachers in primary and secondary school will set up and run extra-curricular science clubs. Each club involved would receive an ideas pack including teaching and learning plans with support notes and relevant resources for 8 sessions' worth of projects. Support for the clubs will be provided by the core team members and encouraged between the project participants. This will be through a variety of visits, e-mails and phone calls.

Each science club will be invited to showcase their experiences and findings at a local authority science fair. The high profile Perth Concert Hall will be location for the event. Clubs will organise a display at the ‘Science Village’ through posters, PowerPoint, demonstrations etc. Local science-based industries and further education establishments will also be invited to give presentations or demonstrations. The wider community, parents, friends, staff, other pupils and members of the local authority will be invited to attend the celebration. The event will culminate in a competition for the clubs, the winners who have judged to have best achieved the pupil outcomes stated. An award will be given by a celebrity speaker, which will increase the profile of the event and of science within the authority.

During the event selected secondary pupils will perform the roll of Roving Reporters. They will interview/ photograph participants and members of the audience. This information will provide the basis for their celebration newsletter which will be shared after the event.

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)

Week 1-2

• Prepare ideas pack – research and collate plans
• Contact cluster school groups, networks/panel
• Inform Head Teachers

Week 3-4

• Book science fair location and guest speaker

Week 5-6

• Provide resource pack to set up clubs
• Schools to enter competition
• Set up support network between core team and participating teachers
• Organise visits to clubs
• Contact local science-based businesses and further educational establishments

Week 7-14

• Clubs running
• Support given throughout
• Clubs to design advertisement poster and invitation

Week 10

• Clubs to confirm attending numbers, projects to present, additional resources requires e.g. tables, power supply for laptops etc
• Travel arrangements booked

Week 15

• Advertisement to go out - e-mailed to schools and educational establishments, placed in local newspapers, displayed in public places e.g. library, concert hall
• Invitations sent to individuals
• Organise Roving Reporters

Week 20–21

• Finalise organisation of event

Week 22

• Hold science fair

Week 23-24

• Collate and evaluate feedback from clubs and science fair
• Disseminate findings and Roving Reporters’ newsletter to clubs and supporting businesses, establishments

Monitoring and evaluation

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

• School clubs are visited by a member of the core team
• E-mail updates and discussions to be disseminated throughout project participants' network
• Core team to ensure every club's entry to competition

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)

• Questionnaires for participants of school clubs and fair
• Questionnaire for judges
• Response of parents and media to event gathered by
• Roving Reporters
• Response to celebration newsletter

Budget

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

Budget Item	Cost (GBP)
8 x 1/2 day supply - visits @£200 / day	800
4 days supply - preparation of resources and planning of event	800
resources for ideas pack	1000
stationery, postage and mailshots	300
venue for event	1100
advertising	200
guest speaker	400
competition prizes	400
TOTAL	5000