The Black Country Challenge will include a number of activities designed to support schools in sharing effective practice and learning from each other.

The first activity to get underway is the production of a series of ‘Butterflies’ publications building on an idea from the London Challenge. The butterfly effect is ‘a very small change in the conditions of a system which makes a significant difference to its outcome’.

These publications air a collection of examples of small changes teachers or school leaders have made in various aspects of teaching and learning that have had positive effects in their schools.

We want to try and capture anything, in whatever area of the curriculum, or outside it that will highlight where teachers across the Black Country have promoted the positive aspects of what it means to be a young person in the Black Country. We want to, with our publication, send out the message that there are many opportunities open to young people and that they with the help of teachers across the Black Country are taking up those opportunities and challenges with great positivity. It would be great if the publication acted as an inspiration for both children and teachers alike.
 

Butterflys book
The first of these publications has been produced in partnership with the Black Country Creative Partnerships team and focuses on creativity and creative practices.. Click here to view.
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