pupil learning
“It is well established in cognitive science that learners always know something about the issue at hand and what they know is always their starting point for making sense.”
About Learning, Demos p12
The curriculum experience of many pupils is exam led, teacher directed and driven by high-stakes accountability. Instead, Leading Learning, like many teachers, school leaders and employers, want high standards without compromising on the skills relevant to life after school. We are working with teachers and pupils to develop learners who can think; are skilful and resilient; are engaged and enthused and who value and enjoy their curriculum experience.
Thinking Skills and Metacognition
Enquiry and Project Based Learning
Planning for progression of knowledge, skills and understanding in foundation subjects especially in Geography.
Challenge and Differentiation
We have been working with Benton Park Primary, an outstanding primary school in Newcastle in 2017/18. Staff are investigating, innovating and evaluating their curriculum throughout this academic year. We are working together to promote a cognitively challenging and engaging curriculum that promotes metacognition. In order to complement their current professional learning programme Leading Learning designed a residential event to immerse teachers in the principles and practicalities of Project Based Learning. We then work with staff each half term to provide practical strategies and theory, which they then try out and evaluate in the classroom.
