How does Your Child Learn? Skills Progression and Development

Skills Progression and Development Aims To look at how children’s learning develops throughout the stages To explore different learning strategies and techniques To focus on the need for progression of skills

Why Active Learning? “Tell me and I’ll forget. Show me and I may not remember. Involve me and I’ll understand.” An Old Native American Proverb

What is Active Learning? Active learning occurs when pupils are given the opportunity to interact with the lesson – the ‘hands on approach’. The teacher acts as a facilitator for learning rather than dictating what the children do and how they do it. The children help to generate their own answers and how to find them.

What is Active Learning? Active learning comes in a variety of formats - Stations, Pair and Share, Walk About Talk About, Brainstorming. Active Learning – (Within the Atrium) Collaborative learning Reciprocal reading

Active Learning (Within the Atrium) Play based (experiential) approach to teaching and learning- multi-sensory Purposeful and meaningful Fun Collaborative Takes place in the Atrium and involves all Primary 1 and 2 classes Linked to topic within each class

Collaborative Learning The children get the chance to speak, share their own views and develop the skill of working with others. Requires group members to work together to complete a given task. Just because children are sitting in a group doesn’t mean they are working in a group.

Reciprocal Reading Reciprocal Reading allows the children to work together within a group; focusing on the 4 main reading strategies. PredictingQuestioning Clarifying Summarising Using these strategies in a Reciprocal Reading context has shown to improve children’s reading.

In Summary Challenges children’s thinking and allows them to experiment and experience for themselves (80% better retention). More cohesive approach to de-clutter curriculum and allow children to make meaningful links. Encourages lifelong learning as the children become more aware of how to learn.