Bushfield on the leading edge of Learning Power
"All skills will become obsolete except one, the skill of being able to make the right response to situations that are outside the scope of what you were taught in school. We need to produce people who know how to act when they are faced with situations for which they were not specifically prepared."
Seymour Papert, 1998
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As we explained in Bushfield’s Approach to Learning, we are teaching pupils to "learn how to learn" — preparing them to be effective learners in all arenas of life.
The approach we use for this is called Building Learning Power:
Building Learning Power is about:
Helping young people become better learners
Preparing young people for a lifetime of learning
BLP is based on:
An extensive body of research into learning and the brain
Practical trials in schools across the country
In Nov. 2009, the school was commissioned a two day "Learning Review" by TLO, the company that teaches BLP nationally, reviewing progress since we started embedding BLP in our teaching in March 2009.
We are delighted to share the conclusions of that report:
"The school has made outstanding progress in a short length of time [...] The progress of both teachers and pupils was impressive to observe and represents the most profound change I have recorded to date.
The school’s commitment to infusing the principles and practice of building pupils’ learning capacities was observable in all lessons, in teacher planning, in teacher talk, and in pupils’ perceptions of learning.
The school has become a model of growing learning power practice and has much to offer other schools embarking on the journey." |
Congratulations are due to all staff and students. This is an encouraging milestone of course — but along with a global network of schools evolving for the 21st Century, we aren't resting on any laurels, and continue to innovate and embed this in all aspects of the school's life.
Coupled with our status as an Investor in People (how engaged and happy staff are), and our Sports, Arts and Healthy Schools status, this makes the school a great place to learn — for both staff and pupils!
"The test of successful education is not the amount of knowledge that pupils take away from school, but their appetite to know and their capacity to learn."
Sir Richard Livingstone, 1941
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