Building Learning Power at Holy Redeemer
At Holy Redeemer we plan and teach an enquiry based creative curriculum that captures our pupils’ interests and imagination, making links between different areas of their learning. Through consultation with pupils, staff and parents, we have designed our own Holy Redeemer Curriculum Values, which will provide the warp through which we weave the content of the National Curriculum, to provide a rich and colourful tapestry of learning for our pupils. A key element of our curriculum is teaching children the transferable learning skills that can be applied throughout their lives. We do this though our School interpretation of Guy Claxton’s Building Learning Power, where pupils learn about the 6 Rs that will help them to become better learners (resilience, responsibility, reciprocity, resourcefulness, reflectiveness and readiness). Lower down the school the children are introduced to the elements of the 6 Rs through characters that we have developed.
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Here is a Powerpoint to explain Building Learning Power, within the context of our school. It breaks each of the 6 Rs down into their component characteristics.
For our younger children we broke these learning behaviours down and worked together to create characters that the children could try to be like (wonderfully brought to life by Mrs Breakwell). Hover over each image to find out the name of the character and the learning characteristic that they are helping the children to develop.
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- I Know Rhino: I use what I know to help me learn new things.
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- Choosing Chimp: I can choose differnt ways to do things.
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- Exploring Elephant: I explore new learning.
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- Creative Chameleon: I have my own ideas.
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- Concentrating Crocodile: I join in and concentrate on my learning.
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- Collaborative Cats: I can work with others, including with a partner or in a group.
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- Persevering Parrot: I keep trying, even when something is a challenge.
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- Proud Peacock: I am proud of what I achieve.
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- Ready Rabbit: I am ready to learn.
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- Slinky Linky Snake: I can make links with my learning.
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- Target Setting Tortoise: I can use my targets to help me improve.
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- Go for it Gorilla: I will have a go at something new.
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- Organised Owl: I can organise myself and my belongings.
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- Listening Lion: I listen to my teachers and to others in my class.
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- Independent Iguana: I can work by myself and make good choices.
How the Characters Link to the 6Rs
