Our Year 8 leaders were tasked with a challenge: to create an activity that would help our Year 3 and 4 children get to know and understand better one of the eight key High Performance Learning attributes and characteristics.
Our Year 8 children - aka the HPL superheroes - did us proud!
You can read more about High Performance Learning below.
HPL Superheroes visit Years 3 and 4 at Westbourne House School from Westbourne House School on Vimeo.
High Performance Learning is now at Westbourne House
High Performance Learning (HPL) is a research-based teaching and learning approach, which sees all students as potential high performers who are not limited by 'ability'. The research by Professor Deborah Eyre shows that high performers in any field all have certain learning traits.
We can systematically teach students how to be great learners across all fields.
Our Deputy Head – Academic, Barbara Langford, said: “This is about good outcomes for all and enterprising learning. It encourages children to think about the world and how they can influence it and make a difference.
How we learn is broken down into eight strands; three behavioural (Empathy, Agile, Hard-Working) and five cognitive (Meta-thinking, Reasoning, Linking, Creative, Realising).
Much of our teaching has already focused on developing these learning characteristics, however, with the help of HPL this will be a more structured, whole school approach.
By using and practising these eight strands helps all of us understand how we learn. The great news is that everyone of whatever age can “grow their brain” and deliberate practice is the secret to excellence regardless of where you start. There is room at the top and everyone can do well.
HPL places emphasis on pupils taking responsibility for their learning. Great teaching and support from school and home are only part of the equation.
We want our pupils to become intellectually confident; taking intellectual risks, making mistakes and learning through them.
We will also be using big picture thinking, enabling pupils to make connections and links between subjects and allowing them to think creatively about their learning.
In short, we are educating all our pupils to be better learners for life, not just better at passing exams,” Mrs Langford added.
