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St Hughs Middle School Developing brilliant learners What is Take One? How will Middle School be working this term? How can I help? Teach children WHAT to think and you limit them to your ideas. Teach children HOW
‘Teach children WHAT to think and you limit them to your ideas. Teach children HOW to think and their ideas are UNLIMITED!’ Sandra Parks
"The one real goal of education is to leave a person asking questions." - MAX BEERHOHM, British Critic, Essayist, and Caricaturist
Thinking is skilled work. It is not true that we are naturally endowed with the ability to think clearly and logically –without learning how, or without practising.’ AlfredMander
‘If parents want to give their children a gift, the best thing they can do is to teach their children to love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort, and keep on
a lifelong way to build and repair their own confidence.’ Carol Dweck
Teacher role and attitude Blooms Taxonomy Language of Learning AfL Learning Partners and Groups Questioning Resources (ICT) Classroom layout Thinking and learning culture and language Linked to characters which are introduced in Pre-Prep Termly thinking and learning days
Joint Year 3 and 4 project in conjunction with the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford
initiative to include artefacts as well as pieces of art. "The important thing is not to stop questioning."
"He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever." - CHINESE PROVERB
3 mornings off timetable at the start of term –
Three weeks working on a similar theme within forms –
3TF – Fact file of India, Hinduism, Taj Mahal 3FC – Fact file of India, Hinduism, Taj Mahal 4JG – Location of India, Symbolism, Festivals and Food 4ER –
Location of India, Symbolism, Indian food and Festivals
Independent learning project –
target setting systems
Facilitated workshops –
Exhibition –