CIRCLE OF LEARNING

CIRCLE OF LEARNING
Community
Independent Learning
Reflective Learning
Can do Attitude
Learning to Learn
Enterprise and Employment
 COMMUNITY

Building form class spirit through activities/assemblies Life

Skills Programme
Team Spirit
Ethos sense of belonging and working together collectively
Global community through international mindedness
Curriculum International Fortnight
Charity work and alms giving
The Douay Way
 INDEPENDENT LEARNING
KS3 Homework Club
Publication of department skeletal schemes of work on internet
Role modelling KS3 author visits
Accelerated reader
Research and source skills workshops LRC
Project work
Collaborative homework
Research based homework
GCSE and A Level coursework
 REFLECTIVE LEARNING
Create a culture of reflection future orientated based on past performance and experiences
Build in opportunities to be reflective via a Reflective Journal
Greater link between formative assessment and summative assessment eg Reflect on Progress to
target grade half termly
Reflect on Progress to target grade half termly
Reflect on quality of academic responses
Link plenary to lesson objectives every lesson
Deep Learning Day Satisfaction Surveys
Inset Provision Satisfaction Surveys
Department workshops on key skills
Cross Curricular Analysis and Evaluation Skills workshops
Variety of peer led working parties based on research into pedagogic practice
 CAN DO ATTITUDE

Future orientated
Build in challenge for all
Aspirational target grades
Respect for the individual
Create/identify opportunities to succeed for self
Creativity and innovation
 LEARNING TO LEARN
Thinking Skills Deep Learning Days Yr 7 and 8
Gardners Learning Styles
Debonos Thinking Hats
Building Learning Power
Alistair Smiths Sensory learning VAKT
Study skills workshops
Revision workshops/Assemblies Raising Achievement Team
Model GCSE/A Level worked answers provision
Careers Day
UCAS Days
 ENTERPRISE and EMPLOYMENT

Enterprise Deep Learning Days KS3

BA Visits Yr 7 and 8
Yr 8 Creative Arts Deep Learning Day
Yr 8 CSI Problem solving Science Deep Learning Day
Yr 11 Careers Interview Day
UCAS Day
Connexions interviews
 HOLISTIC LEARNING

Department collaboration
Working in unison
Shared vision
The Douay Way
YOU AND THE CIRCLE OF LEARNING

Take a minute to share with the people sitting next

to you what tools, strategies, techniques you use in
the classroom to promote thinking, can do attitude,
independent learning etc -
CIRCLE OF LEARNING

What does your

department do currently
to be celebrated via the
CIRCLE OF LEARNING?
What further can your
department do to improve
learning and remove
barriers to learning?
SUMMARY OF TASKS TO DO THIS EVENING DEADLINE 7 OCT 2015

Proforma Deep Learning Days and Circle of Learning

Survey Monkey

Skeletal Schemes of Work for publication on the website

(end of week after half term)
EG SKELETAL SCHEME OF WORK TO BE PUBLISHED ON WEB PAGE
PROFORMA