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Westbury Park Primary school in Bristol has an original approach to personalised learning. We follow a Year 5 class as the children create their own song, and a Year 1 class during the course of their three literacy lessons in pirate week . In collaboration with the University of Bristol's Effe...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | This edition in English. |
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[London] :
Teachers TV/UK Dept. of Education,
2007.
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| Series: | Education in video
Formative assessment and personalised learning |
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | Westbury Park Primary school in Bristol has an original approach to personalised learning. We follow a Year 5 class as the children create their own song, and a Year 1 class during the course of their three literacy lessons in pirate week . In collaboration with the University of Bristol's Effective Lifelong Learning Inventory project (ELLI), Westbury Park uses seven dimensions for effective teaching and learning: learning relationships, changing and learning, creativity, resilience, curiosity, meaning making and strategic awareness. Each dimension is linked to an animal to help the children understand and remember its meaning. At the start of each task the children identify which learning dimension or dimensions they will need to use to be successful. This process involves the children in a much more practical way. They are partners in their learning and we can see that they can identify ways in which they can improve their learning and make progress. Alan Rees, Headteacher. John Cabot CTC in Bristol is taking bold steps in making its students responsible for their own learning. In Year 7, students follow a competency curriculum aimed at developing cross-curricular skills that will make them effective learners throughout the rest of their school careers. In this programme we follow two teams of Year 7 students as they tackle different group design projects. A computer programme designed by teaching staff allows students to self-evaluate their own understanding of different curriculum areas. This information is immediately available to teachers, helping them to be more responsive to students needs in their teaching. Regular mentoring sessions help students to identify weak points in their academic performance. In Year 8, traditional homework has been replaced by a choice of longer term projects that allow students to use their creative skills to present their work. These initiatives and more are empowering students in their own learning. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed Mar. 5, 2012). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (59 min.). |