Skills that Matter (Bespoke - Willenhall School)
"This program really helps our pupils to become better learners to improve their social skills"
"The pupils feel important because they are talking about themselves and how they can influence their own improvement"
The program is easy to manage and supports the assessment for learning process. It reduces the time needed for recording and analysing crucial learning information and clearly identifies strengths and weaknesses in individual pupil's learning and the learning of groups of pupils through easy to understand graphs and tables.
The New QCA PLTS curriculum includes six areas providing essential building blocks that enable pupils to learn key life skills. It helps to prepare them for the demands in the 21st century and provides them with work placed skills that industry tells us are lacking in our young people.
The six learning Criteria:
- Creative Thinkers ~ imagination and analysis
- Self Managers ~ motivation and management of time and self
- Independent Enquirers ~ planning how to learn best and independently
- Team Workers ~ co-operative skills. Leadership and team work
- Reflective Learners ~ understanding what it is that makes a good learner
- Effective participants ~ interested in solving problems and contributing
Each aspect is measured out of 10. Analysis shows variations from subject to subject or aspect to aspect. This is used to identify where pupils are successful or where they need to make improvements. It shows if there are strengths in the way teachers approach their teaching or in the way pupils respond to particular styles. All of this information is used to help to improve both teaching and learning.
The program will enable the school to:
- Identify a pupil's personal approach to learning.
- Measure this against academic targets set in I..2..Achievement.
- Identify strengths in teaching by subject and the six aspects.
- Provide valuable information for self-evaluation with factors that affect pupils' learning and personal development.
- Track different groups of pupils, such as by gender, ethnicity and ability.
- Create Reports on how well pupils learn.
- Ensure a valuable link with parents and the school community to create a shared vision and an improved ethos for the school.