Personalised Learning at St John Baptist Primary School

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Personalised Learning at St John Baptist Primary
School
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What is personalised learning?

• Putting citizens at the centre of public
  services, where they can have a voice about the
  design and improvement of the organisations that
  serve them
• Tailoring education to meet the individual needs
  and interests of the children to unlock their
  full potential.
• High expectations of every child, given
  practical form by high quality teaching based on
  a sound knowledge and understanding of each
  childs needs. It is not individualised learning
  where pupils sit alone. Nor is it pupils left to
  their own devices-which too often reinforces low
  aspirations. It means shaping teaching around the
  way different youngsters learn it means taking
  the care to nurture the unique talents of every
  pupil
• David Milliband 2004

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Key Components

• Assessment for learning
• Effective Teaching and Learning Strategies
• Curriculum Entitlement and Choice
• School Organisation
• Strong Partnership Beyond the School

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Assessment for Learning

• Knowing the strengths and weaknesses of
  individual children
• Provide structured feedback to children and plan
  lessons according to needs
• Agree individual learning targets with children
• Give clear feedback of how to raise attainment
  giving clarity on what needs to improve and how
  to do it.
• Make clear links between student learning and
  lesson planning

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Effective Teaching and Learning Strategies

• Develop the confidence of every learner by
  actively engaging and stretching them
• Teachers use their expertise to deliver a range
  of key skills in different situations to transmit
  knowledge.
• Accommodate different paces of learning, to
  accommodate individuals.
• Set realistic learning challenges that assist
  children to take control of their own learning.
• Allowing the children to evaluate their own
  learning outcomes.
• Then, structuring lessons according to how the
  children can learn effectively.

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Curriculum Entitlement and Choice

• Offering a rich and creative curriculum
• Create enthusiasm by giving children the
  opportunity to explore areas of the curriculum in
  greater depth, such as arts and book weeks.
• Teaching children how to enquire when learning
  and have a choice in what they are taught.

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School Organisation

• School leaders and teachers need to think
  creatively about their organisation, so as to
  support pupil performance and welfare.
• Giving staff increased planning, preparation and
  assessment time.
• Using ICT to provide materials that can extend
  school outside normal hours.
• Creating environments that allow children to
  flourish as individuals.

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Strong Partnership Beyond the School

• Will remove barriers to learning and support
  pupils well-being.
• Parents and carers being closely involved with
  their childrens learning will improve behaviour
  and attendance.
• Making strong links with local community
  institutions, including social and health care
  services.

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At St Johns Assessment for Learning

• Pride ourselves on respecting the learning
  styles of each child
• Agree individual learning targets with our
  children.
• Provide constructive feedback for moving on.
• Build conferencing into lessons to monitor
  attainment.
• Support staff receiving INSET on assessment

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St Johns Effective Teaching and Learning

• To stretch each learner Targeting the more
  able.
• Staff members with specialisms giving inset to
  rest of teaching staff.
• Setting realistic challenges for pupils, that
  they feel they can aspire to.
• Learning outcomes children can reflect, and
  comment on learning experiences.

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St Johns Curriculum Entitlement and Choice

• Development of an irresistible new curriculum.
• Asking children what they like to learn about and
  how.
• Children looking to explore curriculum areas in
  greater depth.
• Children having a greater element of choice to
  what they study and how they do so.
• School council allows pupils to use their voice
  and make choices.

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St Johns School Organisation

• Teaching staff given quality non-contact time to
  plan quality lessons.
• Regular observations to monitor good practice and
  support each other.
• Using ICT to develop pupil portfolios
• Individualised learning is tailored to St Johns
  ethos.

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St Johns Strong Partnerships Beyond the School

• Academic review days have created stronger
  partnerships with parents.
• Different drop in sessions, such as lone parent
  coffee morning.
• eDemocracy project children becoming aware of
  democratic process.
• Strong links with feeder schools
• Other local community projects such as Greenvale
  and Ravensbourne

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To Conclude

• Work in progress
• Exciting time to be involved in education
• Thanks for your time!