Blenheim High School

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• Yesterdays solutions will not solve todays
  problems or prepare our students for tomorrows

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L2
A Learn to Learn programme

• How the brain works
• A healthy brain
• The learning environment
• Motivation
• Characteristics of successful people
• Learning tools
• Learning as a team

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All great learners share the same attributes
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Does your child ever ..

• Give up easily?
• Tell you theyre stuck?
• Go along with the crowd?
• Can only see one point of view?
• Keep making the same mistakes?

• Resilient
• Resourceful
• Responsible
• Reasoning
• Reflective

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Resourceful

• When faced with a problem I try to work things
  out for myself
• I learn in lots of different ways
• I am prepared to seek help if necessary

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Resilience

• When I do something I never give up
• I can cope with set backs
• If I want to improve at something, I practise
  until I get better

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Responsible

• I always keep to deadlines
• I am able to prioritise the most important things
  first
• I dont go along with others if I think what they
  are doing is wrong

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Reasoning

• I can spot similarities and differences straight
  away
• I always think around a problem and come up with
  my own method of tackling it
• I am good at expressing myself and explaining my
  thinking

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Reflective

• I always try to see things from someone elses
  point of view
• When I make mistakes I make sure that I learn
  from them
• I rarely let my mood get in the way of how I go
  about things

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6 Steps to Support Learning
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1. Use the lessons from Sport

• All sports achievers have an overwhelming desire
  to succeed
• They learn to visualise their goal
• They have a positive attitude towards mistakes,
  they call them practice.

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2. Help them to be resourceful when stuck - 5Bs

• Brain
• Buddy
• Boss
• Book
• Blog

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3. Transform text into

• Pictures
• Mind maps
• Speech and sound effects
• Web pages
• Presentations
• Posters
• Rhymes

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4. Discuss their learning daily

• Discuss learning at home

Recall is dramatically improved with
regular review.
Within 24 hours of a lesson upwards of 80 of the
material covered is lost unless reviewed
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5. Model learning for your children

• Are you taking a qualification?
• Are you learning a new skill?
• What do you do when things go wrong?
• Where could you apply the 5Rs at home?

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6. Consider your childs learningenvironment

• Is it well ventilated?
• Are the lighting levels appropriate?
• Is there water available?
• How does your child like to sit when learning?
• Are there distractions e.g. tv, radio and music?

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Homework
Panic!
Friction
Deadlines..
Help!!!
Information not written in planner
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Extended Learning Activities (ELAs)

• Why has homework changed?
• What are Extended Learning Activities?
• What can parents/carers do to help?

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Extended Learning Activities (ELAs)
Why has homework changed?
Examination and coursework requirements have
changed considerably meeting deadlines and
applying knowledge and skills to unfamiliar
situations are increasingly important. Why wait
until GCSEs to develop these areas?
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Extended Learning Activities (ELAs)

• What are (ELAs)
• tasks set by class teachers over a longer period
  of time than traditional homework
• often require classroom skills/knowledge to be
  applied to new situations
• often include a degree of choice, encouraging
  independent learning
• Available at least half a term in advance from
  the schools virtual learning environment
• www.e-blenheim.org.uk

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Extended Learning Activities (ELAs)

• Aims
• to encourage students to develop the skills,
  confidence and motivation to study effectively on
  their own
• to extend students learning
• to sustain the involvement of parents/carers in
  their childrens learning
• to help students manage their time
• to broaden students understanding of the
  curriculum

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Extended Learning Activities (ELAs)

• How can parents/carers help?
• discuss any current extended learning activities
  with your child when they are set by staff
• make sure they are clear about what is expected,
  and encourage them to speak to their subject
  teacher if they are not
• encourage your child to spend a fixed amount of
  time on these tasks each day the recommendation
  is between one hour and an hour and a quarter
  (total)

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Extended Learning Activities (ELAs)
How can parents/carers help?

• provide students with a quiet place to study,
  away from distractions such as television and
  MSN!
• monitor interim and final deadlines to ensure
  your child is successful in meeting deadlines
• take them to the library if more information is
  needed, and help them search the internet
  sensibly
• resist the temptation to do the work for them!

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• www.e-blenheim.org.uk

(Paper copies of all tasks available from school
if needed, or students can print in IT rooms)
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• www.e-blenheim.org.uk

(Paper copies of all tasks available from school
if needed, or students can print in IT rooms)