VISIBLE LEARNING

As a YOUNG NORTH CHALLENGE TAKER I want to have a go, not give up and try new things.

  • I am resilient.

  • I persevere.

  • I take risks and learn from my mistakes

  • I set challenging goals to extend my learning

  • I bounce back

  • I try new strategies

Setting challenging goals and working productively towards them has a positive effect on learning outcomes

Everyone has the right to feel a sense of accomplishment and fulfilment achieved by meeting challenges.

Making mistakes is critical to learning new things.

Taking a risk puts you in a situation where you can develop new skills and find new tools/resources that you might not have thought about before.

You are challenging yourself to become the best you can be, and to get the best out of life

As a YOUNG NORTH THINKER I am a curious, engaged and motivated learner.

  • I reflect on my learning

  • I am inquisitive

  • I ask meaningful questions

  • I make connections to previous learning

  • I develop and organise information to develop my understanding

  • I use the language of learning

We want students to be more than unquestioning, passive receivers of information.

We want them to see the awe and wonderment in learning.

Knowing about creative, critical and caring thinking and how to apply it makes thinking visible.

Developing the disposition of thinking is necessary for students to become ‘confident, connected, actively involved lifelong learners’.

The intentional teaching of thinking helps deepen understanding.

Being a critical, creative and caring thinker leads to success.

As a YOUNG NORTH COLLABORATOR I work effectively with others to achieve goals

  • I contribute co-operatively and actively participate to achieve a goal.

  • I am a communicator

  • I am an encourager

  • I accept others’ opinions

  • I am inclusive

  • I am respectful

Respectful partnerships and learning relationships are at the centre of effective learning and teaching.

Knowing how to collaborate, both face-to-face and on the internet, is changing the world we live in. We need to know how to interact on local, national, international levels

From discussion comes greater understanding and more retention of what is learned.

Opportunities to explain and teach others embeds learning and takes it to deeper levels.

Many people engaging in genuine, meaningful collaboration leads to success.

As a YOUNG NORTH INNOVATOR I am motivated to explore, experiment and explain original ideas

  • I ask questions and inquire

  • I see mistakes as an opportunity to learn

  • I find new solutions and strategies

  • I form new and original ideas

  • I experiment, investigate and research to build new understanding

  • I can demonstrate my learning in a variety of different ways

  • I use new language to describe my learning

We are preparing students for their future, much of which hasn’t even evolved yet.

Investigating, exploring, asking questions and problem solving are skills required in an ever changing world.

Identifying ‘what if’, ‘maybe’ and ‘try this’ possibilities to generate new ideas and original outcomes is needed in a fast changing world where there are no easy answers to future problems.

Using a range of tools to create new ideas and products is engaging.

Student led innovation, entrepreneurship, and authentic problem solving in the school and local community is motivating

Being adaptable, flexible and creative in the ideas we have and the things that we do leads to success

As a YOUNG NORTH COLLABORATOR I work effectively with others to achieve goals

  • I contribute co-operatively and actively participate to achieve a goal.

  • I am a communicator

  • I am an encourager

  • I accept others’ opinions

  • I am inclusive

  • I am respectful

Respectful partnerships and learning relationships are at the centre of effective learning and teaching.

Knowing how to collaborate, both face-to-face and on the internet, is changing the world we live in. We need to know how to interact on local, national, international levels

From discussion comes greater understanding and more retention of what is learned.

Opportunities to explain and teach others embeds learning and takes it to deeper levels.

Many people engaging in genuine, meaningful collaboration leads to success.