Thinking skills
29 videos
What are the benefits of studying whole books?
The benefits of working with whole books through the school year are illustrated in group work where pupils explore t...
Puppet Screen
Following a visit to their Forest School, primary children plan and make puppets using twigs and other natural materi...
Developing Metacognition
A primary teacher (and member of the school's senior leadership team) reflects on the importance of children's awaren...
Balloon Making
Following the story-starter, children are presented with the challenge of individually inventing and making a device ...
Testing Balloons
Following a story-starter, children have explored ways of helping the Very Lazy Ladybird to fly.
Sorting Twigs
As part of their preparation for visits to Forest School, these children are learning to sort twigs into categories b...
Badger Holes
These children discover new badger holes and footprints as they walk through the woodland on their way to Forest Scho...
New Forest School
KS2 children are involved in the real tasks of designing and making a new Forest School as the original site is becom...
Fairness Photo-line
Groups of children are given the same set of photographs and asked to collaborate in ranking them in order of 'fairne...
Parents supporting schools (but might be called...
A primary deputy headteacher responds to two prompts.
Our Own Museum
Following a visit to the local museum, these nursery children have planned and set up their own museum in the role-pl...
Sharing Information
Pupils continue to think about how their learning was supported in the introductory lesson on Atoms.
Learning Dispositions
An Early Years teacher reflects on her school's curriculum and shared emphasis on dispositions for learning such as t...
Help Opportunities
Children in the top set are working on group presentations to showcase their first year of French.
Activities
The children are engaged in a range of planned activities relating to their chosen topic 'pirates'.
Clouds and Fish
Introducing the morning's activities on pirates to her mixed YR/Y1 class, the teacher reminds the children of their r...
Bag of Pictures
After the morning's activities have been introduced, the teacher develops questions about what pirates have on their ...
Involving Parents
Teachers from Nursery and Reception classes reflect on ways to encourage parents to be involved in their children's l...
Encouraging Ownership
A primary teacher (and member of the school's senior leadership team) reflects on the significance of helping childre...
Decision-making
The teacher outlines a French lesson in which children revisit their first year's work by putting together (and later...
How can you promote in-depth exploration of text?
Having studied a whole book (The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas) through the year, pupils show how they have developed sk...
Building skills across the curriculum
Students and a PE teacher reflect on how skills practised in Performing Arts subjects transfer to many subjects, illu...