the academic year: A presentation of learning to articulate their academic progress, learner attributes, wider achievements and wellbeing experiences across the year. A typical Reflect and Connect Session @ UCL Academy Duration Activity details Purpose Process Products 1 5 mins Settling & To enable Students enter the A complex Engaging activities students to learning space and problem is such as get into the immediately get on solved 1: Maths problem R&C mindset with an activity on 2: Literacy starter their desk 3: Big Idea link 2 10 mins Whole Class To support an Teacher led activity Students in a Mindfulness active process following a mindset of quiet provided mindfulness ready for reflection script R&C 3 15 mins Personal reflection To reflect on Students discuss, A written activities such as personal plan and answer a answer to a 1: Answering a progress metacognition question in question from an during the question or respond their portfolio academic subject week at an to how their learning or planner 2: Reflecting on intrapersonal set has worked over learner attributes and the week. www/ebi interpersonal 3: Reflecting on level students personal role in the learning set www/ebi 4 20 mins Connecting my Develop Students given Student Learning activities students stimulus and then opinion about such as ability to design ‘philosophical a 1: Connecting to communicate questions’, discussed Philosophical the Big Idea and discuss in a circle. Discuss an question. 2: Philosophy for contemporary issue/problem. Presentations Children P4C issues. Reflect Students mindmap, - slides of a 3: Socratic seminar on learning discuss as a LS or high quality. based on wider during the whole class the Big reading week. Idea Students 4: Discuss a Develop have contemporary student oracy. an issue/current To make aspect of affairs connections their learning 5: Learning show to learning to the big
the academic year: A presentation of learning to articulate their academic progress, learner attributes, wider achievements and wellbeing experiences across the year. A typical Reflect and Connect Session @ UCL Academy Duration Activity details Purpose Process Products 1 5 mins Settling & Engaging activities such as 1: Maths problem 2: Literacy starter 3: Big Idea link To enable students to get into the R&C mindset Students enter the learning space and immediately get on with an activity on their desk A complex problem is solved 2 10 mins Whole Class Mindfulness To support an active process of quiet reflection Teacher led activity following a provided mindfulness script Students in a mindset ready for R&C 3 15 mins Personal reflection activities such as 1: Answering a question from an academic subject 2: Reflecting on learner attributes www/ebi 3: Reflecting on students personal role in the learning set www/ebi To reflect on personal progress during the week at an intrapersonal and interpersonal level Students discuss, plan and answer a metacognition question or respond to how their learning set has worked over the week. A written answer to a question in their portfolio or planner 4 20 mins Connecting my Learning activities such as 1: Connecting to the Big Idea 2: Philosophy for Children P4C 3: Socratic seminar based on wider reading 4: Discuss a contemporary issue/current affairs 5: Learning show Develop students ability to communicate and discuss contemporary issues. Reflect on learning during the week. Develop student oracy. To make connections to learning Students given stimulus and then design ‘philosophical questions’, discussed in a circle. Discuss an issue/problem. Students mindmap, discuss as a LS or whole class the Big Idea Student opinion about a Philosophical question. Presentations - slides of a high quality. Students have an aspect of their learning to the big
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