The Principles Underpinning The Cramlington Cycle

• Accelerated Learning

• Thinking for Learning

• Assessment for Learning

• Effective Learner Behaviours

• Effective use of ICTThe Cramlington Cycle is an effective planning tool which enables the teacher to infuse these elements into their lessons

4. Activity - The Search

For Meaning

1. Connect the

Learning

2. Agree Learning

Outcomes

3. Introduce New

Information Through All The Senses

5. Demonstrate Your New Understanding

6. Review -

Step Back And Reflect On Your

Learning The Cramlington

Learning Cycle

Create the right learning environment

Prepare Your Learners!!!! •Ensure you have created the right classroom climate – a low stress, high challenge climate where it is safe for students to take risks and get things wrong

•Create a learning community – students are fluent in the language of good groupwork and collaboration.

• Equip learners with tools for learning – can they choose the right graphic organiser, concept map or mind mapping technique?

Create the right learning environment

A key element of classroom climate is the learning environment –

• Display – Attractive, Stimulating, Relevant – there are no stag heads!

•Room is tidy, resources are well organised and accessible and the classroom is flexible to accommodate groupwork, role play or presentation work

•Room should be well lit and at the right temperature

•Music – use it to create moods and time activities

Prepare for Learning by making the environment an aid to learning

Create the right learning environment

Prepare the learner by Connecting the

Learning – use fun tools to tease out what your students know already

Agree the Learning Outcomes

WARNING!! YOUR LEARNING OUTCOMES CAN BE HAZARDOUS TO ENTHUSIASM

•Learning Outcomes need to be clear and unambiguous

•A context should be given – why are they learning this?

•The level of thinking should be considered

•Agree success criteria to personalise the learning

Introduce NEW information

Wow! Mmmm? Awww! HaHaHaHa! F*$£!^%%£!!!!!

Present new information through as many senses as possible

See it

Hear it

Touch it

and if possible

Smell it

and taste it

Activity-The search for meaning

Allow students to process information through their dominant learning style – but remember to develop the recessive ones!!!

Use challenges to encourage collaboration, providing a range of resources and tools to encourage higher order thinking

Demonstrate new understanding

•Allow students to demonstrate their new understanding in a variety of different ways e.g. Each one teach one, Group Presentation, Assignment, Hot seating, Exam question

•Relate to learning intentions

•Seek to Develop Higher order thinking skills

Review-Step back and reflect on Learning

Allow students to step back and reflect on the learning experience

Review of key learning points

Teach memory techniques

reflect on the process of learning (Debrief)

preview the next learning steps

4. Activity - The Search

For Meaning

1. Connect the

Learning

2. Agree Learning

Outcomes

3. Introduce New

Information Through All The Senses

5. Demonstrate Your New Understanding

6. Review -

Step Back And Reflect On Your

Learning The Cramlington

Learning Cycle