v_ppt_plts sig conference presentation 2010

8/14/2019 V_PPT_PLTs SIG Conference Presentation 2010

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A Taste of PLTs

A Recipe for Success

Kathy Whitehouse & James PadvisFoxford School 2010


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Background

Year 7 CORE (now with added Year 8)

Deep Learning Days

New KS3 curriculum



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The PLTs


Personal Skills Learning Skills Thinking Skills


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Strategies for developingINDEPENDENT ENQUIRERS

Question Frame

Other strategies: Thinking Hats

Resource Stations



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Traits of IndependentEnquirers

RiskOwnershi



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Question Frame

An essential tool in HOW to dothings.

Best if developed by the studentsthemselves.

Requires set up of an impossibletask



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Your task

Write as a group an omelette recipe.



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Debrief:

To succeed in this task your omeletteshould be an 8 person, mushroomomelette made with skimmed milk,

as little oil and salt as possible, andinclude the herb parsley.



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Thinking

What questions should you ask aboutthe task?



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Task Checklist

TeacherTellsme

I workit out

Its in theinstructions

How long does it take?

Do I do it alone?

Where can I find the information?

What is difficult?

What do I like doing?

Where shall I start?What is the most important task?

What do I need to have to complete thetask?

How does this fit into the lesson?

How am I going to do the task?

07CO2 came upwith this!



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Traits of IndependentEnquirers



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The PLTs



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Traits of CollaborativeLearners

EmpathyAdaptability



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Strategies for developingCOLLABORATIVE LEARNING

Think, pair, share

Expert teams

Other strategies:

Roles in a team (Chairman, Secretary,

Timekeeper, Red-Herring spotter) Positive and Negative behaviour cards



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With a partner

Compare your lists.

Can you add to each others ideas? Does this make you think of any new

ideas to add?

PAIR


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In a group of 4

Combine your ideas together

Now categorise the foods that youhave listed. Decide first on yourcategories.

SHAREKathy Whitehouse & James Padvis

Foxford School 2010


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EmpathyAdaptability


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Becoming experts

Number your team members 1, 2, 3,& 4

You are going to form a new groupwith all the people who share yournumber



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Expert teams

Your challenge is to create a menu that isHEALTHY and BALANCED

It must contain A starter

A main course A pudding

A snack for later

You are each going to become an expert ina particular course first, beforeCOLLABORATING on your menu back in yourteam.



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Becoming experts

In your groups, discuss your ideas forone course of a menu

Team 1: startersTeam 2: main courses

Team 3: puddings!

Team 4: snacks

Be ready to feed back once you arean expert

Your whole menuYour whole menu

needs to beneeds to behealthyhealthy andand

balancedbalanced so haveso have

severalseveral

suggestions readysuggestions ready

for your team whenfor your team when

you returnyou return



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Expert teams

Your challenge is tocreate a menu thatis HEALTHY and

BALANCED It must contain

A starter

A main course

A pudding A snack for later



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EmpathyAdaptability



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Questions & Answers

Please be gentle!

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