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Reach for the StarsSection 1 Contents

Reach for the Stars -Student Induction Programme

What the package contains

An overview of the materials


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The blended package of materials

consists of:

Books

10 sets of 6 PLTS At-A-Glancecards

A CD-ROM full of resources


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A brief overview of the books in this

pack

Learning to Learn the

Fourth Generation by

Guy Claxton tells thestory of learning to learn

approaches in recent

years and describes how

BLP moves that story on

Building Learning PowerbyGuy Claxton

Very readable explanation

of the Supple Learning Mind

and the Teachers Palette

key models that underpin

BLP

Whats the Point of School? is

Guy Claxtons latest book

written to provoke, it offerspractical approaches to build

the learning capacity of young

people in classrooms


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Common features of the

PLTS At-A-Glance Cards

Ways of

looking at

assessment

Learning

lexiconTeacher

talkPractical

ideas

Emotional

climate

Typical behaviours

Learning

habits

What

QCAsay


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CDROM Section 1:Making the most of the materials

Purpose of the pack

To introduce students and their teachers to

the learning habits that sit beneath QCAsPersonal, Learning and Thinking Skills

Details of what the package contains

Suggestion on how to put the resourcestogether


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CDROM Section 2:Why build Personal, Learning and

Thinking Skills?

Resources to help answer the abovequestion

A series of questions and underlying

arguments to guide a strategicconversation on how to infuse PLTSinto the curriculum in PowerPointformat

A digest of Guy Claxtons latest bookWhats the point of school?

A seminal paper - Why build learningpower?by Professor Guy Claxton


Reachforthe StarsReachforthe StarsSection2 SeniorLeadersSection2 SeniorLeaders

A Guided ConversationA Guided Conversation

for Strategic Leadersfor Strategic Leaders

Working with the PLTS;Working with the PLTS;

new opportunities for learning?new opportunities for learning?


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Full trainer notes and

resources for each unit. Units

last approximately 75 minutes

CDROM Section 3:Reach for the Stars student units

Introduces students to Personal, Learning and ThinkingSkills and the underlying habits, using an astronomical

theme.

Unit 1 On the Launch Pad

Unit 2 The Solar System Game

Unit 3 The Spaceship Challenge

Unit 4 Interstellar Overdrive

covering learning about learners

covering team work

and self management

covering creative thinking

covering enquiry and reflection


On the Launch Pad

ReachFor theStars

InductionUnit 1

On the Launch Pad;

preparing to be a

star learner

Reach for the Stars




Reach for the Stars StarLog

and Blaze

A StarLog in which students

reflect on their learning and

plan for growth in learning

habits Information about Blaze

(student-friendly on-line

quizzes) that let students

track the development oftheir learning habits

STARLOG

ENTRY

TLO




CDROM Section 4:Bringing staff on board

A series of short CPD sessions that help staff developteaching routines which blend subject content with thedevelopment of learning habits

CPD Unit 1 Looking at LearningCPD Unit 2 Using Teamwork in the Classroom

CPD Unit 3 Building Progression in Teamwork

CPD Unit 4 Using Questioning in the Classroom

CPD Unit 5 Building Progression in QuestioningCPD Unit 6 Planning a cross-curricular astronomicalproject

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Looking at Learning

Looking at LearningLooking at Learning

Exploring the schoolExploring the school s direction ins direction in

developing studentsdeveloping students learning habitslearning habits

Full trainer notes and resources

for each unit. Units last

approximately 45 minutes




CDROM Section 5:Classroom activities

A range of classroom based activities thatcontinue the astronomical theme, reinforcingand extending the ideas shown in theInduction Units

Activity 1 Seek and you will find

Activity 2 Is there life on Mars?

Activity 3 Mountain Expedition

Activity 4 Mission Control Calling

Activity 5 Using the Faulkes Telescope

Full trainer notes and resources for each activity.

Activities last approximately 75 minutes

covering noticing and persevering

covering questioning skills

covering collaboration in teams

covering listening

covering planning and revising


ReachfortheStarsActivity1

Seekand you will find

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Seek and you will find

Noticing and persevering

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