1. BOB Towards a Thinking School The Projects:
PERLL, Learn2Inquire, ICT, BOB

2. Towards a Lynfield College Curriculum
The Projects:
PERLL, Learn2Inquire, ICT, BOB

3. Involvement
At least 50 staff have been involved in collaborative professional learning in the various projects.
There is a shared focus in all projects on linking teaching and learning: Inquiry model.
All projects engage teachers in reflective practice.

4. Involvement
The values, key competencies and effective pedagogy from the NZC are all inherent in the focus of each project.
Students are beginning to link their learning across subjects

5. Values PERLL, ICT Learn2Inquire, BOB Inquiry Innovation
Community and participation
PERLL, ICT
Learn2Inquire,
BOB
Excellence
Integrity

6. Working effectively together
Key Competencies
Working effectively together
Uses assistive technologies to access information and communicate
Relating to others
PERLL, ICT
Learn2Inquire,
BOB
Critically thinking
Participating and contributing

7. Effective Pedagogy PERLL, ICT Learn2Inquire, BOB
Activities are cooperative and innovative
Learning is authentic,
personal and relevant
PERLL, ICT
Learn2Inquire,
BOB
Facilitates shared learning
Encourages reflective thought and action
Focuses inquiry

8. Learning Projects
Lynfield College
Teachers
“Learn to Live”

9. thinking learning
Learn2Inquire
learning thinking

10. Learn2Inquire Goal
To raise student thinking from lower to higher order and to increase the level of student achievement
Collaboration with feeder intermediate & primary schools, initially Literacy. Now there are Numeracy and other subjects with PLT’s.
Awareness Practice Use Integration Consolidation

11. PERLL Building relationships for learning
Effective Pedagogy
ie: How the teacher promotes student learning:
Creates a supportive learning environment
Encourages reflective thought and action
Enhances the relevance of new learning
Make connections to prior learning and experience
Developing questioning skills to promote higher order thinking has been a main focus.

12. Thinking school
Thinking strategies
SOLO
Blooms Taxonomy

13. Next Steps The Thinking School
The work currently done under the banners of individual projects can be unified so that all teachers have the opportunity to explore the range of teaching strategies and new ideas.
We can extend the successful current model of professional learning teams for sharing best practice and evidence about student learning.

14. Starters
Analogy thinking maps

15. Thinking Tools Lubricates to reduce friction as
Cartilage
Bone
Oil
Chain
RF =
Lubricates to reduce friction as
Cartilage
Bone
Crumple zone
Car
RF =
Reduces impact on contact as
Tendon
Muscle
limpet
rock
RF =
Attaches to

16. Starters A great one to learn names, review and promote questioning!
Answer a question………
….Think of a question.