1. Learning and Teaching

2. Individual Task In YOUR opinion, what is the most important contribution YOUR subject can make to the development of the whole child? *Be succinct, answer must fit on one side of a Post-it note.

3. De-cluttering the Curriculum

4. Paired task Getting into the mind of the learner

5. Videos – Expert thinkers Video 1 Video 1 Professor of Psychology Carol McGuinness – Queens College, University Belfast Video 2 Video 2 David Perkins – Harvard Graduate School of Education Video 3Video 3 - ? Video 3

6. ‘Mere coverage is the death of understanding’

7. Knox Academy Learning and Teaching Approach ► Retain Teacher Autonomy ► Promote a balanced development of Skills and Knowledge within the Curriculum ► Create a Standard - something we can all ‘hang our hat on’ ► Raise Attainment across the school

8. Skills for Learning

9. Skills for Learning - Coding

10. Key Concept 1 Key Concept 2 Key Concept 3 Key Concept 4 Key Concept 5 Preparation of the Body Key Concepts Within this Key Concept you will; Examine in detail, how fitness assessment and analysis of test results can contribute to performance training Determine the various fitness assessment procedures used for collecting ‘relevant’ Information on a performers; physical, skill-related and mental fitness Distinguish factors which may influence/affect the validity of test results

11. Teacher resource

13. When? Copies of the Skills for learning pyramid will be distributed to all pupils via year group assemblies/house assemblies in November Staff/Faculties can access coding symbols for PowerPoint's and print poster sized copies of resources for classrooms in staff work file/Skills for learning – with immediate effect

14. Thinking Skills Activities What we are told What we know What we think we know What we want to find out The Thinking Triangle