1. The Principles Underpinning The Cramlington Cycle
Accelerated Learning
Thinking for Learning
Assessment for Learning
Effective Learner Behaviours
Effective use of ICT
The Cramlington Cycle is an effective planning tool which enables the teacher to infuse these elements into their lessons

2. The Cramlington Learning Cycle
1. Connect the Learning
6. Review - Step Back And Reflect On Your Learning
2. Agree Learning Outcomes
The Cramlington Learning Cycle
5. Demonstrate Your New Understanding
3. Introduce New Information Through All The Senses
4. Activity - The Search For Meaning

3. 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?

4. Prepare for Learning by making the environment an aid to learning
Create the right learning environment
Prepare for Learning by making the environment an aid to learning
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

5. Create the right learning environment
Prepare the learner by Connecting the
Learning – use fun tools to tease out what your students know already

6. Agree the Learning Outcomes
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
WARNING!! YOUR LEARNING OUTCOMES CAN BE HAZARDOUS TO ENTHUSIASM

7. Introduce NEW information
Present new information through as many senses as possible
See it
Hear it
Touch it
and if possible
Smell it
and taste it
Wow! Mmmm? Awww! HaHaHaHa! F*$£!^%%£!!!!!

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. The Cramlington Learning Cycle
1. Connect the Learning
6. Review - Step Back And Reflect On Your Learning
2. Agree Learning Outcomes
The Cramlington Learning Cycle
5. Demonstrate Your New Understanding
3. Introduce New Information Through All The Senses
4. Activity - The Search For Meaning