Blog : Learning

Year 3 at St Augustines produced a music video for anti bullying week within an hour session, great teamwork and really enjoyable learning experience.

Hurst Hill Primary School in Sedgley has opened it’s very own art exhibition inspired by the abstract work of Jackson Pollock. The school community came together for a family art workshop and got busy being creative to produce some stunning works of art which are now on display within the school.

The short film above shows how the families became artists for the day and had lots of fun in the process.

Engaged children enjoy learning and exceed all expectations in the process. Year One children began to explore different learning styles and used poetry to ignite their minds.

It was World Food Day on October 16th and after we installed a unique kitchen at Kingsland Primary School over the summer holidays we took the opportunity to officially open it. We transformed a corridor space used for storage into a new cooking area for the whole school to enjoy. With 2 ovens, 2 induction hobs, a fridge, a microwave and sink area they certainly have all the equipment needed to cook up a masterpiece and a class from Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 were the first to do just that, making a tasty vegetable soup and some delicious cookies.

We also helped to create Elsa, a chef character, who the kitchen is named after and also her recipe cards so parents and children can download the instructions from the school website to make them at home.

Playing with sculpture and scale helped children think big and produce inspired creative writing. We looked at where ideas come from and how imagination underpins learning and what this looks like on a human face with  questions such as ‘what does learning look like and what emotions do we feel when we are learning?

The children created miniature clay sculptures based on emotional expression and then using simple digital tools made them look massive, they wrote great descriptive narrative based on their ideas and this short film illustrates how thinking big inspires great learning and impressive results.

The North Dudley Learning Partnership are a collection of schools that are committed to working together. As a group they aim to share expertise, experience and resources that support effective teaching and learning and ultimately improve their schools.

Teaching and learning is a priority and being able to explore what moves a school from good to outstanding was a shared goal across the partnership. They offered their children and young people the opportunity to share their ideas about what makes teaching outstanding.

This short film highlights examples of outstanding teaching within the context of the new Ofsted teaching and learning framework and is a resource designed to inspire and support.

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187 is a visitor from Mars who dropped into Kingsland Primary School and inspired a whole school community. Her shy, friendly nature captivated the children who were very keen to help her return home and made national news in the process.

This short film summarises phase  one of this highly innovative project that has really got the children excited and enthusiastic about learning and engaged more parents than ever before in the life of the school.

There is an academic year planned around this amazing encounter with 187 leaving her spaceship behind and continuing to make contact with the children through satellite broadcasts.

We have had a wonderful time at Greenacres Primary School delivering poetry and sculpture workshops designed to inspire creative writing with year 2 children.

The children engaged with the theme of ‘Wild Scotland’ and created rhymes and haiku’s along with clay sculptures that stretched both their imaginations and their vocabularies.

This short films shows the children really engaging with the learning process and gives an example of the excellent poetry they produced.

Three schools in the Midlands recently had the opportunity to be the first in the world to experience 360 technology as part of their education. We are committed to developing and innovating 21st century learning using the digital tools of our time.

Immersive learning engages learners and raises standards. Encouraging children to lead their learning, helps them fulfill their potential.

This short film demonstrates how 360 technology can have a dramatic impact upon the curriculum and shows the reactions of teachers and pupils involved in this creative learning experience.