Our Mastering Learning programme equips students with the skills and behaviours they need to be successful, life-long learners.
Students of all year groups participate in this programme on a half-termly basis during form time.
Beneath the surface of any successful learner, sits a set of learned and honed behaviours that allows them to maximise learning opportunities.
These include:
- Excellent attendance to school and punctuality to timetabled sessions
- Managing time effectively, homework as an example
- Preparing effectively for assessments
- Being aware of the pitfalls (and advantages) posed by modern technology
- Developing character through extracurricular opportunities
- Staying healthy, both physically and mentally
These behaviours form the backbone of our Mastering Learning programme, which is constantly reviewed for relevance and efficacy.
Please see our Mastering Learning year plan:
| Autumn Term | Spring Term | Summer Term | |||||
| Session 1 | Session 2 | Session 3 | Session 1 | Session 2 | Session 1 | Session 2 | |
| Year 7 | New School, New start | What is FF & how can I do good FF? | Every day counts | What is revision & how can I revise? | What is revision & how can I revise? | Technology: tools for learning | Keeping it up : A little every week! |
| Year 8 | Why go above and beyond? | Just show up! | More than the score! | How can I elevate my revision? | How can I elevate my revision? | Technology: tools for learning | Will you be September ready and raring to go? |
| Year 9 | Why are we here? | Why bother? | Moving Past the Test | GCSE Options | Excelling in EUAs | Technology: tools for learning | Set up for success! |
| Year 10 | Present and presentable | Every lesson, Every day | Looking back to move forward | Prepping for PPEs | Prepping for PPEs | Technology: tools for learning | Habits: building blocks of success |
| Year 11 | Sowing the seeds of success every day | Successful revision | Moving beying the PPE | Successful revision | Successful revision |
Year 10 – ‘150 Challenge’
During the summer term, our year 10 students take part in the 150 challenge. This is designed to support year 10 in learning 150 of the most important facts from English, maths and science in preparation for their GCSEs. They take part in a supportive programme (guided by their form tutors) which helps to develop their revision and retrieval skills.
Please see the launch slides from last year here and the 150 booklet here. This will be updated during the course of the year.