Reach for the Stars - Student Induction Programme What the package contains

1. Reach for the Stars - Student Induction ProgrammeWhat the package contains An overview of the materials

2. The blended package of materials consists of: Books 10 sets of 6 PLTS At-A-Glance cards A CD-ROM full of resources

3. Building Learning Power by Guy Claxton Very readable explanation of the Supple Learning Mind and the Teachers’ Palette – key models that underpin BLP Learning to Learn – the Fourth Generation by Guy Claxton tells the story of learning to learn approaches in recent years and describes how BLP moves that story on Whats the Point of School? is Guy Claxton’s latest book – written to provoke, it offers practical approaches to build the learning capacity of young people in classrooms A brief overview of the books in this pack

4. Emotional climate Learning lexicon What QCA say Typical behaviours Ways of looking at assessment Teacher talk Learning habits Practical ideas Common features of the PLTS At-A-Glance Cards

5. CDROM Section 1:Making the most of the materials • Purpose of the pack • To introduce students and their teachers to the learning habits that sit beneath QCA’s Personal, Learning and Thinking Skills • Details of what the package contains • Suggestion on how to put the resources together

6. CDROM Section 2:Why build Personal, Learning and Thinking Skills? Resources to help answer the above question • A series of questions and underlying arguments to guide a strategic conversation on how to infuse PLTS into the curriculum – in PowerPoint format • A digest of Guy Claxton’s latest book ‘What’s the point of school?’ • A seminal paper - ‘Why build learning power?’ by Professor Guy Claxton

7. CDROM Section 3:Reach for the Stars – student units Introduces students to Personal, Learning and Thinking Skills and the underlying habits, using an astronomical theme. Unit 1 On the Launch Pad Unit 2 The Solar System Game Unit 3 The Spaceship Challenge Unit 4 Interstellar Overdrive covering learning about learners covering team work and self management covering creative thinking covering enquiry and reflection Full trainer notes and resources for each unit. Units last approximately 75 minutes

8. STARLOG ENTRY TLO Reach for the Stars – StarLog and Blaze • A StarLog in which students reflect on their learning and plan for growth in learning habits • Information about Blaze (student-friendly on-line quizzes) that let students track the development of their learning habits

9. CDROM Section 4:Bringing staff on board A series of short CPD sessions that help staff develop teaching routines which blend subject content with the development of learning habits CPD Unit 1 Looking at Learning CPD Unit 2 Using Teamwork in the Classroom CPD Unit 3 Building Progression in Teamwork CPD Unit 4 Using Questioning in the Classroom CPD Unit 5 Building Progression in Questioning CPD Unit 6 Planning a cross-curricular astronomical project Full trainer notes and resources for each unit. Units last approximately 45 minutes

10. CDROM Section 5:Classroom activities A range of classroom based activities that continue the astronomical theme, reinforcing and extending the ideas shown in the Induction Units Activity 1 Seek and you will find Activity 2 Is there life on Mars? Activity 3 Mountain Expedition Activity 4 Mission Control Calling Activity 5 Using the Faulkes Telescope Full trainer notes and resources for each activity. Activities last approximately 75 minutes covering noticing and persevering covering questioning skills covering collaboration in teams covering listening covering planning and revising