Thinking Skills at Chantry

1. Thinking Skills at Chantry Thinking skills… what’s that all about then?

2. Thinking Skills at Chantry At Chantry we have been working with various tools to support the development of thinking skills: • Classroom climate and morning rituals • David Hyerle’s thinking maps • Bloom’s Taxonomy • De Bono’s 6 Thinking Hats

3. Thinking Skills at Chantry What questions would you like to ask a spoon? Classroom Climate and morning rituals Smile – for each child as they arrive Music – uplifting and bright then calm, same each day Individual time – have a ‘chat’, get to know your pupils Thinking Challenge – fun and open ended, a gentle brain warmer

4. Thinking Skills at Chantry This is what the children said… Do you prefer coffee or tea? Do you get concussion when we drop you on the kitchen floor? Are you secretly a dentist, checking our teeth? Why did you run away with the dish? How can you stand by and watch while the knife stabs and cuts? Do you get along with the eggs you race with? How do you get along with everybody else in the cutlery drawer? How does it feel to be a cereal killer?

5. Thinking Skills at Chantry David Hyerle’s Thinking Maps www.mapthemind.com

6. Thinking Skills at Chantry Circle Map To justify Bubble Map Double Bubble Map Thinking Maps we currently use regularly Multi-flow Map www.mapthemind.com

7. Thinking Skills at Chantry Have a go for yourselves… Literate, numerate independent learners Multi-flow map Differentiated planning High Quality Teaching and Learning Energetic Teaching (FUN!) Motivated young people Love of learning Readiness for learning www.mapthemind.com

8. Thinking Skills at Chantry Bloom’s Taxonomy Six levels of cognitive processing It is particularly useful to bear these in mind when planning differentiated learning activities Knowledge: arrange, define, duplicate, label, list, memorise, name, order, recognise, relate, recall, repeat, reproduce, state. Comprehension: classify, describe, discuss, explain, express, identify, indicate, locate, recognise, report, restate, review, select, translate, Application: apply, choose, demonstrate, dramatise, employ, illustrate, interpret, operate, practice, schedule, sketch, solve, use, write. Analysis: analyse, appraise, calculate, categorise, compare, contrast, criticise, differentiate, discriminate, distinguish, examine, experiment, question, test. Synthesis: arrange, assemble, collect, compose, construct, create, design, develop, formulate, manage, organise, plan, prepare, propose, set up, write. Evaluation: appraise, argue, assess, attach, choose compare, defend estimate, judge, predict, rate, select, support, value, evaluate. www.eduscapes.com/tap/topic69.htm

9. Thinking Skills at Chantry The Blue Hat is used to manage the thinking process. It's the control mechanism that ensures the Six Thinking Hats guidelines are observed. The Red Hat signifies feelings, hunches and intuition. When using this hat you can express emotions and feelings and share fears, likes, dislikes, loves, and hates. The White Hat calls for information known or needed. "The facts, just the facts." The Black Hat is judgment - the devil's advocate or why something may not work. Spot the difficulties and dangers; where things might go wrong. Probably the most powerful and useful of the Hats but a problem if overused. The Yellow Hat symbolises brightness and optimism. Under this hat you explore the positives and probe for value and benefit The Green Hat focuses on creativity; the possibilities, alternatives, and new ideas. It's an opportunity to express new concepts and new perceptions. De Bono’s 6 Thinking Hats www.edwdebono.com

10. Thinking Skills at Chantry So how does this work in the classroom?

11. Thinking Skills at Chantry Ore Adebola is a Newly Qualified Teacher who has been with us at Chantry since September. Ore has a Year 6 class with 33% SEN including two statemented pupils.