Learning Powers
In an ever changing world, it is so important to adopt a holistic approach to learning which balances a child’s academic progress with their mental wellbeing by providing them with the ability to understand how they learn. Our school has launched a Learning Powers initiative in order to achieve this. By focusing on the areas of resilience, cooperative learning, curiosity, creative thinking, concentration and continuous improvement we aim to boost children’s self-belief and confidence which will enable them to take a more active role in their learning. This in turn will have a positive impact on the progress they make during their time at Saughall All Saints.
To support the children in using these Learning Powers, we have adopted a set of creatures who are displayed in each classroom around the school. These creatures display one of the six areas, helping the children to understand how they can take an active role in their learning.
We recently held a competition to create stories for each of our characters. We were really pleased with all the entries, (and thank you to those who did enter); below are our winners and their stories, which have also been put together into a book for each classroom.
Year 3 Winners
Ruby Crick and Eta Spilsbury from Year 3 wrote and publsihed a lovely story about three of our learning powers' characters: Betty, Charlie and Edgar.
Haydn Kamperman, also from Year 3, wrote a wonderful story about Betty the Butterfly and how she helped a little boy who was struggling with writing to continuously improve.
Isabelle T, Lottie and Emma, three of our Year 3 girls, worked together to write a story about Arnold and his need for resilience. Thankfully, Albert's parents realised that he wasn't very resilient and hatched a cunning plan to help him in this area.
Another of our winners from Year 3, Alanna, wrote a lovely story about Edgar the Elephant's first day at school and how he learnt the importance of concentrating.
Zach, along with Connor (who provided the illustrations for this story) wrote all about Curious Charlie the Chimp and how his mum was fed up with all of his questions, but his dad reminded him to always be curious. When Charlie heard this from his dad, he was very happy.
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Winners from Year 5
Ayehsa Khan from Year 5 showed off her fantastic writing skills by creating a wonderfuls story, also about Betty and how she wanted to improve her homeland and continuously worked on persuading people that her ideas were the best.
Daryna, our other Year 5 winner, wrote a superb story about Charlie the Curious Chimp that reminds us 'curiosity is a gift that can lead to discoveries and unforgettable adventures.' I think you will agree that Daryna is an amazing author.
