Experiment

Explore

Expand

Co-operate

Contribute

Collaborate

Communicate

DareTo challenge

ExcelTo exceed

CreateTo innovate

ShareTo synergise

Examine

Remember

Rehearse

Reflect

Refine

Invent

Initiate

Imagine

Investigate

Four to GrowActivity Generator

Experiment(The process of testing in order to make a discovery)

PredictionsThink about what you have learned in today’s lesson. Make three predictions as to what you think we will be learning about next lesson.How will the lesson start? end?How will it link to today’s learning?

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Examine(To inspect thoroughly, to test the proficiency of someone)

‘4 to Grow’

1) Pick one of the skills and explain how you have used it today…

2) Pick one of the skills and explain how you have improved it today…

3) Pick one of the skills and explain how you will aim to use it or improve it next time…

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Dare Excel

CreateShare

Explore(Travel through an unfamiliar area in order to learn more about it)

Today we have been studying……..Write down 5 questions you would still like to

explore about our topic.

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Expand(Make larger or more extensive. Give a fuller version of)

A-ZWrite down a key word for our topic area for as many letters of the alphabet as you can.

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Can also do it verbally. Ask students/groups to shout out when you give them a letter.

Cooperate(To work jointly towards the same end)

In pairs discuss the answers to these questions:

What if we hadn’t done today’s lesson?What if you weren’t allowed to know what we’ve

learnt today?What if everything I’ve told you today was false?

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Contribute(To give in order to achieve something)

Continuum

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Make a continuum in the room with strongly for and strongly against at either end.

Students must give reasons to justify the position on the continuum they choose.

Collaborate(Work jointly on an activity or project)

Give students concepts/ideas/things to draw whilst others have to guess what they are

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Can divide group into teams to make it competitive

Communicate(Share or exchange information)

Just a MinuteOne student starts to speak about a topic. At the first repetition, pause or mistake another takes over - and so on until the minute is up.

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Remember(To be able to bring to one's mind an awareness of (someone or something from the past)

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Rehearse(To practise (a play, piece of music, or other work) for later public performance)

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Students have to produce a freeze-frame showing one aspect of their learning.

Reflect(Think deeply or carefully about)

Tell me three things…

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You have learnt todayYou have done wellYour group has done wellYou would like to find out more aboutYou know now that you didn’t know 55 minutes ago

Refine(Make minor changes so as to improve)

Peer/Self Assessment

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Students asked to swap classwork and peer assess this based on the success criteria set. Give targets for improvement. Students respond to feedback

Invent(Create or design something that has not existed before)

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Devise a new invention that relates to what we have

been studying this lesson

Initiate(Cause a process or action to begin)

Everyday people

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How can you link today’s lesson to your everyday life?

In what contexts would you encounter what we have learned about today in your day-to-day life?

How can you use what we have learned to day in your life inside and outside of school?

Imagine(Form a mental image or concept of)

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SmileImagine a time when something good happened to you, It could be a big thing like winning a prize or cup, or something simple like laughing with friends. Hold that image and think about how it felt. Imagine you have that same feeling now and smile. What a lovely way to end the lesson!

Investigate(Carry out research or an inquiry)

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Be ready to feedback on your classmates!