To investigate internally & externally, past and present and

future trends, that encourage thinking skills to be inherent in

teaching of all curriculum areas.

Thinking Team

• Kerri Kirby•Andrew Smith, •Susan Ireland, •Kerry Halliday,• Kate Perkins

Thinking about thinking ,learning about thinking.

Students will:•Develop protocols that allow others to think•Be able to share thinking skills in teams and groups when solving problems and challenges•Reflect on and evaluate thinking processes they use: - their success or failures

Thinking Team

• Kerri Kirby•Andrew Smith, •Susan Ireland, •Kerry Halliday,• Kate Perkins

Thinking about thinking ,learning about thinking.

Team will:•Research and produce a literature review on high quality instruction (best practice) in thinking locally and internationally•Identify the thinking skills that can be embedded across all year levels.•Visit other schools to help us identify best practice•Unpack thinking in POLT 4 and VELS•Identify how thinking skills can be introduced in prep level and built upon in subsequent years.

Thinking Team

• Kerri Kirby•Andrew Smith, •Susan Ireland, •Kerry Halliday,• Kate Perkins

Thinking about thinking ,learning about thinking.

Students will:•Use developmentally appropriate think strategies naturally use a variety of thinking skills in problem solving•Naturally use a variety of thinking skills in problem solving•Develop questioning and reflection skills

Staff will:•Broaden thinking strategies in order to enrich curriculum delivery•Participated in 3 Professional learning activities:

*observe and work with colleagues in using thinking skills in the classroom*shared and document their thinking curriculum ideas with staff at their level, before sharing with the whole staff in the school *attend presentation on thinking approaches for the classroom

Thinking Team

• Kerri Kirby•Andrew Smith, •Susan Ireland, •Kerry Halliday,• Kate Perkins

Thinking about thinking ,learning about thinking.

Thinking and Level teams will:•Audit current approach and instructional content covered in the thinking curriculum @YRPS•Further develop a comprehensive thinking approach to all curriculum areas building sequentially from level to level •Produce a document to support thinking curriculum at YPRS

Thinking Team

• Kerri Kirby•Andrew Smith, •Susan Ireland, •Kerry Halliday,• Kate Perkins

Thinking about thinking ,learning about thinking.

•Research study and compare different methodology around thinking from other schools•Research current trends in thinking strategies OZ and internationally•Look at research (ed. References) re types of thinking•Best practice what does it look like … how do we know other schools•Look at associations involved in thinking PEEL / PYP•Plan to visit 2 other schools to look at thinking program for all groups•PD and surveys for teachers around thinking

Thinking Team

• Kerri Kirby•Andrew Smith, •Susan Ireland, •Kerry Halliday,• Kate Perkins

Thinking about thinking ,learning about thinking.

POLT 4 unpack run 1 PD for staff

VELS thinking unpack run PD for staff include progression points

Identify different types of thinking

Further develop scope and sequence chart of thinking strategies and appropriate tools

Focus & Include thinking in all year/ term planners

 

Thinking Team

• Kerri Kirby•Andrew Smith, •Susan Ireland, •Kerry Halliday,• Kate Perkins

Thinking about thinking ,learning about thinking.