Learning Behaviours

We strongly believe that when children have the correct attitude to learning, they always excel. We regularly talk to the children about having the right attitude and we always try to praise effort and attitude in class, rather than results. We do a lot of work, both in class and in assembly, about having the right learning behaviour. We talk with the children about the different learning behaviours that we have and encourage them to have a growth mindset – never saying, ‘I can’t do this’… but always saying, ‘I can’t do this YET’.

Across the school, we have five different learning behaviours that we focus on so that we can become the best learners that we can be. Each of our learning behaviours is represented by an animal and uses a chosen colour. This helps us to remember them all. We have created a list of what each learning behaviour looks like and we regularly talk about this in class and in our assemblies. This success criteria can be seen on the sheet at the bottom of this page and it can be downloaded for people to use at home. Our learning behaviours are promoted through posters which can be seen around the school and each learning behaviour has a story that accompanies it to support all our pupils to understand them. 

Rewarding Good Learning Behaviour

When the children show good learning behaviour, they receive a house point tick on their class board. Each week, the house achieving the most points is celebrated in assembly and are rewarded with a cup. At the end of each term, the house with the highest accumulated points earns a non-school uniform day for all the children in that house.

At Home

We would like all parents to support us at home with our learning behaviours. Parents can talk about the learning behaviour with their child and should praise their child when they see that they are showing it. Parents should be role models themselves and can help their child know clearly what each learning behaviour is all about. By continually showing all five learning behaviours, our children become the very best learners that they can be.

Click on the picture below to download for home: