Here at Stoke Primary School, we believe that children learn best and most rapidly when they have a secure set of qualities to rely on when things get tough. As well as delivering the National Curriculum, we teach children how to learn and how to overcome difficulties to set them up as lifelong learners.

The qualities we believe that will enable our children to flourish are, having the ability to:

Challenge themselves

Persevere

Focus

Explore

Reflect

Celebrate

Through each of these qualities, we raise awareness of the characteristics of effective learning helping children to articulate learning strategies.

Challenge myself

• I can guide my own thinking and actions
• I use goal directed behaviour
• I can concentrate on achieving something that is important to me
• I can plan and think ahead
• I can make independent choices
• I can begin to correct my mistakes and find solutions when things go wrong
• I can respond to new experiences when they are brought to my attention
• I can feel confident about coming up with my own ideas.
• I can motivate myself

Persevere

• I keep on trying when I encounter difficulties.
• I can guide my own thinking and actions
• I use goal directed behaviour
• I can concentrate on achieving something that is important to me
• I can plan and think ahead
• I can make independent choices
• I can begin to correct my mistakes and find solutions when things go wrong
• I can motivate myself
• I can keep on trying when things are difficult.
• I can feel confident about coming up with my own ideas.

Focus

• I concentrate.
• I can participate in routines.
• I can guide my own thinking and actions by talking to myself as I play/learn.
• I can concentrate on achieving something that is important to me.
• I can solve problems.
• I can respond to new experiences when they are brought to my attention.
• I can plan and think ahead about how I will use resources.                                                   

Explore

• I am an active learner.
• I have a go, investigate and experience things first hand.
• I can make links between my ideas.
• I can bring my own interests and fascinations into my activities.
• I can respond to new experiences when they are brought to my attention.
• I can use my imagination.
• I can use my imagination to think beyond the ‘here and now’ and to understand another perspective.

Reflect

• I think critically.
• I respond to new experiences.
• I can correct my mistakes.
• I think about my learning.
• I can use goal directed behaviour.
• I can plan and think ahead.
• I think critically.
• I develop ideas and strategies for doing things.                                      

Celebrate

• I can take part and recognise the benefits.
• I can concentrate on achieving something that is important to me.
• I can respond to new experiences when they are brought to my attention.
• I can recognise that my actions have an effect on the world, so I like to repeat them.
• I feel confident about coming up with my own ideas.
• I can guide my own thinking and actions by talking to myself as I play/learn

You can do it

When you put your mind to it

 BELIEVE, ACHIEVE