Next Practice in Resourcing Personalisation - Crosshall Junior School

Year 5 leading their own learning

The field trial will include the full range of abilities within the whole of Year 5. It will start with a module from the humanities and enable pupils to be the leaders of their own learning via two methods - through presenting them with an overview/mindmap of the whole module to be covered, and allowing them to dip in where they choose, or by starting with an investigative question. The project seeks to find out how starting from the interests and concerns of the pupils will influence the style and content of the curriculum. The project will also ask whether the depth of learning will increase when children engage in the planning process of their learning journey.

Resources will be prepared to support children in pursuing their own learning journeys and to support children's learning at home. The school will open the school on Saturdays to allow families (fathers in particular) to support their children in using ICT and see what they are working on as part of the field trial. The pupils will also be involved in setting their own targets and understanding where they need to go next. Their teachers will become facilitators playing to their particular strengths and skills. The pupils will become teachers, through the resources they create and through their interactions with other children. Crosshall will seek to engage with the local secondary schools to ensure that they are familiar with the school's approach and that the Next Practice experience can be built on when pupils reach the secondary stage of their education.

See a map showing the locations of all the Next Practice in Resourcing Personalisation field trial sites. 

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