Learing Assets - Thinkers

Thinkers stay on task, persisting even when the learning challenges them. They are flexible, exploring different ways to achieve a goal and adapting to circumstances. They are open-minded to consider other points of view and to compromise. Developing these asses helps us to make sense of the of signs, symbols and events around us.

‘We can think logically, creatively and reflectively. We think about how we use our thinking and have different strategies for making our thinking visible to others. We remain open-minded and know that our thinking changes over time’. (K. Murdoch ‘Power of Inquiry’ p98)

Examples of times when we may teach the assets of being a thinker may include:

• Staying focused
• Thinking of and sharing a question
• Thinking about the potential consequences of actions
• Thinking back over our learning and identifying ways to improve
• Considering how beliefs and culture can influence peoples’ thinking
• Planning ahead and thinking through a task before we begin it
• Applying feedback

Kinder and Stage 1 will usually only explore being ‘persistent’. Stage 2 and 3 will develop language about all three – persistent, flexible, open-minded.

School Calendar Update

The format of the school calendar on SZapp has been changed to fix the display errors. Please check it out and let us know if there are further problems. You should be able to view the details of future events and save events to your personal calendars.

Yours faithfully,

Kerry Wode 

Assistant Principal