Visual Arts Rotation - Building Knowledge

Art Rotation - Building Knowledge on PhotoPeach

Cross Country 2012 on PhotoPeach

Thanks to the wonderful Friends of Stonefields School (FOSS) who organised a fabulous Trivia Event for the community.  Thanks to all the sponsors who made it possible.

Trivia Night on PhotoPeach

Building Learning Capacity

Here is a movie accumulating some of the student voice recently collected around our learners ability to 'know what to do when they don't know what to do'.  We are delighted in our learners growing ability to revel in being stuck and apply the learner qualities to get out of 'the learning pit'.

Enjoy

Break Through Time - Students pursuing passions and interests

It was enjoyable talking to two of our newer students about what they enjoy about Break Through time and how it is beneficial to them as learners.  The power of student voice - always worth sincerely listening to.


break through time from Stonefields School on Vimeo.

Hub 2 is humming!

Neat to see Reading and Writing being taught in a more authentic, integrated way.  The engagement was a delight to see today in hub 2.  Proud of the way our teachers are thinking differently about how to make this work.

Learner Quality Symbols

Katherine one of our teachers in hub 1 has been working with her colleagues and learners to develop symbols for each of our learner qualities.  She has found this to be a powerful way of developing this language of learning for the younger learners.

A big focus for us at Stonefields School is to reinforce and give feedback on an individual's effort rather than on the behaviour.  For example replace 'you are so clever' with 'I can see that you have been really determined to try a word you haven't used before in your writing'.  The child who is constantly reinforced for being 'smart' or 'that's fantastic, you are so clever' can be cautious about taking risks, making mistakes and comfortably taking themselves into 'I don't know situations'.

Being in the Pit

The 'pit' is a metaphor that is used more and more in each of the hubs to show that being stuck (being in the pit) is a good thing.  It is the learning process and the learner qualities that are key strategies in helping our learners get out of the pit.

John Edwards, James Nottingham

We want our learners experiencing being stuck every single day.  This is where the true learning starts.