TAKE A LOOK AT THE CHARACTERISTICS OF LEARNING
We consider it vital at Windsor to support children’s development of the characteristics of learning – these characteristics are essential if children are going to be flexible, creative thinkers in life
Playing and exploring by engaging in their own learning they want to find out & explore for themselves, they want to play with what they already know and so learn more and be what we like to describe as ‘have a go’ learners
Active learning through being motivated in their own chosen play they quickly become involved and so concentrate for longer periods of time, the children will then keep on trying when something is hard or unknown and will then experience that lovely feeling of joy and achievement that is possible when they have worked out some new learning for themselves
Creating and thinking critically by having their own unique ideas, testing out what they do know and then choosing their own way of doing things to find out something new they learn that adaptability is essential and that learning is not fixed and that we are all always deepening, developing and adapting our learning and thinking …. however old we get!
Take a look at the photographs again and see if you can spot the characteristics of learning developing in the children