At Whinmoor St Paul’s we know that everyone learns differently. As the name suggests, active learning is when a child is doing something, rather than sitting quietly and listening. It is widely believed that children learn more when they are part of the learning. This could mean they have to read, write, discuss or solve a problem.
Active learning can take many forms and can be adapted to suit the needs of a particular child. It could involve problem-solving, creating projects, or playing educational games. Whatever form it takes, it should always have an element of interaction with the material being learned.
Below are some videos of our classes engaged in different Active Learning tasks!
David Attenborough Class were excited to represent numbers on their ten frames. They had to read the numeral or listen for the number and then race to place the correct number of counters on their ten frames. When they had completed their challenge, they placed their hands on their head to show they were done. They were then encouraged to compare their ten frame to others on their table to find out if they looked the same. Could we see different ways to make the number?
Aretha Franklin class were thinking about the story of the Bog Baby. To help them write their own story they did some Active Learning to help them remember the different elements.
Mae Jemison Class enjoyed re-telling the different parts of their class novel by learning the different actions to help improve their performances!
In this lesson the children were learning all about adverbs of place. When an adverb of place was shouted, the children had to represent it with an action.
Andy Warhol class worked hard when they were identifying prepositional phrases and expanded noun phrases within a sentence. What fun!
Ada Lovelace class were looking at the rules of direct speech. We learnt a song to help us remember the different rules when using inverted commas, danced around the classroom and then went to finish off another story that had been started by someone else. When the timer went, we moved again!