The IB learner profile places the student at the centre and the 10 attributes reflect the holistic nature of an IB education. When students at WIS enter their chosen IB Pathway, the language of learning changes and the IB Learner Profile becomes integral to their daily teaching and learning. Ensuring that students are aware of what they need to achieve and allowing them to identify and develop their High Performance Learning skills empowers students to take ownership of their learning and in turn has a positive impact on the way that they approach learning with the VAA’S in mind at all times. Lessons from Foundation Stage up to Year 11 " Make explicit to students (and parents) what they are trying to achieve and how they should participate " (Eyres P.) this creates confidence and excitement within our students leading them to even more successful student outcomes up to KS4. The Language of High Performance Learning is embedded within the culture of WIS and as a high Performance Learning School, we are “continually seeking to refine and improve” (Eyres P.) High Performance Learning is embedded in all aspects of teaching and learning throughout the Lower, Middle and Upper School and excellence at WIS from Foundation to Year 11 involves students actively engaging in the HPL skills alongside the Values, attitudes and key characteristics that High Performance Learning recognises. From confidence, collaboration and risk-taking to agile thinking, concern for society and perseverance, students at WIS are preparing for study, work and life. A recent study carried out on current Year 12 students showed that 27% of students have often thought about the possible connections between HPL and the IB Learner Profile, and suggested that a stronger connection “could have been helpful for those early developments”.Īs a High Performance Learning School, WIS ensures that HPL values, skills and attitudes are embedded into the culture of teaching and learning from Foundation Stage up to and including Year 11. Engaging in the connections of HPL and the Learner Profile will potentially build confidence, support well being, whilst at the same time create an excitement of something new. Background knowledge and making links is an essential component in learning because it helps us make sense of new ideas and experiences.’ Making explicit connections from HPL to the IB Learner Profile will allow students an opportunity to engage in the familiar whilst making new connections and acquiring the new language that will play an integral focus throughout their IB studies. We all, whether as a toddler or a centenarian, bring diverse bits of background knowledge-consciously or subconsciously-to every subsequent experience, and we use them to connect or glue new information to old. 557) that has been formed from all of life's experiences. ‘ A person's background knowledge, often called prior knowledge, is a collection of "abstracted residue" (Schallert, 2002, p. Allowing students to build on something they are already familiar with HPL and creating opportunities for them to see the intrinsic links between High Performance Learning and the IB Learner Profile at the transition phase of Year 11 will empower students to build on prior knowledge. How connecting the skills of HPL to the IB Learner Profile could have a positive impact on Post 16 outcomes.Ĭhange is and always has been a fact of life, but let’s face it, Covid 19 and the “new normal” has brought unprecedented changes and challenges for all. Connecting the Skills of HPL to the IB Learner Profile
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