Building Learning Powers
For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline (Timothy 1:7)
At Olveston we work hard with the children to develop their growth mindset and their learning powers to help them become independent and collaborative learners. At Olveston, we strive to instil a love of learning and aim to equip the children with the skills they need to become life-long learners. We are committed to building young people’s learning power; not just what they are learning, but more importantly considering how they are learning. Building Learning Powers (BLPs) help children become more effective learners, it suggests that there are four learning dispositions- Resilience, Resourcefulness, Reflectiveness and Reciprocity. We are all born with these dispositions and they are not fixed. We introduce this to children through learning gems to help them become the best learners they can be.
Building Learning Power is an integral part of lessons, assemblies and all we do at Olveston CEVC School. Together we can grow the super learners of the future!
What are our Learning Powers?
Top tips for parents
- Ask your children what they have learnt today, not what they did.
- Encourage them to be more responsible for themselves.
- Use the language of BLP at home.
- Show them your own learning and talk about it.
- Let your child make mistakes—it is the best way to learn.
- Celebrate all your child’s learning achievements in and out of school.
