Teaching and Learning Policy

This policy describes the skills and attitudes that underpin teaching and learning at St. Mark’s. All children have opportunities to develop these skills and attitude regardless of race, gender, class or special needs.

Attitudes and Values

The attitudes and values we want our children to acquire are:

• A positive attitude towards school and learning
  
  
• Development of cheerful perseverance, taking pride in achievements
  
  
• A positive attitude towards themselves
  
  
• A sense of independence
  
  
• A caring attitude towards each other, each other’s property, and the environment
  
  
• Open-mindedness and tolerance
  
  
• Respect for, recognition and understanding of each other’s views, values, beliefs, cultures and customs
  
  
• Honesty

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Personal and Social Skills

The personal and social skills which we want our children to acquire are:

• Making and keeping friends
  
  
• Co-operating and acting as part of a team
  
  
• Independence and self-organisation
  
  
• Helpfulness
  
  
• Good manners
  
  
• Good humour

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Learning Skills

The learning skills we want our children to acquire are:

• To be an active/enthusiastic participant in any learning situation.
  
  
• To reason and deduce
  
  
• To plan, record, report, describe and communicate
  
  
• To listen, hear and understand
  
  
• To hypothesise and predict
  
  
• To estimate
  
  
• To observe and explore
  
  
• To select and choose
  
  
• To question
  
  
• To create
  
  
• To acquire skills and knowledge specific to curriculum areas as described in our curriculum documents

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