ASPIRE – Learning for Life @ RPS
At Roundwood Park our Teaching and Learning vision recognises the need to equip our students for life, to be flexible, adaptable, resilient and relish a challenge. We call this ASPIRE.
Here is our vision for the Roundwood Park Leaver. We asked all those in our community to summarise the attributes they believed were most important for our leavers to possess and this is what they came up with…our vision of the Roundwood Park Leaver.
This word cloud is all around our school and is a reminder of what we are and why we are here.
Our next step following the establishment of our RPS Leaver vision, was to design a clear framework of learning habits for all members of the Roundwood Park community to develop and instil whilst at school and beyond.
The ASPIRE Framework
Here is our ASPIRE ‘learning habits’ framework. Click on each habit for more information
Problem Solving
Adapting existing knowledge and skills to tackle unfamiliar problems
Thinking Logically
Experimenting and trialling, thinking things through step-by-step
Questioning
Having an enquiring mind. Exploring how, why and what if ?
Making Links
Seeing the connections with all learning or the outside world
Being Resourceful
Seeking and selecting the best available resources for a task
Creative Thinking
Using imagination to generate fresh ideas and original solutions
Planning Ahead
Researching, exploring and preparing thoroughly, anticipating potential problems
Organising
Prioritising, designing a route and tracking your progress
Reflecting
Understanding yourself as a learner and learning from experience
Risk Taking
Trying new things, seizing the opportunity, whilst managingthe risk sensibly
Evaluating
Identifying strengths and weaknesses in a task. Seeking improvements and further refinements
Responsibility
Directing and taking control of your learning
Inspiration
Enjoying learning, approaching it enthusiastically and with a smile
Self Discipline
Identifying goals, avoiding distractions, finishing tasks, meeting deadlines
Determination
Staying motivated and positive to achieve your desired goal
Perseverance
Readiness to make mistakes without fear of failure, accepting them and carrying on
Insight
Being aware of detail and the bigger picture, balanced by the right amount of perfection
Flexibility
Knowing when to work alone or co-operate with others
Collaboration
Working effectively in a team, drawing on everyone’s individual skills
Communication
Presenting ideas and views clearly, and accurately for an audience
Learning Respectfully
Listening to, understanding and exploring the views of others, developing your thinking
Valuing Others
Recognising and utilising the strengths of others to enhance your learning
All of this is about instilling a life-long love of learning so that by the time our students are ready to leave school and move on to the next challenges in their lives they are ready to take on more, adapt and grow as people, not to stand still, or worse go backwards, because learning has become a chore or even a fear.
Whilst your children are with us, it is our pledge to you that Roundwood Park will prepare your child for any challenges a changing world will provide and it is through these habits that we will succeed.
If we are to serve our students well as a school, as parents, as a society, we need to create a framework for education which goes beyond the important qualifications they achieve and creates a generation who are ready to meet the challenge of this dynamic world.
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