Purpose

1. Purpose • Thinking Team • Kerri Kirby • Andrew Smith, • Susan Ireland, • Kerry Halliday, • Kate Perkins To investigate internally & externally, past and present and future trends, that encourage thinking skills to be inherent in teaching of all curriculum areas. Thinking about thinking ,learning about thinking.

2. Student Interaction: • Thinking Team • Kerri Kirby • Andrew Smith, • Susan Ireland, • Kerry Halliday, • Kate Perkins Students will: Develop protocols that allow others to think Be able to share thinking skills in teams and groups when solving problems and challenges Reflect on and evaluate thinking processes they use: - their success or failures Thinking about thinking ,learning about thinking.

3. Thinking Team • Kerri Kirby • Andrew Smith, • Susan Ireland, • Kerry Halliday, • Kate Perkins Research: Team will: Research and produce a literature review on high quality instruction (best practice) in thinking locally and internationally Identify the thinking skills that can be embedded across all year levels. Visit other schools to help us identify best practice Unpack thinking in POLT 4 and VELS Identify how thinking skills can be introduced in prep level and built upon in subsequent years. Thinking about thinking ,learning about thinking.

4. Thinking Team • Kerri Kirby • Andrew Smith, • Susan Ireland, • Kerry Halliday, • Kate Perkins Teaching and Learning Students will: Use developmentally appropriate think strategies naturally use a variety of thinking skills in problem solving Naturally use a variety of thinking skills in problem solving Develop questioning and reflection skills Staff will: Broaden thinking strategies in order to enrich curriculum delivery Participated in 3 Professional learning activities: *observe and work with colleagues in using thinking skills in the classroom *shared and document their thinking curriculum ideas with staff at their level, before sharing with the whole staff in the school *attend presentation on thinking approaches for the classroom Thinking about thinking ,learning about thinking.

5. Thinking Team • Kerri Kirby • Andrew Smith, • Susan Ireland, • Kerry Halliday, • Kate Perkins Curriculum Design Thinking and Level teams will: Audit current approach and instructional content covered in the thinking curriculum @YRPS Further develop a comprehensive thinking approach to all curriculum areas building sequentially from level to level Produce a document to support thinking curriculum at YPRS Thinking about thinking ,learning about thinking.

6. Thinking Team • Kerri Kirby • Andrew Smith, • Susan Ireland, • Kerry Halliday, • Kate Perkins Team Plan Research Research study and compare different methodology around thinking from other schools Research current trends in thinking strategies OZ and internationally Look at research (ed. References) re types of thinking Best practice what does it look like … how do we know other schools Look at associations involved in thinking PEEL / PYP Plan to visit 2 other schools to look at thinking program for all groups PD and surveys for teachers around thinking Thinking about thinking ,learning about thinking.

7. Thinking Team • Kerri Kirby • Andrew Smith, • Susan Ireland, • Kerry Halliday, • Kate Perkins Team Plan How and What POLT 4 unpack run 1 PD for staff VELS thinking unpack run PD for staff include progression points Identify different types of thinking Further develop scope and sequence chart of thinking strategies and appropriate tools Focus & Include thinking in all year/ term planners Thinking about thinking ,learning about thinking.