We are... REFLECTIVE

Plan our learning in advance

Revise and adapt along the way

Think how learning could be used in different settings

Be able to talk about what WE have learned from others

Know ourselves as a developing learner

When you use this learning muscle you……

•        Plan the steps you might take

•        are flexible in your learning

•        can talk about how learning works for you

•        know your strengths and weaknesses as a learner

We are... RESOURCEFUL

Ask good questions

Make links to what we already know

Have an active imagination

Use reasoning – show our working

Use resources in our environment

 When you use this learning muscle you……

•        often wonder what, why, and how?

•        connect new ideas to how you think and feel already

•        create logical arguments

•        Use all things in the classroom to help you learn

We are... RECIPROCAL

Interacting with others

Collaborate, be willing to share and work as a team

Be a good listener and empathise – get inside others minds

Imitate good learners and good learning

 When you use this learning muscle you……

•        make informed choices about working on your own or with others

•        respect other people’s points of view

•         manage feeling when working with others

•        are ready to learn from others

We are... RESILIENT

Be absorbed, pay attention

Reduce distraction

Really notice things

Persevere & stick at it to the end

When you use this learning muscle you……

•       are aware of possible sources of distraction

•        purposefully try to minimize distractions

•        know what conditions help you learn

•        settle back into learning quickly after an interruption