HPL Updates

HPL Update

17 May 2023

Participate in IDG's Magic Encounters Competition

The Magic Encounters competition gives HPL school students the opportunity to experience command tasks and then design their own task. The winning school will see their design turned into a real-life command task, which IDG will create and deliver to the students, and some of their global corporate clients! This is a call for all Heads/ Principals and Teachers to encourage their students to participate in the competition, as it is a unique and memorable experience for staff and students in High Performance Learning schools.

FGC Teach Meets

We are delighted to confirm that our next Teach Meet is scheduled for the 23rd May at 10.00 a.m. (BST) and (focus repeated) at 16.30 p.m. (BST). This is to take into account our global outreach. The Teach Meet will last for 1 hour maximum. The focus of this month’s Teach Meet is on the ‘Progression & Assessment of ACPs’. 

Accreditation 

Accreditation is happening and we wish our schools currently going through this, every success as they reach the closing stages of their first HPL Journey and start planning their road maps for the next academic year.

Interested in leading a Subject Community on HPL Online? HPL introduced the Subject Communities Forum in March 2023. Contact Mark Tomlins via email on mark.tomlins@highperformancelearning.co.uk, if this is an area which interests you. Collaboration is a great way to boost HPL engagement with the Global Community. Get started now and share your thoughts on the existing forums. Don't miss out on the thought provoking discussions.

St. Mary's School, Cambridge introduces HPL

HPL celebrates St. Mary's School, Cambridge for their creativity in professionally putting together a video explaining what HPL is and why it matters to their students. Additionally, in the video St. Mary's School confirms that since introducing HPL in 2017, academic grades have continued to rise. When was HPL introduced at your School and how did it benefit your students and teachers? Feel free to share your HPL Story with us too! 

Looking for inspiring examples of application around ACPs and VAAs? Well, look no further!   

St Edmund's College and Prep School produced some great examples in their College Life, Spring  Newsletter. They highlighted how parents can support their child/children to understand and practice the characteristics of High Performance Learning and further provided examples of how the ACPs and VAAs are used in various subjects and areas inside the classroom and outside the classroom. How are you driving the ACPs and VAAs inside and outside your Classroom? Join other schools by sharing your HPL examples. 

Are you a Year 4 Math Teacher and need inspiration to design a lesson for the conversion of Metres to Kilometres  and vice versa? 

Have a look at Kristina Stanova's lesson that she has adapted from a Twinkl resource. Kristina has added HPL terminology and tasks are also designed for students to practice their ACPs and VAAs.  This Math lesson is taught in Year 4 at GEMS, The Cambridge High School, Abu Dhabi. 

NB: This example is a modification of a Twinkl resource.

Join us in welcoming Nadeen School Bahrain to the World Class Schools Award Scheme!

Nadeen School, established in 1978, is a growing all-through school consisting of Pre-School/Nursery, Primary and Secondary sections. With their new state-of-the-art campus in Dilmunia, the Principal Paul Walton and all staff are excited to offer a range of exciting learning experiences. The ethos at Nadeen School Bahrain is to instil a passion for learning amongst their young learners within the established uniquely international setting.

Nadeen School Bahrain is an outstanding school, offering a high-quality international education in beautiful Bahrain, with a personalised approach to learning which enables each child to achieve beyond their perceived potential. At Nadeen School, they believe in ensuring that all students are unique, should be encouraged to follow their passions, interests and their individual successes are celebrated. To facilitate this, Nadeen School have adopted their philosophy that places the development of the whole child at the forefront of everything they do. The school's approach to learning is very specific in the way that they teach, students interact and develop. This includes a school-wide passion for progressive teaching, hands on learning and learning by ‘doing’. Nadeen School encourages their students to learn with a growth mindset, embracing new challenges and learning with others both in and beyond the classroom through education trips, sports, music, languages, visits, caring for the environment and Extra-curricular activities.

It was an utmost pleasure to host Agnes Monan, Stephanie Andronikos and Kate Fellowes from Nadeen School Bahrain at the WCSA Induction at St. George's House, Windsor Castle.