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Welcome to HPL updates! We are delighted to have you as a member of the HPL Global Community. We would like to keep you informed with the latest updates in HPL from events to resources and materials, to thoughts on education and much more.
Best regards,
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Cassey Benito
Programme Manager
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HPL at Abu Dhabi's Teachers Conference
2 March 2024 | 08.30 am - 2.30 pm at Repton School, Abu Dhabi
Deniece Wheeler, Associate Director for HPL based in UAE will attend the Abu Dhabi Teachers Conference - an event by educators for educators. At this event, scholars, researchers, professionals, and industrialists come together to discuss the latest developments in the field. Deniece will present ideas from HPL in a session entitled 'The Pygmalion effect: How do your expectations of students influence or motivate their performance?'
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ACPs and VAAs wheel created by Hartland International School
We would like to extend our gratitude to Hartland International School for creating the ACPs and VAAs wheel for HPL to use at conferences. We cannot wait to showcase this innovative resource.
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As requested by our schools:
Improving Classroom Practice through the HPL Lens
In five Workshops, teachers will learn how to integrate HPL into their classroom practice, plugging the gap between pedagogy and teaching and learning. The programme, led by the Albany Learning Trust, focusses on practical examples of how to effectively use HPL in the classroom. As part of each session, delegates will:
- Learn how to integrate HPL into their lessons effectively
- Create their own personal development plan for improving their own practice
- Practice implementing HPL into their lessons, building their expertise
- Have opportunities to share their best practice
- Develop their wider professional network of colleagues from the HPL community
Workshop 1, taking place on 12th March 2024 from 9.00am to 11.00am UK time, will focus on how teachers can promote good progress and outcomes by pupils. Participants will engage with a range of strategies such as how to check for understanding, use scaffolding and sequence in small steps within an HPL classroom.
To sign up for this workshop, or to hear more about the full programme, please contact getintouch@highperformancelearning.co.uk. The programme is available to attend as individual sessions at £119 + VAT per session per delegate, or at a discounted rate for the whole course, at £500 + VAT per delegate.
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🏆 Are you an ambitious school leader? 🏆
Join us for two days of inspiring and challenging presentations, dynamic workshops and discussions for school leaders on achieving High Performance and the continuing journey towards everyone becoming a high performer.
Date: 20th - 21st March
Location: Warwick Conference Centre, UK
Our 5th Annual Conference will focus on the critical role HPL plays in connecting the visions of school leaders with the real-world classroom. We are delighted to bring the HPL community together again and unite to answer questions including:
👀 How do you engage staff with your vision and values?
👀 How do you transform culture for the better? 👀 How does HPL turn vision into reality in context?
What to expect:
✅ Inspiring keynotes sessions with Dr Helen Street, digital education and AI thought leader Laura Knight, record-breaking adventurer Alex Staniforth, and HPL Founder and Chair Professor Deborah Eyre.
✅ Collaborative workshop
✅ In depth discussions
✅ Spectacular celebrations
✅ Networking opportunities and more…
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Accrediting or Re-Accrediting Schools’ Surveys
The Wave 2 Perception Impact Surveys are now live, with links to each survey issued to Heads and HPL Leads on the 29th of January 2024 for sharing with Staff, Parent, and Student cohorts. Links will remain live until the 11th of March 2024. These Perception Impact Surveys are a wonderful tool to allow you to chart the impact of HPL within your school, and we encourage you to work towards maximum completion levels wherever possible.
For any questions or advice on administering the survey, or for any technical queries, please contact Kerri Lyon, Chief Operating Officer at HPL, who will be happy to assist you.
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Linking-Up Meetings
Register and save the dates for upcoming WCSA (Year 1) Linking Up Meetings.
Dates for February 2024:
- 4th March 2024 - 11am (UK Time) - WCSA Year 1 (Heads/Principals) - Register here for this meeting.
- 7th March 2024 - 11am (UK Time) - WCSA Year 1 - (HPL Leads) - Register here for this meeting.
We are looking forward to seeing you there!
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Pathway Programmes (WCSA/HPSA) can sign up to attend any TWO FGC Taster Events!
Headteachers/Principals or HPL Leads
can request to attend two FGC Taster Events for the academic year on behalf of the academic staff.
Please ensure that staff members are made aware of these two events. HPL central wants to prevent individual staff members from attending other FGC Events outside of what was agreed upon by the school.
Please include the following information when emailing Cassey Benito.
- Name of event
- Time of session you would like to attend
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FGC Spring Term Programme Events Round Up
On February 8th we were delighted to welcome Sue Macgregor from Alps to deliver a guest webinar on Driving Excellence: Intelligent use of data in HPL Schools. This webinar provided opportunities for colleagues from the Fellowship and Global Community to gain insights into best practice for collecting, monitoring and tracking meaningful data.
A case study from the International British School of Bucharest was shared, showcasing the impact HPL can have on:
- Students taking ownership of their learning and progression
- A whole school approach to meaningful data collection
- Working with students not to them
- Impact on standards (attainment and value added).
If you wish to join the next Guest Webinar: Creating Positive Schools from the Inside-Out | Dr Helen Street, Positive Schools Initiative on the 27th February 2024
- Register for 09.00 am or 1.30 pm (UK time) session here.
To watch the recording and access the presentation of Sue Macgregor please select the button below.
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Sector Network: HPL in Prep Schools with Mark Tomlins
On Monday, 19th February we hosted a second meeting of the Primary Sector Network. The main discussion focus for this meeting was to explore how each school from the Fellowship and Global Community was collecting, monitoring and tracking meaningful data for the HPL competencies. The value of these sessions are always the collective sharing of examples and ideas. The discussions on Monday were very informative for all.
Sign up for the next Sector Network: HPL in UAE Schools with Russel Ellicott on the 16th of April 2024 at 1 pm (UK time).
- Register for 1 pm (UK time) session here.
To download the reading please select the button below.
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FGC Spring-Summer Programme
View the Spring and Summer FGC Professional Learning Programme here.
February Professional Learning events:
- Guest Webinar | Creating Positive Schools from the Inside-Out | Dr Helen Street, Positive Schools Initiative | 27 February 2024 | 9.00 am and 1.30 pm (UK time) - Register Here
- HPL in the Classroom | Effective Strategies to Embed VAAs and ACPs into the Maths Classroom | Ellie Jones, St Edward’s School, Cheltenham - 29 February 2024 | 10.30 am and 2.30 pm (UK time) - Register Here
March Professional Learning events:
- HPL in the Classroom | Excellence Without Pressure | John Gardner, Bedford Girls School - 05 March 2024 | 10.30 am and 2.30 pm (UK time) - Register Here
- Teacher Certification Award Scheme Clinic (For TCO's, IAs and Candidates) - 6 March 2024 | 10.30 am and 2.30 pm (UK time) - Register Here
- Guest Webinar | Opening Doors to Ambitious English for All Learners | Bob Cox, Educational Consultant | 14 March 2024 | 10.30 am and 2.30 pm (UK time) - Register Here
- HPL Leads Global Forum | Developing a Culture of Research | Kirsten Parker, HPL Lead at St Lawrence College | 27 March 2024 | 1.30 pm - 2.30 pm (UK time) - Register Here
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8BillionIdeas World Changers Magic Encounters Competition
The World Changers Competition is a Magic Encounter that will challenge students to do just that: change the world with their ideas! This competition is aimed at Year 12 and 13. Throughout this competition, students will explore social entrepreneurship, inspiring positive change, and impacting the world around us.
All interested HPL FGC schools will be invited to join the Welcome Webinar on the 27th of February 2024, as 8billionIdeas outlines the competition and discuss what's in store.
Welcome Webinar:
Session 1
27 Feb 2024 at 08:15 am (UK Time)
Join Zoom Webinar Here
Meeting ID: 770 4439 9533
Passcode: 4GTHc6
Session 2
27 Feb, 2024 at 1 pm (UK Time)
Join Zoom Webinar Here
Meeting ID: 773 8477 1022
Passcode: 8IhvbF
Register here for the World Changers Competition. Winners of the competition will gain access to a skill enhancing workshop with an 8billionideas Mentor. Don't miss out!
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Do you have an HPL student group?
It has been suggested that we form an HPL Pupil Ambassador Network. We all have our student leaders and HPL champions – what a fantastic opportunity to have these groups and have some way to come together to share experiences and celebrate their successes through HPL.
Would you like to join this network? We are looking to have some consultation meetings in early Summer. Before then, please send emails expressing interest in this network to Cassey Benito below.
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HPL Podcasts
We are looking to develop a series of HPL Podcasts and would like to gain some feedback and suggestions. If you feel you would join and listen to HPL topics, debate and training via Podcasts do let us know. If you have suggestions for content areas, please email Mark Tomlins below.
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This update's Big Question
In a recent article from the BBC News, "Schools in England have been given new guidance intended to stop the use of mobile phones during the school day."
Are there any benefits of the use of mobile phones in schools, e.g. in an art design classroom context or should all schools be a phone free environment? Access the full article below.
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English Subject Community led by Daniel Bottom| Ellesmere College
In Daniel's recent post entitled Technology, he highlighted the following "In today’s world of social media and technical communications with having unprecedented opportunities like never before, to contact, communicate with and inform our various stakeholders. Lockdowns have developed in us a new skill set of electronic teaching and communications. Everywhere we see Podcasts from all sectors.
The question this week is:
- How is our HPL community using this technology?
- Are you making Podcasts for parents?
- Are you posting video content online to support home learning?
- How is it best used?"
Share your experiences in Daniel's subject community and get some great ideas shared by others.
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🎉 Celebrating HPL Schools
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We are delighted to congratulate all new pupils at St Lawrence for demonstrating HPL Competencies! Last week St. Lawrence College invited new pupils to a thrilling High Performance Learning (HPL) induction morning. The event aimed to challenge their creativity, curiosity, and collaboration, providing an engaging introduction to the school’s commitment to fostering essential skills for the future. The highlight of the event was a competition where students were grouped and challenged to collaboratively generate ideas for products tailored to the needs of the future. The winning group demonstrated exceptional teamwork and precision, addressing the brief with innovative thinking. Their winning concept was a home teleportation device designed to provide cheap and easy travel for users with disabilities.
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Congratulations to the primary HPL award winning students at Scholars International Academy. These students have demonstrated that they are empathetic and hardworking learners, who always try to be the best that they can be. Well done to the learners for demonstrating the various HPL themes.
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Well done to the students at Day Waterman College who won 1st position, 2023 AISEN Project Competition (KS3 category). The winning students achieved another world-class success! Using the HPL skills of hard work, resilience, collaboration, and agility, they produced a light tracking device that signals an incoming burglar or intruder. They were judged on the basis of creativity, analysis, presentation, implementation/impact, and practical. They scored a 100%. We are exceptionally proud of these students for exhibiting HPL skills. #EveryoneCan!
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Start Talking – Confident Speakers and Confident Thinkers - Melanie Saunders (2024), HPL
We are thrilled to share with colleagues across the HPL community a new blog by Melanie Saunders, Chief Education Advisor at HPL. In this blog, Melanie encourages teachers to:
- Create a language-rich classroom with frequent and varied opportunities for productive talk.
- Model what we expect from students through how we use academic language and appropriate vocabulary and through what we value in our classrooms.
- Plan into our teaching, deliberate opportunities for students to engage in back-and-forth conversation, to make and defend a point of view and to ask the questions as well as answering them.
- Having an oracy policy for the whole school.
Read the full blog below.
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Delivering Empathy into the classroom - Empathy Lab (2024)
Developing Empathy within our schools and indeed pupils can be challenging. For HPL the theme Empathy includes three competencies:
- Collaborative - The ability to seek out opportunities to receive responses to your work; present your own views and ideas clearly and concisely; listen to the views of others; be willing and able to work in teams; take a variety of roles and be able to evaluate your own ideas and contributions.
- Concerned for Society - The ability to know the contribution you can make to society for the benefit of those less fortunate; demonstrate citizenship and a sense of community ethos and recognise differences as well as similarities between people and peoples; be aware of your own and others’ cultural heritage and sensitive to the ethical and moral issues raised by their studies.
- Confident - The ability to develop a belief in your knowledge, understanding and action; recognise when you need to change your beliefs based upon additional information or the arguments of others; deal with new challenges and situations, including when this places them under stress. In the classroom we are looking to develop those skills which focus the pupil on those around them and the environment around them, in both an immediate and wider sense. How do they interact, listen to and work with others as well as share space.
The Empathy Lab has produced a practical way to look at delivering Empathy into the classroom. This resource looks at literature for the primary classroom around different areas of Empathy. “Empathy Lab’s mission is to raise an empathy-educated generation, inspired to build a better world for everyone.”
In this resource Empathy Lab has created an outline for teaching Empathy as well as a comprehensive list of books that can be used to support teaching empathy with our pupils. View Empathy Lab's resources below.
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Let us know what you're up to!
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We love to see what our HPL Family is up to! If you have any resources, successes, initiatives or anything else you would like to share with the Global HPL Community make sure to submit them on HPL Online.
In uploading material for sharing, schools take responsibility for ensuring that they are copyright free.
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