HPL Updates

HPL Update

15 May 2024

HPL Golf Day on the 17th May 

HPL are running a small golf event with the support of The Els Club Dubai and 2BLimitless. 

The flyer has the contact information to register your interest. We have limited places and would love for you to join us so please do reach out and we look forward to seeing you there!

View the flyer here.

HPL Red Book out in Arabic!

We are thrilled to announce that the "High Performance Learning: How to become a world class school" book is now available in Arabic.

How to order: 

1. You can order directly via the online bookstore here; or
2. Call the Director, Mr Mamoon Turki Abdelqaader on + 966 56 832 5053 

All the information comes up in both English and Arabic. Therefore, if the wrong language comes up, just look for the button on that first page to get the language that you want.

The Impossible Question of Living Well by Dr. Helen Street is now Available!

The Impossible Question of Living Well is a mix of the personal and the professional - and explores how an increased understanding of 'change' can help us live well during good times, and be more resilient when life is tough. In celebration of the book now being available online globally Dr. Helen Street is presenting a webinar on how an understanding of change can help us better understand ourselves. 

Colleagues can sign up for free via Dr. Helen Street's website here. It is on Monday,  20th May at 4:30pm AWST which is 9:30 am (UK Time).

Get the leadership skills required to accelerate  your career in education!

Accrediting and Re-Accrediting schools to submit example material to HPL Online

The period for Accreditation and Re-accreditation is the 29th April to 16th June 2024. 

As per the guidance, available on HPL Online, you are required to have uploaded your example material no later than three weeks before your Accreditation date.

Your Accreditor will contact you at least one week before your Accreditation visit to inform you of any additional example material they would like to see, and what meetings, interviews, or observations they would like included in the visit, and you will work together to finalise an itinerary for the day.

For any queries relating to the Accreditation window period, please contact Cassey Benito

1. Practical Strategies for Becoming a more Effective HPL Classroom Teacher

(For all staff) 

Price per workshop: £119 + VAT per delegate 

The aim of the programme is to support teachers in how to integrate HPL into their classroom practice. It will plug the gap between pedagogy and teaching and learning. The programme is led by the Albany Learning Trust and focusses on practical examples of how to effectively use HPL 

in the classroom. 

During each workshop you will: 

• Learn how to integrate HPL into your lessons effectively. 
• Create your own personal development plan for improving your own practice. 
• Practice implementing HPL into your lessons, building your expertise over time. Have opportunities to share your best practice. 
• Develop your wider professional network of colleagues from the HPL family. 

This workshop will focus on how to use practice and retrieval in an HPL classroom. 

Participants will engage with a range of strategies such as how to use quizzing and using a knowledge organiser to develop HPL skills and behaviours. 

Workshop 5 | 9th July 2024 | 9.00am – 11.00am (UK time) 

This workshop will focus on how to develop curriculum planning in an HPL classroom. Participants will engage with a range of strategies such as how how to use coherent mapping and use tiered questions and problems to develop HPL skills and behaviours. To book contact getintouch@highperformancelearning.co.uk 

2. The Effective Teaching Assistant in an HPL School (For: Entire HPL Community) 

Wednesday, 5th June 2024 | 9.30 am to 12.30 pm (UK Time)  

Virtual Price: £119 + VAT per delegate 

This half-day course is aimed at classroom support assistants in an HPL school. Through a combination of presentations, activities and facilitated discussions, it will: 

• Explain the HPL philosophy and framework, showing how it is used by teachers and how it helps pupils to systematically improve both confidence and performance. 
• Explore the issues of language, challenge and opportunity and how these impact on performance as well as self-esteem.
• Encourage participants to reflect on their own classroom practice and at how they both promote and model high expectations.

Host a Teacher Takeover next academic year 

Show case the excellence in your school with the wider HPL Community. To find out more, read our teacher takeover guidance below. #BringOneIdeaLeaveWithMany!

Linking-Up Meetings

Headteachers/ Principals and HPL Leads, please register and save the dates for upcoming WCSA and HPSA Linking Up Meetings in May 2024.

Year 2 WCSA & HPSA Schools

Sign up for our Summer Term FGC Professional Development Events! 

Headteachers or HPL Leads of Pathway Programme Schools (WCSA/HPSA)
can request to attend two FGC Taster Events for the academic year on behalf of the academic staff with Cassey Benito, Programme Manager at HPL.

Please include the following information when emailing Cassey Benito.

• Name of event 
• Time of session you would like to attend

FGC Spring Term Programme Events Round Up

Guest Webinar | Everything We've Learned About Improving Maths Attainment 

Last week we were excited to welcome Rebekah Fant-Male and Nilam Patel from Complete Mathematics who delivered an insightful, enriching, and informative Guest Webinar. If you were unable to attend please follow this link to the presentation slides and recording here.

To find out more about this area you can read this review paper here.  

If you would like to know more about Complete Mathematics, please follow the link to create a free Complete Mathematics account to explore their platforms here. 

Spotlight Webinar | Building High Performance Teams Through Belonging

We were also delighted to welcome Linda Burrows and Peter Mayland from the Albany Learning trust who delivered a thought provoking and uplifting spotlight on 9th May 2024. Sincere thanks to Linda Burrows and Peter Mayland for sharing their expertise and journey for building high performance teams through belonging. If you were unable to attend, please see below links to the recording and presentation here.

FGC Spring-Summer Programme 

View the Spring and Summer FGC Professional Learning Programme here.

Last call! Challenge your students to use their creativity to help change the world! 

The World Changers Competition by 8BillionIdeas is a HPL 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. 

What will the student(s) learn? 

• Skills to visualise the future. 
• Focus your problem solving skills. 
• Enhance your presentation skills. 

The student(s) will be presenting an idea that will change the world. The idea must solve a problem linked to sustainability, and have a positive impact on the world around the student(s). 

For teachers interested in signing up their students in this competition, please watch the welcome webinar recording here. 

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!