How to use this exemplar to improve practice

Watch this example of practice exemplifying how Cawdor Primary School uses a whole-school interdisciplinary project to help learners develop their creativity skills, then consider the reflective questions below:

• How does your school use interdisciplinary activities, and how is their impact assessed across the school?
• Are you confident in planning for and evaluating creativity across learning?
• How do you make time to work with colleagues to plan tasks to support and challenge learners?
• In what ways do you encourage learners to develop the skills they need to work with others effectively, and to identify and solve problems?
• How do you support children and young people to learn from success and failure?

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What was done?

Staff at Cawdor Primary School discuss the planning and processes involved in their annual whole-school interdisciplinary learning project. In fortnightly sessions, learners work together in cross-year group teams to address a range of challenges. Children work across levels from nursery to primary seven and every team member has a voice and is encouraged to contribute ideas.

Why was it done?

Staff see the benefits of using this whole-school approach in helping learners develop essential skills for learning, life and work. An overarching project provides scope for activities in a wide range of subject areas and themes, promoting connectivity and coherence across the curriculum.

What was the impact?

As a result of this work, children aged 3 to 11 work together in teams and have gained essential skills such as contributing ideas, listening to each other, negotiating, planning, organising and finding solutions.

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