Braemar School and Nursery

The ability to filter and sort information, to maintain attention on a specific topic or idea, to see what's essential and what can be discarded and to suggest changes to the environment which might support focus.

• Being respectful of others and accepting of others' ideas and values,
• exercising control over our own impulses and emotions and
• being fair and honest.

• being open to new ideas
• identifying problems and finding solutions
• responding positively to constructive feedback
• being a resilient learner and having the ability to be flexible
• learning to compromise and manage disagreements

• making decisions and thinking independently
• choosing the most appropriate method  for a task
• setting goals and meeting deadlines
• taking responsibility for their own learning
• self evaluating progress
• challenging themselves
• being self motivated

• Sharing and receiving information,
• listening carefully and asking interesting questions,
• adapting language and behaviour to suit different situations,
• communicating confidently both verbally and digitally.

• Recognising and respecting other people’s feelings and emotions,
• showing kindness and empathy,
• being aware of the impact of their actions on others,
• having a sense of responsibility and concern for wider society

• Working with a group and taking on different roles,
• learning to understand and respond to feedback from others,
• willing to help others in the team,
• being sensitive to others’ feelings and willing to challenge poor behaviour if necessary.

• Helping to lead a group to tackle a problem or reach a goal,
• supporting others to participate,
• learning from and building on other people’s ideas and suggestions during group work.

• Being curious about the unfamiliar and unexpected,
• posing questions to develop their understanding,
  constructively challenge ideas that are presented,
• use a range of sources of information to form and justify opinions,
• show an understanding of the reliability of sources of information

• Identifying problems and researching different ways of solving them,
• asking and answering questions about the world we live in,
• grouping,classifying and comparing information,
•  examining options and giving their opinions

• Creating and designing solutions to a problem both independently and with others,
• understanding that mistakes can help us to learn and lead to solutions,
• learning from and building on other people’s ideas and experiences.

• Using different types of questions,
• making and testing predictions,
• examining evidence and making links between cause and effect,
• weighing up pros and cons of different approaches,
• selecting the best strategy to solve a problem and complete a task.