Our wole school came together in assembly to discuss how we learn and the challenges and obstacles we may face along the way. Mrs Lowden then introduced us to the Learning Pit, which is a really good way of describing the journey we take on a daily basis in school. We discussed how at the start of every learning journey, we may be feel a variety of different emotions – excited, anxious, motivated, nervous etc. Then, because learning should be challenging for us, we may feel like giving up but at some points, but it is when we are at the bottom of the ‘pit’ that the real learning takes place and when we have to use our Growth Mindsets and the strategies we have learned to get ourselves ‘out of the pit’. It can also be that our teachers and classmates help to ‘pull us out’ and this is ok too. All of these feelings and emotions along the way then result in our feeling of great achievement when we manage to get to the top of the Learning Pit and at this point we have achieved our goal and can help others to do the same.
The videos below help to explain how we are feeling in our learning journeys. Our pupil council also made a display for our school corridor to highlight this journey for us.
