3 top tips to help children thrive at school
Children typically spend 7,800 hours in the classroom across their educational lifetime!
Strong values, hands-on learning and real world experiences have been proven time and again to help children thrive at school from an early age. Let’s explore the top three areas that impact educational success.
1. Mindset
Developing a healthy mindset from an early age helps ensure children face challenges, grab opportunities and look after their physical and mental wellbeing as they make their way through the year groups.
With the world at our fingertips, it’s important that our children develop an understanding of diversity and inclusivity, building a global view of the world which they will one day thrive in.
Exposing children to a variety of experiences including cultural celebrations, school trips, workshops and extra-curricular clubs will help to broaden their view of the world and shape who they are.
At Westbourne, our global outlook lays the foundation for learning about inclusivity and diversity, while our clubs including Forest and Beach School, sports, music and dance broaden the views of our pupils and help them to discover their passions.
2. Communication
From work to our personal relationships, communication is key. Developing clear communication from an early age and understanding how to express our feelings and emotions can help to resolve and diffuse challenging situations in the future.
Creating and maintaining stimulating and nurturing environments for learning enables children to actively listen and engage with their lessons, which in turn helps to develop their communication skills. Our teachers encourage children to get involved with all aspects of learning, from independent learning to collaborative activities, to ensure they have the opportunities to communicate with each other and pupils across the school.
3. Problem solving
The ability to problem solve is a valuable skill for your little ones to develop. Not only does it help them throughout their learning in subjects such as Science and Maths but it also lays the foundations for problem solving in adulthood, while building resilience.
STEM learning provides children with ample opportunity to problem solve. While testing out their engineering skills on straw structures or fixing faulty robots, STEM lessons encourage children to solve new and unique problems and embrace trial and error, success and failures. The hands-on learning and skills developed are perfect for preparing children for the ever changing digital world.
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