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What is the purpose of engaging parents and carers as a Thinking School?

3 November 2023 / Baseline, Parents, Thinking School / 3 minutes of reading

What do you know about the Science of Learning? As you introduce a new concept, do you help learners picture what is going on in their brain? Do your students regularly talk about schema and long-term memory? The science of learning, often referred to as educational psychology or the psychology of learning, is a field of study that focuses on understanding how humans acquire, process, and retain knowledge and skills. Its main focus is getting us to understand and tap into the incredible resources our brain offers!

A search for a Thinking School

13 January 2023 / Thinking School / 3 minutes of reading

Peter Short, a senior teacher from Wellington Primary School in Hounslow, writes about his personal journey to find a Thinking School.

East Belfast Thinking Schools Collaboration Project

7 July 2022 / Collaboration, Thinking School / 4 minutes of reading

Over the last 12 months, Thinking Matters designed and facilitated a bespoke online programme to meet the needs of a group of primary schools in East Belfast. Utilising funding provided by the Education Authority for collaborative professional learning, seven schools participated in this year-long Collaboration Project which provided An Introduction to Whole School Metacognition and Visual Tools.

Journey of a Thinking School during a National Lockdown

11 March 2021 / Thinking School / 4 minutes of reading

It’s been quite the journey for us at Sacred Heart over the last four years. We have a whole new Senior Leadership Team in place, a stable staff team, a bespoke curriculum developed and have become a real hub for the community. We were also excited to start the Thinking Matters whole school approach to thinking and to be working closely with Ged Murphy, TM Consultant, who has been integral to our school improvement.

Millbrook Primary School – the start of a Thinking School Journey

7 November 2020 / Thinking School / 3 minutes of reading

The start of our Thinking School Journey – helping our children to reignite their thinking and learning following the pandemic.

New Study shows remarkable results for Pupils from Thinking Schools

22 April 2019 / Study, Thinking School / 2 minutes of reading

New research undertaken by the University of Exeter shows the Thinking School approach impacts greatly on the progress of pupils in both primary and secondary schools in England as measured by P8, reading progress, writing progress and mathematics progress.

Developing Thinking Schools in Nigeria

24 March 2019 / Thinking School / 3 minutes of reading

Thinking Schools Nigeria (TSN) was established after the Greensprings School Drive Team was trained by Thinking Matters, which ended in April 2018. Since then, several training sessions on the Thinking School Approach have been organised for teachers and support staff.

Thinking Matters bring the thinking school approach to exam-obsessed China

13 November 2018 / Thinking School / 3 minutes of reading

Thinking Matters are pleased to announce a partnership with a British-educated Chinese educationalist and entrepreneur, Garmen Chan.

Attitude changing visits to Thinking Schools

5 July 2018 / Attitude, Thinking School / 3 minutes of reading

This March a group of teachers from Lithuania (Alytus St Benedict‘s Gymnasium and Vilnius Salininkai Gymnasium) had a wonderful opportunity to observe how philosophy of the Thinking Schools approach works in reality.

Notting Hill Prep as a Thinking School

4 July 2018 / Thinking School / 4 minutes of reading

It’s really an exciting time to be a teacher. There’s hardly a day goes past when something new doesn’t appear to read about education, either a new book or an article on Twitter. And working at Notting Hill Prep (NHP), a thinking school, means that there’s a constant conversation about pedagogy or happiness or wellbeing going on in staffrooms and over lunch.