Making the jump from junior school to high school can be daunting. You go from being the king of the jungle to starting over again. Not only is it a different social environment, the pace and style of teaching can be very different. What worked in Year 6 is unlikely to be enough in Year 7.
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Sandbox Learning Australia: How to set up your child for high school success
1. How to set your children up for
high school success!
Jesse Whelan
Director of Learning @ Sandbox Learning Australia
jesse@sandboxlearning.com.au
www.sandboxlearning.com.au
2. About me: Jesse Whelan
School University Work
Woollahra
Public
School
3. Turning a decade of experience into a new way of
learning
• Over a decade of
tutoring experience
• Taught hundreds of
students across school
and university level
• Undergrad thesis in the
science of learning
Sandbox Learning
Confidence. Learning. Success
4. This is the 3rd
of a 3 part series
How to set up your
child for high school
success
August 12
Stop wasting your time
studying
April 29
HSC Up Close
July 15
12. The transition involves lots of change and stress
Relationships Teachers
School work Responsibility
13. Overview
• Developing Growth Mindsets
• Establishing good learning habits
• Lifting the learning – Bloom’s Taxonomy
• Catering for your whole child
14. 12 tips for high school learning success
Developing Growth Mindset
1. Don’t label students
2. Embrace failure
3. Praise the process not the result
Establishing good learning habits
4. Develop a Master Approach
5. Use Retrieval Practice
6. Space study out
7. Mix practice up
Lifting the learning – Bloom’s
Taxonomy
8. Master the foundations
9. Push past ‘application’
Catering for your whole child
10. Sleep: 8-10 Hours/night
11. Exercise: 60min/day
12. Socialise: Friends and hobbies
15. Overview
• Developing Growth Mindsets
• Establishing good learning habits
• Lifting the learning – Bloom’s Taxonomy
• Catering for your whole child
16. Growth Mindset
A growth mindset is the belief that people’s abilities and
attributes are malleable and can be improved
incrementally
17. Growth Mindsets – busting myths
You either have a fixed or a
growth mindset
A growth mindset is a belief
system held at a certain time.
Research in to genetics is a
counter to Dweck’s research
Genetics determine start not
end points
It’s all about doing more
practice
Deliberate practice is what
matters
You should praise effort =
“You tried really hard”
You should praise effort with
achievement
20. Here’s the secret to juggling:
“Throwing is more important than
catching. If you’re good at throwing, the
catching takes care of itself.”
Seth Godin
Praise the process not the result
21. Summary
Developing Growth Mindset
1. Don’t label students
2. Embrace failure
3. Praise the process not the result
Establishing learning habits
Lifting the learning – Bloom’s
Taxonomy
Catering for your whole child
30. Now a bit of maths
1. What is 12 times 27?
2. Al's father is 45. He is 15 years older than twice Al's age.
How old is Al?
3. What were those 8 words?
4. And what about the 5 words before that?
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15
35. And is way more efficient – learn more without
studying more
36. Check out my blog on medium for more information:
medium.com/@jessewhelan
37. Summary
Developing Growth Mindset
Establishing good learning habits
4. Develop a Master Approach
5. Use Retrieval Practice
6. Space study out
7. Mix practice up
Lifting the learning – Bloom’s
Taxonomy
Catering for your whole child
38. • Developing Growth Mindsets
• Establishing good learning habits
• Lifting the learning – Bloom’s Taxonomy
• Catering for your whole child
Overview
39. You want to help your child move up the pyramid
40. What is that item?
Create
Evaluate
Analyse
Apply
Understand
Remember
41. How are these items related?
Create
Evaluate
Analyse
Apply
Understand
Remember
42. Can you apply the theory?
Create
Evaluate
Analyse
Apply
Understand
Remember
43. Guess what else is really good at remembering,
understanding and applying?
44. How can you join pieces of wood to make a chair?
Create
Evaluate
Analyse
Apply
Understand
Remember
45. Can you design a new seating device?
Create
Evaluate
Analyse
Apply
Understand
Remember
?
46. Summary
Developing Growth Mindset
Establishing good learning habits
Lifting the learning – Bloom’s
Taxonomy
8. Master the foundations
9. Push past ‘application’
Catering for your whole child
47. Overview
• Developing Growth Mindsets
• Establishing good learning habits
• Lifting the learning – Bloom’s Taxonomy
• Catering for your whole child
48. Make sure you are nurturing the whole individual
Exercise
60min of moderate
activity/day
Sleep
8-10 hours/night n/a
Socialise
• Exercise increases areas
of the brain associated
with thinking and
memory
• REM sleep is important
in developing
procedural knowledge
• Sleep deprivation
prevents formation of
long-term memory
• Friendships helps the
body manage stress
hormones
• Hobbies are an
effective way to
develop motivation and
support curiosity
50. Summary
Developing Growth Mindset
1. Don’t label students
2. Embrace failure
3. Praise the process not the result
Establishing good learning habits
4. Develop a Master Approach
5. Use Retrieval Practice
6. Space study out
7. Mix practice up
Lifting the learning – Bloom’s
Taxonomy
8. Master the foundations
9. Push past ‘application’
Catering for your whole child
10. Sleep: 8-10 Hours/night
11. Exercise: 60min/day
12. Socialise: Friends and hobbies
51. Need some more support? Sandbox is here to help
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