Building learning power is about:

• Helping young people become better learners
• Developing their portable learning power
• Preparing young people for a lifetime of learning

There are four R's: Resourcefulness, Resilience, Reciprocity and Reflectiveness. There are key skills that children need to practice in order to develop the above qualities. These have been listed as questions in each classroom.

Resourcefulness
Are you asking good questions? Are you curious? Are you making connections between the things you learn? Can you imagine yourself in a situation? Are you using a method to answer a question? Are you making the most of the resources that are available?

Resilience
Are you absorbed in your work? Are you managing distractions? Are you persevering? Are you using all your senses?

Reciprocity
Are you able to work independently and with others? Do you understand the rules of team work? Are you able to learn from others and pick up their habits? Are you able to listen to others together?

Reflectiveness
Have you planned your work carefully? Are you ready to change your plans if things don't work? Are you picking out the key facts? Do you know how you learn best?

At Powers Hall Academy the children chose animals that represented each of the 4 R's to help them focus on what it means to be resourceful, resilient etc. These are displayed in each learning area of the school so that the children can refer to them. In addition to this, teachers choose an area that they would like the children to focus on during Creative Links lessons and discuss how they can develop their skills. The skills are also becoming integrated into the Literacy and Numeracy as the children become more familiar with them.