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LEARNING
ENVIRONMENT
DISTINCTIVE
FEATURES OF
OUR ASPECT TO
LEARNING
It is important that our students
learn how to learn as well as
learning what to learn! A number
of distinctive features are
designed to promote and support
effective learning, attainment and
achievement:
•
Building good learning habits
through creative and active
approaches to learning.
•
An enterprise culture with
strong emphasis on the
importance of each subject
to the world of industry and
commerce.
•
The study of at least one
foreign language.
•
Flexible use of a wide range of
learning resources.
•
Flexible student grouping.
•
Off-site learning including day
and residential educational
visits and field work
undertaken locally, nationally
and internationally.
•
Appropriate use of Information
and Communication
Technology to promote
effective teaching and learning.
•
Development of individual
education programmes to
meet individual student needs.
•
Personal Tutorial support for
each student within vertically
aged Personal Tutorial groups.
•
A comprehensive extension
and enrichment activities
programme.
•
A continuous extended
learning day.
•
Staff development and training
days held in student holidays.