Throughout all the key stages the school will focus on teaching the skills laid out in the national curriculum. The skills have been selected by the government as essential components to improve their learning and performance in education, work and life. These can be split into two categories; Key skills and Thinking skills.
The key skills are listed as communication, application of number, information technology, working with others, improving own learning and performance and problem solving.
Running in conjunction with these key skills are the Thinking skills comprising of information processing skills, reasoning skills, enquiry skills, creative thinking skills and evaluation skills. The students will learn, practice, develop and refine these skills through their key stage years through application in the core subject areas. These skills are taught through encouraging the student to reflect on what they learn, how they learn and how these skills can be applied to different situations in everyday life.
Running in conjunction with these key skills are the Thinking skills comprising of information processing skills, reasoning skills, enquiry skills, creative thinking skills and evaluation skills. The students will learn, practice, develop and refine these skills through their key stage years through application in the core subject areas. These skills are taught through encouraging the student to reflect on what they learn, how they learn and how these skills can be applied to different situations in everyday life.
By the time that the child reaches 11 years in the British primary school system the goal is to have achieved levels of knowledge as well as personal growth and skill strategies that can be applied in the key stages three and four. Although actual knowledge is a very important part of education it is also through focusing on these key skills and thinking skills will adequately prepare students for a successful life outside the school system.