Session 5 Activity - Curriculum Innovative Practices - Cramlington Learning Village

Here is the content of the curriculum on Cramlington Learning Village website:
Cramlington Learning Village

After viewing the website, I find that this school's curriculum is so interesting and different. Firstly, year 7 in this school, they have the "Learn to learn" lesson which let their students understand how to become successful learner in the future. I am very interested in this course and I also think it is benefit for the student to be a life-long learner. I think it is relate to the learning and thinking skills of the 21st century skills.

Secondly, year 7 and 8 students have excellent opportunities to experience new areas of learning. In my opinion, it helps students to recognize the global awareness and get use to ICT literacy which let them know how to learn and how to develop personal adaptability in the society.

Thirdly, the school enables students to work at length and in depth on enquirybased activities, which will build up an open environment that let students obvious the problem, and find the reason through the collaborative team work and creative questionnaire. And they also allow the year 9 students follow an Enterprise course. This process may develops critical-thinking and problem-solving skills, communication skills, collaboration skills and Leadership skills.

Last, they build up the vocational Centre, and independent learning Centre for the higher Grade students to touch the job that only exist in the society. They will get the knowledge  of life skills. This innovation may let the students make the self-direction ability.

These curriculums are pretty cool. I think it is a disruptive innovation.