The Learning Journey The Learning Journey Please select "pilot" from the list below and press the "go" button.

Flash Presentation
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Screen Shots
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  • Screen Shot 1: Pupil's Home PageScreen Shot 1: Pupil's Home Page
  • Screen Shot 2: Egyptian Investigative TaskScreen Shot 2: Egyptian Investigative Task

Contact
For more information, please contact one of the following:
John Davies
Shirley Hackett
Eric Tibble

Tel: 01384 814 272
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Welcome to The Learning Journey!

Developed with funding from the DfES
In partnership with Nesta-Futurelab and TAG Learning

Learning Journey develops and promotes a range of competencies needed by all pupils in the 21st century. It will contribute to the development of Global Citizens.

The focus for pupils will be learning how to learn. Although based on a virtual balloon journey around the world the real focus for the resource is the learner's own journey from naive to confident to expert learner. It has been developed to exploit the latest thinking on how children learn best.

TLJ has been used in a range of teaching and learning scenarios including:
  • Key Stage 2/3 Transition
  • Key Stage 3 Foundation Curriculum
  • Gifted and Talented
  • Cross Curriculum embedding ICT
  • Global Citizenship
Key Competencies Focus System Fuctionality
  • Problem Solving
  • Team Work
  • Perseverance
  • Creativity
  • Independence and Initiative
  • Curiosity and Enquiry
  • Accelerated ICT Skills
  • Global Citzenship
  • Individual and Group e-portfolios
  • Safe Messaging System peer-to-peer to teacher
  • Online Review / Mark / Comment / Assess
  • Customisation Facility
  • Dedicated Search Browser
  • TLJ Aquabrowser (bespoke search engine)
  • Online Notepad
  • Learner's Log Book (journal)
  • Interactive Missions
  • Screen Capture Tools
Leading to Nationally Recognised Accreditation

Teacher Planning and Management
All short, medium term planning provided with strategy advice,
solutions cross-referenced to the National Curriculum.

"'The Learning Journey' is an innovative project. It enriches learning, and helps pupils develop responsibility for their own development."
OfSTED report on a school using TLJ, Sept. 2005