G & M Murphy Learning

We are now working in collaboration with Thinking Matters Ltd thinkingmatters.com Ged has been fully trained as a Thinking Matters consultant and we now have 11 Merseyside Primary schools who have begun the Thinking Matters approach. The focus is on developing the independent metacognitive learners of the future. Over two years all members of the school community benefit from 5 full days of training, using high quality materials based around the latest research. Through a common language of learning the school develops a core pedagogy founded on the cognitive sciences emphasising how we learn, the importance of the emotions and learning, motivation, attitudes to self and school,building a positive mindset, improving teacher questioning and feedback, tackling disadvantage and underperformance, developing memory, extending vocabulary. The focus is on "future proofing" our children to meet the challenges of global exponential change - the rapid growth of technology and AI - building analytical,critical thinking and creative skills. Tom Wagner of Harvard's Change Leadership Group says --"In order to motivate and teach this generation, the school system must be reinvented to be accountable for what matters most. That means to do the work – teaching, learning, and assessing – in new ways."