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Our curriculum
At Horndean Infant School, we believe that the curriculum should enable our pupils to think critically and creatively. Effective thinking enables children to respect different points of view, share ideas and to solve problems. We teach thinking skills through the use of Edward de Bono’s Six Thinking Hats. Edward de Bono is a pioneer in the field of teaching thinking in education. He suggests that we become confused by trying to think of too many things at once. The Six Hats allow us to separate our thinking and to focus on one area at a time.
White Hat: Information
Red Hat: Feelings
Black Hat: Caution
Yellow Hat: Benefits
Green Hat: Creativity
Blue Hat: Organising the thinking
Red Hat: Feelings
Black Hat: Caution
Yellow Hat: Benefits
Green Hat: Creativity
Blue Hat: Organising the thinking
There are rules for using the hats and the children use them as part of a game. Everybody has to think in the same way at the same time. This is called parallel thinking. The benefits for our children will be that they will become confident decision makers in all areas of their lives.
“With the Six Hats Method the emphasis is on ‘what can be’ rather than ‘what is’, and on how to design a way forward – not on who is right and who is wrong”. Edward de Bono.
