Learning Intentions and Success Criteria

Cluster schools share with their pupils learning intentions and success criteria.
What does this look like at different stages?

Early years –Middle Primary
• This is introduced through characters known as WALT and WILF
• WALT = We are learning to …
• WILF = What I’m looking for…

An example from writing would be:
• WALT = We are learning to use Capital Letters and Full Stops to write a sentence.
• WILF = What I’m looking for at Level B is two correctly punctuated sentences.

Upper Primary
In preparation for Transition we introduce more formal language.
• WALT becomes Learning Intentions.
• WILF becomes Success Criteria

Secondary
The formal language of Learning Intentions and Success Criteria is used across the curriculum.

Children are beginning to recognise these terms. It helps them to focus on their next steps in learning and personal targets.