Overview
Clarity
Curiosity
Integrity
Stewardship
ONE CONNECTED ARCHITECTURE
How learners learn. How the community relates. Where belonging is practised. How the promise is checked.
Clarwyn’s Learning & Care approach connects four founding concepts. The Praxis shapes learning; the Wisdom Compass shapes conduct and quality; Mentor Circle gives belonging and help-seeking a regular home; Every Child Known helps ensure that each learner is known, connected, supported and included.
THE FOUR PARTS OF LEARNING & CARE
- Four founding concepts
- Caring Community Learning
- Relationship assurance loop
- Making Caring Common partnership
- Known, Connected, Supported, Included
Wisdom Compass & Caring Community Learning
The Wisdom Compass gives Clarwyn one shared language for thought, conduct, quality and contribution.
Mentor Circle
Mentor Circle gives belonging, organisation, self-knowledge, values in action, student voice and help-seeking a planned home in the school week.
Every Child Known & Relationship Mapping
Every Child Known turns a caring promise into an accountable process.
Student Voice, Evidence & Continuous Review
A caring system must include the learner’s experience, not only adult intention.
THE FOUR FOUNDING PRACTICES
Praxis, Wisdom Compass, Mentor Circle and Every Child Known as one system
The Clarwyn Praxis
How learning moves from clear understanding to purposeful questions, guided practice, meaningful application and responsible reflection.
The Wisdom Compass
How learners and adults think, work, relate, decide and contribute through eight observable values.
Mentor Circle
Where belonging, habits, voice, help-seeking and values are deliberately practised with a known adult.
Every Child Known
How the school notices when a learner needs stronger connection or additional help, and guides appropriate support and family communication.
THE RELATIONSHIP ASSURANCE LOOP
How mentoring, mapping, student voice, action and review connect
The relationship assurance loop
Design through Mentor Circle → check through Relationship Mapping → hear through student voice → act through Every Child Known → review and remap.
Caring Community Learning
A developmental strand within Mentor Circle and selected classroom/community experiences: belonging, empathy, fairness, repair, perspective, healthy relationships, ethical judgement and the common good.
Making Caring Common
In partnership with Making Caring Common, a project of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, through the Caring Schools Network. Making Caring Common resources strengthen Caring Community Learning, Mentor Circle, Adult-to-Student Relationship Mapping, student voice and the continuous review of Every Child Known.
WHAT LEARNING & CARE SHOULD FEEL LIKE
A known adult, shared values, a clear help route and accountable follow-through
A stable adult relationship
A shared language for values and repair
A route to seek help without confusion
Clear support with appropriate follow-up