This printable booklet is for use in tutor groups/form groups and provides daily metacognition & self-regulated learning reflection exercises on a week-by-week basis. It's perfect if you're a form tutor who works with students aged 10-16 each day, or if you are in a leadership position looking for a straightforward whole-school metacognitive strategy.
 
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This printable booklet is designed for use in tutor or form groups with students aged 10-16, providing daily metacognition and self-regulated learning reflection exercises on a week-by-week basis. Available in 10, 20, or 40-week versions, the booklet supports regular student reflection throughout the school year. Its primary aims are to enhance students' learning capacity, encourage reflective practices by monitoring and evaluating learning approaches, and foster self-regulated learning through planning and improvement. The journal includes daily tasks, a weekly mind-map activity, and discussion questions to deepen understanding and promote thoughtful reflection. With an emphasis on target setting and the self-regulated learning cycle, this resource is ideal for both classroom use and whole-school metacognitive strategies.
 
The booklet is ready to print: we've included easy-print .pdf files (as well as an editable Word version) allowing you to easily print 10, 20 or 40 week versions of the booklet depending on your needs. The 40-week version allows for regular student reflection every day for the entire school year!

The purpose of this daily journal is threefold:
To boost students' learning-power: increasing their overall capacity for learning over-time.
To encourage students to be a reflective learners who constantly monitor and evaluate their approach to learning and problem-solving
To encourage students to be self-regulating learners: who plan, improve and steer their own learning journeys
 
Throughout this journal students are encouraged to regularly plan, monitor, evaluate and regulate their learning journey and there is a clear emphasis on target setting throughout.

Using the journal is simple: students complete one task per day, each day of the week. There is a weekly mind-map task for students to add to each day. Daily discussion questions, for when students have finished the main activity, will help students to reflect on how to boost their learning power!

This teaching resource will help foster reflective learning and self-regulated learning because it:
 
Encourages daily reflection, helping students monitor, evaluate, and regulate their learning strategies consistently.
Enhances learning power over time by fostering regular habits of metacognitive thinking.
Promotes self-regulated learning through structured tasks and goal-setting activities.
Supports long-term development with flexible 10, 20, or 40-week versions for tailored implementation.
Includes interactive elements such as mind-maps and discussion questions to engage students in deeper reflection and learning.