To learn effectively, children need:

• to know what they have to learn
• time to reflect on what they have learned
• to receive assessment feedback to let them know what they have learned and if they are on track
• to be aware of the next steps in their learning

from "Top Tips for Clasroom Practice" Eileen McNeill; Probationer Programme: Teaching for Effective Learning

WALT (We Are Learning To) and WILF (What I'm Loooking For) is a technique to share the purpose of the lesson with the pupils.

Children are aware of what they are learning and what the teacher is looking for with this technique; at the same time the KWL grid allows the children to connect previous knowledge and to think about what they know (K column: What I already know ), to ask questions about what they are learning or about what they want to learn (W column: What I would like to know) and to recap and reflect on what they have learned with the L column (What I have learned).

The teacher has the WALT and WILF, the KWL grids and the final product (the PowerPoint presentation of each group) to evaluate the learning process of each pupil.

I had the opportunity to experience this methodology in a real context, in St. Timothy's Primary School in Glasgow (Scotland), so I would like to thank all the staff for their support.