Birmingham Primary Strategy Team Subject Leader Training Spring Term Joint Subject Leader Day 2006

Birmingham Primary Strategy Team Subject Leader Training Spring Term Joint Subject Leader Day 2006 Agenda – Updates – Classroom Environment and Pupil Conferencing – Subject Specific – Work Scrutiny and Quality Marking – Networking Time

Birmingham Primary Strategy Team Subject Leader Training Session 1 Updates and Pupil Conferencing Objectives: To provide updates on The National and Birmingham Primary Strategies

Birmingham Primary Strategy Team Subject Leader Training Session 1 Group discussion: What actions have you taken as a result of the previous day’s input?

Birmingham Primary Strategy Team Subject Leader Training Ofsted report on the Primary National Strategy December 2005 Key positive comments Overall the PNS is having a positive impact on schools, with overall improvements in Mathematics and English and stronger leadership and management. The PNS impact on teaching and learning is at least satisfactory in most schools. In almost all schools, leadership and management are satisfactory or better. Most local authorities are providing good support for schools, particularly through specific programmes. The strategy has raised the profile of ICT as an integral tool to support effective teaching and learning.

Birmingham Primary Strategy Team Subject Leader Training Ofsted report on the PNS Key critical comments: Teaching in English and mathematics remains no better than satisfactory in one in three lessons; The gender gap in writing remains, with boys underperforming; There is a lack of a whole school approach to speaking and listening; More needs to be done to raise standards in mathematics;

Birmingham Primary Strategy Team Subject Leader Training Ofsted Report on PNS Key critical comments: The use of assessment for learning is improving but overall it is still the least successful element of teaching; There is limited improvement in Key Stage 1 standards with too great an emphasis upon support in Key Stage 2; Fluctuating results in too many schools remains unresolved; There is too much optimism rather than certainty that school targets will be met;

Birmingham Primary Strategy Team Subject Leader Training Ofsted Report on PNS Key critical comments: Although schools are aware of PNS teaching and learning materials, too many have not yet used them effectively to review their practices; In one in three schools, action planning to support improvement still lacks rigour and evaluation of impact is not strong enough; Although school leaders welcome the emphasis on greater freedom and flexibility in the curriculum, they are cautious in their approach.

Birmingham Primary Strategy Team Subject Leader Training Ofsted Report on PNS General points for action: Knowledge of the ‘learning journey’; Teachers questioning techniques; Continuity over the period of transition The management of low attaining pupils; The use of the plenary to review and consolidate learning Independent work

Birmingham Primary Strategy Team Subject Leader Training Ofsted Report on PNS The biggest difference between the most and least effective teaching of English and mathematics is the quality of the teachers’ subject knowledge.

Birmingham Primary Strategy Team Subject Leader Training Teaching and Learning in mathematics Key points: Insufficient knowledge of what pupils already know and can do; Too much emphasis upon recording and presenting calculations deflecting from exploring mathematical calculation and reasoning; Pace of the mental-oral starter; The main teaching activity is too long and subsequent work is inappropriately matched or supported;

Birmingham Primary Strategy Team Subject Leader Training Teaching and learning in mathematics Key points: The pace of questioning is too brisk and inappropriately targeted; Modelled and guided work; Planning for the teaching, consolidation and applying of mathematical skills and objectives across the curriculum; Limited support and guidance for independent work; Too great a reliance on worksheets.

Birmingham Primary Strategy Team Subject Leader Training Ofsted Report on PNS How representative are Ofsted’s findings to your school setting?

Birmingham Primary Strategy Team Subject Leader Training Summary of the Rose Review Main recommendations of interim report Greater attention to speaking and listening Phonics to be taught discretely, introduced by age 5, and set within a broad and rich language curriculum Synthetic phonics as the first strategy for decoding and encoding print Use of a multisensory approach Update NLS phonics in the framework revision

Birmingham Primary Strategy Team Subject Leader Training Renewing the framework The renewed teaching frameworks for literacy and numeracy will provide schools with: A clearer set of age-related outcomes related to learning progression which will inform the structure of the curriculum; Better signposting to the range of teaching materials and professional development opportunities currently on offer to support teaching practice;

Birmingham Primary Strategy Team Subject Leader Training Renewing the framework An increased sense of drive and momentum, making adjustments to learning objectives involving some progressive scaling up of expectations for each year group A focus on CPD and in-school activity to promote and foster a wider range of pedagogic practices that will help personalise learning, secure intervention for those pupils who need it, and to raise attainment of pupils.

Birmingham Primary Strategy Team Subject Leader Training Key milestones April 2006 Publication of the draft literacy and mathematics frameworks September 2006 Publication of the literacy and mathematics frameworks

Birmingham Primary Strategy Team Subject Leader Training Every Child a Reader(ECaR) 7% of pupils leave primary school with no useful Literacy skills (below level 3) In % of this group were children who live in poverty 70% of permanently excluded pupils have poor basic literacy skills 25% of young offenders have reading skills below those of average 7 year olds 60% of the prison population has difficulties in basic literacy skills Adults with low level literacy skills are more likely to be in low paid jobs, unemployed or on benefits They are more likely to be in poor housing, and to have poor health Every Child a Reader (ECaR)

Birmingham Primary Strategy Team Subject Leader Training Every Child a Reader(ECaR) B’ham secured further £167k for two years from April 06 Steering group to develop criteria for selection for additional schools: - highest % below level 2 in reading and writing - capacity to implement layered intervention - RR teacher enabled to take wider role - where schools are willing to part fund - systematic tracking procedures - Headteacher committed to early literacy intervention - Extended Provision Clusters

Birmingham Primary Strategy Team Subject Leader Training Every Child a Reader(ECaR) Collaboration between charities, business and government 10 local authorities funded to restart Reading Recovery Nationally £10 million over 3years £100k for Birmingham for 3 years Currently 5 schools A layered literacy programme for reading recovery, reception reading and writing programme, Fischer Trust wave 3 intervention, and year2 intensive reading programme

Birmingham Primary Strategy Team Subject Leader Training Below level 2 at end of key stage 1 Focus on schools below 70% Gap is growing between B’ham and National Below level 3 at end of key stage 2 Gap is narrowing between B’ham and National Look out for: Review of Waves of Intervention Support for Provision Mapping End of Key Stage Results Update

Birmingham Primary Strategy Team Subject Leader Training Birmingham Reading19 21 Writing Maths1213 National Reading15 Writing1918 Maths10 9 Below level 2 at end of Key Stage 1

Birmingham Primary Strategy Team Subject Leader Training Birmingham English Reading Writing Maths998 National English7 7 Maths77 Below level 3 at end of Key stage 2