1. Teaching and learning 2018: Reaching for the top

2. Agenda Learning objectives Green pens Welcome to the classroom
Home learning
Seating plans
knowledge organisers
CPD
Quality assurance

3. Learning Objectives
Minimum entitlement: leaning objective to be shared at the start of each lesson which clearly explains the focus of learning during that lesson.
We will not be expecting to see must, should, could
Aim: growth mind set, resilience, aim high.
Teaching backwards: what do we want our students to learn, what is the learning journey to get them there, explain, model, test.

4. Entry to the classroom Meet & Greet
Greet all students at the door ‘and enter quietly, praise and engage positively with each student upon entering the room.
The teacher must check the uniform is worn correctly:
All students must enter the room in an orderly fashion, quietly and take a seat, taking out their pen, equipment and putting their planner on their desk and KO for 7 and 8 .Students can be recording homework and deadlines into planners upon sitting down.
We understand that staff may have to travel from afar and pupils may have a slightly altered routine of lining up ready to go in.
Please can staff be prompt to lessons to minimise disruption in corridors.

5. Seating Plans
School Policy Boy / Girl
Pupil premium
SEND pupils/ notes
High achievers –
This information must not be shared with pupils. Please use a name only seating plan if required for class purposes.

6. Home learning Year 7 and 8 knowledge organisers 30 minutes a week KS3
Up to 60 minutes a week KS4
Stuck in the back of books and
Peer / self marked weekly with optional green pen
Time table will be issued this week for TLC to check

7. No longer out of site out of mind
Recall – recapping weekly home learning then adding in questions from previous home learning . Below is an example of methods used to test recall of a topic
Students complete the gap fill
Students to circle the verbs
Students rewrite word for word
In a task in class match the theme to the piece of text
Spelling tests

9. CPD calendar
CPD calendar has been produced – see T and L catalogue

10. Activities for students to support our CPD
Each week a literacy focus will be ed for you to share with your form along with revision strategies.
Year 7 and 8 will have a page in their KO to record notes from these activities.
At the start of each unit of work students will have a do now spelling activity of common words for their new topic. This can be conducted in the back of their books for easier access.
10th September – brain teaser
17th September – literacy wall launch
1st December book fair.

11. Quality assurance calendar

12. QA SUMMARY

13. Website
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