1. Heathfield Community School Workshop with Helen Aries
‘Deliberate Practise'
Heathfield Community School
Workshop with Helen Aries

2. 1) Relationships Hardest but most important
Each child needs to be SEEN, HEARD AND VALUED
Be bothered
Be interested
Show you care
Smile

3. 2) Consistency Clear structure to lesson Routines which are stuck to
Be organised
Be fair

4. 3) Feedback Positive Clear Use to inform future teaching
‘Success breeds success’

5. 4) Interleaving
Pigeon Steps
1 car + 2 cars =
⅛ + ⅝ =
½ + ¾ =

6. 5) Intervention 70% in year 11 homework or lunch help given
Homework for all years if really bad sorted at lunch
All students encouraged and supported to understand each and every topic
They now expect to ‘get’ everything

7. 6) ‘hegartymaths.com’ Online resource
Encouraging to use through praise rather than sanctions
Fantastic for students that miss a topic to catch up
Used for revision for tests

8. 7) Use of Data Student tracking system
Can compare parallel group test scores and those with previous years
PP students highlighted
Maths data all one place

9. 8) Revision System Students taught how to revise in years 7 to 10
Blue revision books created and used
Potential consequences for doing badly in a test
Year 11 do 5 a day homework with topic exam questions
Past papers done weekly in test conditions

10. 9) Systems Have systems for everything!
Makes staff and students feel safe
E.g. systems for homework, poor behaviour, learning
Story of learning system
Structure of your lessons

11. 10) Use ‘epraise’ Put on homework Communicate to parents
Year 11 – we put on homework scores and past paper test score average after 3 papers with a grade
Seating plans – so we can share with cover teachers

12. Any questions?