Helping your Child to Learn
As an academy, we believe in raising independent and confident learners through a variety of strategies.
• Assessment for learning systems such as peer and self-assessment, and the use of target banks and success criteria to identify strengths and areas for development;
• The use of Progress Teaching to track and monitor progress;
• Flipped learning to enable learners to make great ownership over their own learning;
• Use of Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction such as:
- Regular review of past learning in class, and through homework;
- Chunking of lesson content;
- Modelling and scaffolding;
- Paired talk;
• Differentiation at all stages to ensure all learners can access curriculum effectively, and receive appropriate challenge;
• A specialised programme for Higher Ability pupils to ensure relevant challenge and independence; • Explicit teaching of vocabulary through the LEXONIK programme and through literacy form time activities;
• Explicit teaching of punctuation and grammar through English lessons and through cross-curricular literacy activities;
• Explicit teaching of planning and writing through cross-curricular literacy activities and the use of trained cross-curricular literacy champions;
• A range of reading strategies such as:
- Library lessons;
- Lexonik;
- Library clubs and book clubs;
• A strategically planned curriculum which is mapped and sequenced to ensure students are able to develop the relevant knowledge and skills effectively;
• The use of cross-curricular threads which aim to develop well-rounded students with a wide breadth of knowledge which enhances their learning experience and enables them to transfer and apply knowledge and skills effectively;
• The use of regular formative and summative assessments which enable teachers to monitor progress effectively.
• The use of targeted interventions to ensure students are properly and effectively supported
• The use of cross-curricular literacy initiatives to underpin learning and access to the wider, whole school curriculum