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

 

 

 

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