“Attainment is the best therapy. Nothing is

better for a disadvantaged

student.”

Session 1: 2.30-3.20

• List as many difficulties you can think of that our students face?

• www.bit.ly/difficultiesatschool

Learning Intentions

• Ideas on how to raise the attainment of our disadvantaged students

Success Criteria

• You will be able to implement some ideas into your practice!

Current Data- Year 11- out of 219 (34)

FSM %FSM NOT

FSM% NOT

FSM

5 or more GCSE including

En and Ma

7 21% 119 59%

5 or more GCSE + BTEC

including En and Ma

7 21% 121 60%

5 or more A*-C GCSE 9 27% 128 64%

5 or more A*-G 30 91% 189 95%

Language Aware

• The way we engage? Communicate? Talk to/with?

• Calling your...

• Don’t repeat what students say

• Positive self verbalisation

High Expectations

• Expecting Excellence Wall/Display- Praising Effort not attainment solely. Examples needed!

• Student of the term?

Know your students

• SPOT Folders

• “In nearly all lessons observed, teachers were making good use of ‘spot files’ containing information from their assessments of students’ work. They use this information well to target their questioning and decide where students should be seated so they can work well with others.” OFSTED 2015

Used to think...

• There is a preferred style/method

• Lessons have to have lots of activities in them

• Hard work isn’t good

• Lessons have to be fun

• Differentiation is a load of worksheets

Effective Feedback

1. Developmental/Specific

2. Demonstrates improvement

3. Formative

4. Encouraging

5. SPAG

Top Tips

• Mark PP/FSM/SEND books first

• Check whether students can read your writing-DIRT time

• Phrase feedback as questions?

• Use students name in their feedback

• Be specific

• Mark work in collaboration with previous work

• Use language such as NOT YET- Do not over use terms- such as well done/great/excellent

Meta Cognition – learning to learn

1. Explicit

2. Transferable skills

3. Valued

4. Relationships

5. Language

Top Tips

• Make all learning cross curricular- mention other subjects= not just eng/maths/science

• Talk to students about how long a task should take- have discussions about what is hard work

• Use language that raises self esteem- build on learning- before and after tests

• Link all learning to future goals- but those of the student

• Constant reminder about attendance• Recall and reflection- often!• X 3 situations

Reading comprehension strategies

1. Literacy/NUMERACY across the curriculum

2. Extended writing

3. Literacy team/reports

4. Hand writing

5. Reading Ages

Top Tips

• Use the Onion & Purple Pens

• Reading Ages

• Make writing a common task in your lesson

• Don’t let students say ‘I am not good at...’

• Reduce number of worksheets

• Mention handwriting in feedback/oral and written

Peer Tutoring

1. Link to older students in tutor groups

2. Seating plans

3. Responsibilities

4. IAG

5. Academic Mentoring

Top Tips

• Make your seating plans ever changing- rotate the communication? Time partners?

• Use Jason Davis!

• Link with old students in your subject area?

• Speak to older PP students- in sixth form who succeeded in your subject/classroom? What can you learn from them?

Homework

1. Well planned into SoW

2. 1 to 2 hours a day- homework timetable

3. Feedback

4. Supports attainment

5. Barriers considered

Top Tips

• Set homework early in the lesson

• Provide printed slips for certain students

• What barriers do you need to overcome?

• Mark homework too

• Use a class blog- www.cheneyre.edublogs.orgflip their learning?

Whole school- Remember Andy Buck

1. Uninterrupted teacher exposition

2. No hands up...

3. Hands up for voting!

4. Wait time

5. Well structure group work

6. Don’t repeat

7. Going into the woods

8. Pupils leading the lesson

T&L Ideas...

Refinement

Logs

Dot

Marking

Half Exercise Book

Exit

Tickets

Roll A...

Question

Grids

Rotation

Squares

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