Staff MeetingHow We Teach Literacy

AND Curriculum Planning

4th April (KS1) & 5th April (KS2)

‘Aim High’

Be Respectful, Be Responsible, Be Safe

How are we going to organise the teaching of Literacy each week?

• 1 x 45 min lesson every day that focusses on the teaching of reading

• 1 x 45 minute lesson every day that focus on the teaching of writing

• 1x 30 minute session every day to allow you to listen to 1 Guided Reading group every day

• Same genre should be used for the Reading and Writing lesson for the 6-week block

How do we organise our Reading lessons

• Find a piece of text that is appropriate for the skills you will be teaching –some of the texts that you’re going to use for the writing session might be appropriate as the shared text in the reading lesson OR try to find texts that link to the genre but also link to the UOI for the term.

• Identify the skill / skills that you’ll be teaching – these should come from the RUBRIC.

• Share the LO and Success Criteria.

• Modelled Reading

• Shared Reading

• Independent Activity

• Plenary

• During the Independent Activity, teachers are expected to work with relevant students or group of student. Teacher should not be patrolling or sat at their desk doing something else

Before Reading

During Reading

After Reading

How do we organise our Writing lessons?

• ‘Explorations In Non-Fiction’

• Select the genre – start with non-fiction for the first 6 week unit

• Follow the format:

Extended Unit of Work for 10 sessions – working on developing 1 piece of text

Using the Power Write / ‘Taking It Forward’ or ideas linked to the UOI continue to develop students understanding of the genre working on at least 1 piece of writing per week

Teachers should continue to:

Think about the ‘hook’ – why should they want to write?

Share the LO and develop the Success Criteria

Allow the students (especially the more able) to use the ‘self-assessment criteria’ in the ‘Explorations In Non-Fiction’ book

Plenary

• During all Independent Activities, teachers are expected to work with relevant students or groups of student. Teachers should not be patrolling or sat at their desk doing something else

Curriculum Planning

Cayman Islands National Curriculum:

• Literacy, Numeracy, Science, Geography, History, Social Studies, RE, Art, Music, ICT, PE

• Specialist Teachers – Music, ICT, PE (Spanish)

• Classroom Teachers – Literacy, Numeracy, Science & Technology, Geography, History, Social Studies, RE, Art (and consolidate Specialist Subjects)

Notes:

Does everyone have a copy?

Where are copies available?

Are all classroom teachers covering all areas?

How do classroom teachers know what their students are covering in Specialist Subjects (so that they can consolidate in class)?

Recommended Teaching Time

Subject Time allocated (recommended range) inhours/minutes per week

Homeroom (including one assembly) 1.30

English (including drama and library) 6-8.00

Mathematics 5.00

Foreign Language 0.45 – 1.00

Science and Technology 2.30 -3.30

Social studies 2-2.30

Art 0.45 – 1.00

ICT 0.30 - 1.00

Music 0.45 – 1.00

PE (including dance) 1.30 – 2.00

RE 0.45 – 1.00

PSE 0.30 - 0.45

Maximum total 28.15

Minimum total 22.30

Long Term Planning (Whole Year)

Long-Term Planning Document:• Literacy – Needs to be updated due to introduction of RUBRICS but includes

Reading, Writing, Speaking & Listening• Numeracy – Is no longer relevant due to the Numeracy Team Units• RE – Although missing for some Grade LevelsUOI Support Documents:• Science & Technology, History, Geography, Social StudiesNo Long Term Plans:• Art

Notes:Does everyone have a copy of the ‘Long-Term Planning Document’ and UOI Support Documents?If not, where are they available from?How does everyone know what to cover in Art and where is this work stored / evidence?

New Arrangements For Teachers Planning

• Introducing a ‘Planning Folder’ for all teachers – which they are expected to keep updated and will be monitored each term.

• Introducing a new ‘medium term planning template’ – teachers to complete before the start of each half-term and submit to HOD on the first day back (via email).

• Introducing a new ‘weekly planning template’ – teachers to complete and submit to the HOD at the start of each week (via email).

• Specialist Teachers will also have Termly and Weekly Planning Templates that they need to submit as above (but should be emailed to both HODs).

Notes:

Where do teachers currently store all of their planning – NC documents, school’s long-term planning, teachers 6-weekly planning and teachers weekly planning?

What Next?• Teachers to prepare a new Class Timetable that takes into account the new

structure to Literacy lessons and email to the HOD, Deputy and Principal by Monday 24th April – if teachers foresee any problems they should speak to their HOD or Deputy before the Easter Break.

1 x Reading 45 min per day

1 x Writing 45 min per day

1 x 30 min Guided Reading per day

• Teachers to prepare their Half-Termly Plan for next half-term and submit to the HOD, Deputy and Principal by Monday 24th April – all templates will be emailed out to teachers by Monday 10th April.

• Teachers to prepare their first Weekly Plan for the week beginning Monday24th April (1st week after the Easter Break) and therefore, collaborative planning meetings next week should be based around the new Weekly Planning Template’.

• Teachers to prepare their Planning Folders by Monday 1st May – Folders will be available for collection from the School Office by Monday 10th April. Additional information e.g. Contents and Covers will be emailed out to staff by Monday 10th April. SLT will be monitoring Planning Folders on Friday 5th May along with the ‘RUBRIC Folders’.