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Releasing the butterflies commentary
Practitioner Emma reflects on the clip "Releasing the Butterflies'.
Developing a bilingual school- the role of phonics
Illustrated by the same year 2 class in their English and Vietnamese phonics lesson teachers explain how phonics aid ...
Improving Writing 3: Mentoring Improvement in Writing
An extended conversation to improve writing standards between a first grade pupil and his teaching assistant.
Learning About Fractions Using IT 2
Two children are using the app 'Slice Fractions'. The game helps visualise a whole or equal shares promoting a concep...
IT Integration in the Classroom 2
The shift in a school to the total integration of IT into subject teaching is further examined.
Developing bilingual learners through one curriculum area
A biligual primary class is seen during integrated topic work, language and cultural support is both planned for and ...
What makes our bilingual school different?
Senior teachers define how bilingual international schools enabe local perspective and global citizenship.
Exploring Non-Standard Measurements Using IT 1
Joaquim uses non-standard tools to measure the length of different school supplies.
Learning About Fractions Using IT 3
Two children are using the app 'Slice Fractions'. The game helps visualise a whole or equal shares promoting a concep...
Exploring Non-Standard Measurements Using IT 2
Children use non-standard tools to measure the length of different school supplies.
Learning About Fractions Using IT 1
Joaquim is using the app 'Slice Fractions'. The game helps visualise a whole or equal shares promoting a conceptual u...
The School That Knows Itself: Purpose and Direction
Ensuring that mission and vision are visible in classrooms and their effects inspire students can be measured is seen...
The School That Knows Itself- Being Ambitious
The academic director and principal of a 5-16 school vision the next five years.
Using the Personalised Learning Plan
We watch as a teacher interviews students working on their next challenging targets using their personalised learning...
8th Grade Reflecting on the Personal Learning Plan
8th grade students reflect on improving their learning through the use of their Personal Learning Plan.
Language Arts
Raising standards in literacy has benefitted from the Language Arts approach at this school in Mexico.
Middle School Math Data Meeting
Sharing data with students and translating targets to student centred language is enabling students to set their own ...
The School That Knows Itself: Data
We see how diverse data, used daily by pupils, administrators and teachers is enabling challenge in learning for ever...
Releasing the butterflies
Both years in EYFS have been nurturing butterflies and today, they are to be released.
Working scientifically: "We've done it"
There is a moment of complete delight as these learning partners construct their successful circuit.
Our own museum
Following a visit to the local museum, these nursery children are planning and setting up their own museum in the rol...
Performing better dances
Year 3 children are working on a desert theme inspired by an Egyptians theme.
Fundamentals of assessment for learning
Paul Black talks about the fundamental features of assessment for learning.
Negotiating success criteria
Paul Black talks about the importance of negotiating success criteria with pupils.
Understanding the big picture
Pupils need to understand how day-to-day learning fits into the bigger picture.
Inducting pupils into peer assessment
Pupils need to be inducted into peer assessment for it to operate effectively.
Teachers rethinking their roles
Paul Black speaks about the challenges for teachers in assessment for learning.
Characteristics of the AfL classroom
Paul Black talks about interactions, dialogue and noise levels in the 'assessment for learning' classroom.
The school context for promoting AfL
Paul Black talks about these opportunities for teachers to interact and share practice.
Formative feedback versus marks and grades
Paul Black talks about the importance of feedback to pupils.
Raising standards for lower achieving pupils
Patricia Broadfoot reveals how formative assessment raises GCSE standards by, on average, two grades.
Knowing where they are going
Patricia Broadfoot discusses the importance of setting learning objectives.
Feedback and classroom dialogue
Patricia Broadfoot talks the problems with marks and grades, about how feedback must give pointers for improvement in...
Giving students the language of assessment
Patricia Broadfoot describes this can help students become autonomous learners.
Self and peer assessment
Patricia Broadfoot talks about developing students' skills of self criticism.
Getting the best from all learners
Patricia Broadfoot talks about the impact that assessment for learning can have for lower attainers including boys, g...
The potential of assessment for learning
Evidence shows there's no other educational innovation that has such power to raise standards.
Design: Smoke Alarm
Encouraging thinking skills and growth mindset, this sequence links a design and make acivity to a whoe term class pr...
Design: choosing resources
Prior to a design and make activity to make as smoke alarm, the teachers shows the class possible resoucres.
Design and make
Very efffective learning partners engage in a design and make exercise to create a smoke alarm.
Fairness Photo-line
Groups of children are given the same set of photographs and asked to rank them in order of 'fairness'.
Fieldwork in the school grounds
Children make decisions and evaluate their designs for a forest school.
Project Planning with Staff
Nursery staff meet to finalise details of the forthcoming visit to the local museum.
Learning from mistakes
Less focussed on outcomes than process, this teacher believes that learning from mistakes helps to build resilience a...
Developing Metacognition
A primary teacher notes the usefulness of mini-plenaries and learning partners.
PSED: The Pirates Problem
Boys are making a pirate ship and need to solve a problem, how will they stop intruders?
Communication and language through an arts activity
Children make puppets from natural materials and create stories around their projected images.
Developing language through an arts activity
Children are decorating sticks making a musical instrument.
Writing composition - classroom discussion to plan writing to i...
This teacher is interested in improving standards in writing composition.
Writing composition - classroom discussion to plan writing to i...
This teacher is interested in improving standards in writing composition.
Linking reading comprehension to writing composition
This work is within the context of a whole-book curriculum focus (The Boy on the Striped Pyjamas) throughout the year.
Reading Comprehension, making comparisons within and across books
Using pictures as prompts, pupils show their developing understanding of the characters and themes of a book (The Boy...
Reading Comprehension, checking pupils understand what they read
Pupils working in a group are exploring the similarities and differences between the two main characters in "The Boy ...
Promoting higher standards in Reading Comprehension
Pupils have studied a whole book throughout the year.
Reading Comprehension. Checking Understanding and preparing for...
Pupils have been studying The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas throughout the year.
How do you promote ambition pupils in their reading and writing?
This is an inspirational discussion around many aspects of the tested elements of reading and writing. A hidden gem.
How can pupils be introduced to success criteria? _ an example ...
A teacher leads pupils in exploring the success criteria.
How should teachers evaluate and plan towards a whole book appr...
Teachers assess the impact of whole books.
Delivering whole books in the curriculum
We hear about the implications of whole books for pupils and teachers.