Rosenshine’s Principles provide the framework for all teaching across the Federation. We:
- Use Retrieval Practice regularly to ensure students remember what they are being taught and increase their fluidity of recall
- Consistently build on students’ prior learning. Teaching staff will also ensure that students can make links with prior learning and utilise those links in their current learning
- Deliver lessons in small steps or chunks so that students can process the information and do not become overwhelmed
- Check for understanding after each chunk/step to ensure all students have enough understanding to move on
- Use modelling and scaffolding to ensure all students are able to achieve all learning outcomes
- Use questioning (and cold-calling, in particular) to ensure that all students understand the learning. This also allows the teacher to address misconceptions where they occur
- Ensure students have opportunities to practise what is being taught and give students the confidence to move from guided to independent practice
- Adapt our teaching to meet the needs of all students, including those with SEND
- Provide feedback to students in a wide range of ways to ensure that they understand what they are doing well and what they need to do to improve
By doing this, we are able to:
- Meet the needs and aspirations of all students
- Ensure all students can successfully access the curriculum offer
- Ensure that the classroom is an inclusive environment in which students feel all contributions are valued
- Maximise student progress
