1. Personalised learning for our different students SNAPSHOTS #2 Thursday 19 th March 2015 T&L Leaders: AEP / MMM

2. Introduction Our focus Different teaching strategies for 1. Our higher ability students and 2. for our students that require more support Alternatively, this could read… 1. Our St Dominic’s route 2. Our St Michael’s route

3. Hermione v Ron Each and every student is different In reality, we can’t have 30 different teaching styles for each class BUT, we do need to appreciate that students of different abilities might need a different approach Hermione now needs a new challenge whereas for Ron, the Wizard needs to up his game!

4. High Ability Strategies: 8 SIMPLE IDEAS Teaching the St Michael’s Route 1. THUNKS “a beguiling question about everyday things that stops you in your tracks and helps you to look at the world in a whole new light.” No right answer No wrong answer Just well thought out answers Listen carefully Accept the students answer Ask the student to justify their answer by explaining why Challenge it with ‘but what if…’

5. Is it ever right to bully a bully?

6. Can you be racist against your own race?

7. If I tell a joke that needs to be translated, who makes the other person laugh – me or the translator?

8. High Ability Strategies: 8 SIMPLE IDEAS Teaching the St Michael’s Route 2. THOUGHT PROVOKING IMAGES

9. High Ability Strategies: 8 SIMPLE IDEAS Teaching the St Michael’s Route 3. TODAY’S KILLER QUESTION IS… Introduce a focus for the lesson 4. SPEED DATING Add depth by allowing students to share information and thoughts across the class 5. SILENT DEBATE Win an argument with the written word

10. High Ability Strategies: 8 SIMPLE IDEAS Teaching the St Michael’s Route 6. COMPLEX ARTICLES Good for higher order understanding – come up with answers, pose questions, summarise key points, challenge a view in the article 7. RE-WRITE AN EXAM SPEC Write up an exam spec in ‘student speak’ 8. SHARE AND COMPARE Findings, problems, solutions Good opportunity to introduce visualizers

11. Low Ability Strategies: 8 SIMPLE IDEAS Teaching the St Dominic’s Route  Catherine Tate French lesson Catherine Tate French lesson 1. THE ENVIRONMENT Calm & blame free. Routines, free from distractions, clear rules and expectations Don’t attack them as soon as they walk in the door 2. DEVELOP QUESTIONING Voting boxes, post-its, desks as whiteboards, silent signals, 1st names for students, Chinese whispers..

12. Low Ability Strategies: 8 SIMPLE IDEAS Teaching the St Dominic’s Route 3. REDUCE TEACHER TALK Ask students to lead the introductions and instructions Signals & signposts Quiet area Thinking time 4. USE WHAT SUPPORT YOU CAN GET! 6 TH form are a great resource ICT? Video? Websites? 5. CHALLENGE AND SUPPORT THE STUDENTS ALWAYS!

13. Low Ability Strategies: 8 SIMPLE IDEAS Teaching the St Dominic’s Route 6. TRAFFIC LIGHTING For understanding and also colour code your worksheets from Stretch and Challenge to Further Support 7. DRAW IT! Pictures, logos, annotations 8. BEHAVIOUR Tough love for expectations, and praise and support for all, ‘what I love about your work…’

14. In Summary There are many different strategies we have at our disposal but the key point is to find what suits the needs of our learners best and also what suits us as individual teachers. Give the a try in lessons next week…see how you get on!