1. To begin... ‘Challenge’

2. How to effectively challenge in the classroom Voluntary Inset – 28 th February 2012

3. Session Objectives By the end of the session you will; Understand the importance of challenge and discover strategies to successfully challenge in the classroom

4. Quick Questions? What is challenge? Why is challenge important in lessons? What do you currently do to challenge students in your lesson?

5. Planning Challenge Using the lesson plan on your table; Highlight opportunities that have been created to challenge students Highlight opportunities that you think have been missed to challenge students Now try and incorporate at least one of the challenge activities on the sheet, into the lesson plan

6. Planning Challenge Using the lesson plan on your table; Highlight opportunities that have been created to challenge students Highlight opportunities that you think have been missed to challenge students Now try and incorporate at least one of the challenge activities on the sheet, into the lesson plan

7. What might happen if… In your groups, think of some potential obstacles that you may face when planning and delivering more challenging lessons Now consider ways in which you could overcome these obstacles

8. Big Picture Exploratree

9. Session Evaluation Orange post-it-note - WWW Yellow post-it-note – EBI Evaluation form