Placements Overview

Year 1 SBT Headlines 6 Day visits- Tuesday’s- 2nd February -15th March. Two day visits per age phase; two in EYFS, two in KS1 and two in KS2. School-led tutorial during final day visit to ensure students are prepared for their block. Day visits additional tasks: 1) Observe an adult leading an activity in EYFS (Proforma found in BA 1 SBT Handbook appendix) 2) Arrange to plan and teach a lesson to the whole class (as a minimum) in both mathematics and English for at least part of the lesson. Six week block placement- 11th April-20th May Up to interim (3 weeks)- wk beg. 25th April ‘16 1) Arrange to plan and teach a lesson to the whole class (as a minimum) in mathematics, science, English and a foundation subject (of your choice) for a whole lesson. 2) As a pod of students observe, jointly plan with the Class Mentor, deliver and evaluate at least one PE lesson. Up to final (3 weeks); wk beg. 16 th May ‘16 1) Arrange to plan and teach 50% of the time to the whole class in mathematics, science, English and a range of foundation subjects 2) As a pod carry out the lesson study activity to develop and deepen your understanding of teaching through taking on different roles: teacher, support role and observer. Plan and coordinate a rolling programme for this activity.

Year 1 The Early Years focus week During the six-week block, spend a week in the school’s EYFS setting. Plan, teach and begin to assess an activity of your choice, inside or outside the classroom. This needs to be integrated within the Class Mentors’ plans for the week and refer to your EY observation document completed during the day visits. Example planning proformas on the Partnership website Separate EYFS section in SBT file checklist for any documents gathered and used relating to EYFS BA Y1 EYFS Experience Checklist (BA 1 SBT Handbook appendix)

Year 2 SBT Headlines 2 distinctly different placement experiences with the SEN/Inclusion experience/focus now incorporated within the main block placement (see next slide) KS3: 7 day visits carried out on Fridays - 7 th November to 18 th December ’15 Students work with individual or small groups of Year 7 and/or 8 pupils on developing their reading skills. Preparation for this will take place in Core English sessions and will be followed up in post placement English sessions. 9 week block placement – Monday 11 th January to Friday 18 th March ’16 Paired Placement – separate guidance available for students, mentors & tutors with examples of how the teaching percentages can be achieved. Interim Report wk 27 (week beginning 1 st February ‘16) 40% whole class teaching & 10% team teaching/group work by Interim. Mainly focusing on Core Final Report wk 33 (week beginning 14 th March ‘16) 60% mainly whole class teaching. Focusing on Core and two Foundation areas (or the EY equivalent) Please note that students will also return to University for one day in the week following interim. They will have a PDR meeting to revisit targets and re-write action plans on this day.

SEN/Inclusion focus: Equivalent of five days AFTER the Interim Report either as a one week block or spread over two weeks. For students graded as RI or ARoF, the latter option is strongly recommended. The focus links very closely with the BA2 Teaching Studies unit. Sessions prior to placement will help to prepare the students for the five aspects. Sessions following placement and the final unit assessment will link directly to the students’ learning from the focus. The appendix in the SBT handbook give clear guidance on the content for each day of the experience. The five days are set out as: Focusing on a child Working with the Class Teacher (these two days need to take place simultaneously) Working with the SENCO Working with Support Staff and Working with Parents. If the students have the opportunity to visit a special school that the placement school has links with, then this would be an beneficial addition to this focus. It is not, however, an essential element.

Year 3 SBT Headlines One placement only Weeks (Monday 28 th September to Friday 18 th December, 2015) W/b 5 TH October (Week 10) is a return to university and prep week IMPORTANT – Final week of placement is after Final Report Week….. Reminder - Whole class and intervention focus Interim week is Week 15 (w/b 9 th Nov) Final week is Week 19 (w/b 7 th December) Please note that students will also return to university for one day in the week following interim. They will have a PDR meeting to revisit targets and re-write action plans on this day. Core 3 assessment and Specialism 3 – students need to research and gather information to inform their core presentations (focus on their intervention work and change management) and their Specialism 3 assessment

PGCE SBT Headlines PG1 Early Reading wk10 students in KS1 to observe, carry out initial tasks in the Phonics Handbook and deliver a phonics session from the teacher’s plans. PG1 Block placement wks12-25 (visits in week 11) Block placement Monday 19 th Oct ‘15 to Friday 22 nd January ’16 Interim Report wk17 (week beginning 23 rd November ‘15) Final Report wk25 (week beginning 18 th January ‘16) Students will need to research teaching & learning in the core subject areas in preparation for their core assignment, to be submitted Monday 29 th February SEN placement wks28 and 30 PGF Block placement wks33-47 Monday 14 th March ‘16 to Friday 24 th June ’16 (can extend for one week if necessary) Interim Report wk41 (week beginning 9 th May ‘16) Final Report wk47 (week beginning 20 th June ’16) Please note that students will be in university for one day in the week following Interim for a PDR meeting to revisit targets and re-write action plans. This will take place for both PG1 and PGF.