1. Ready to learn task Voluntary CPD- Thursday lunch time (B15)
Session 4: The finishing touches- Effective Plenaries
Thursday 12th October 1.20pm
Ready to learn task
Using the sheet provided:
RAG rate the plenary ideas to suggest what you already/ could use.
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2. What makes an effective plenary?
Purpose?
Use for student?
Use for the teacher?

3. Updates from VCPD uploaded weekly @ www.swbtnl.co.uk
Ideas to take away
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5. Challenge- Create your own question from this diagram

6. Write a short paragraph linking or explaining as many of the words in the boxes as possible (2 mins only)
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simultaneous
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7. Six Degrees of Separation2 1 3 6 4 5

8. VERBAL TENNIS

9. Choose what level you want to work at
Choose what level you want to work at. Look at the examples below so you can choose where to start
RED
AMBER
GREEN

10. Extra! Extra! Write a newspaper headline summing up today’s lesson…
Then, could you write the first paragraph of the article?
Finally, would any pictures or diagrams go with it?

11. THREE STEPS TO HEAVEN
To enter through the pearly gates, you must sum up the topic in three steps? 1) 2) 3)

12. What have we learned to put into our brain today
What have we learned to put into our brain today? Write down 3 key points to today’s lesson in your books.

13. The Plenary DICE Name 1 thing you learned today
Name a skill you used in this lesson 6 1
Tell me 2 Things you would like to know more
about
Summarise the lesson in 5 words 5 2
Say three points to this lesson
Point at another pupil and ask a Question about
today's lesson 3 4

14. Instant Replay
Let’s do it again!

15. (Make sure they are useful for you to read back from in the future!)
#tweetmyprogress
Copy the title above and then, in no more than 140 characters, write down the main points to today’s lesson.
(Make sure they are useful for you to read back from in the future!)

16. Challenge AQA
Text the question to and get pupils to write what the best answer should be.

17. In Summary Effective plenaries should:
Allow the teacher to assess what has been learned.
Allow the student to assess their own understanding.
Link directly to the lesson plan/ outcome.
Provide a solid foundation for new learning in next lesson.