Learning walks are up and running again and thank you to all colleagues that were visited over the last two weeks. This term the leadership team will try to encourage colleagues to come round with us so you may find that you have two of us in your room. We are doing this because we are trying to create more opportunities for teachers to see what happens outside their subject areas. It is also a good opportunity for us to discuss what Leadership are doing when we are on a learning walk. This is an attempt to make the whole process more transparent and hopefully it will help stimulate discussion about good learning and teaching.
I have merged the feedback from the last two weeks as we only did a limited number. I also apologise for being slow in publishing our observations; I will try to be quicker next time.
There has been a lot of really good practice seen. Lots of active and purposeful work is being done by students. We have seen some really good examples of Learning Objectives and Success criteria being used. Literacy has also been at the forefront of colleagues work with teachers ensuring that students understand subject terminology and key words. It is clear that some students are having an excellent experience. The challenge for us is to try to ensure that all students are active and engaged in their learning. In several lessons it was the same pupils answering questions during discussion. Here we need to try to use strategies to encourage all students to take part; this could be achieved by using a random name generator, lollypop sticks, getting students to nominate the next person to answer a question or simply only allowing a pupil to answer one question. Be confident about planning in some wait time and using no hands questioning techniques when holding discussions.
Finally; well done I really appreciate how hard everyone is working and how much of your time you give to your students, particularly those who are preparing for exams.
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