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Chirton 5 a day

The ‘Chirton Treasures’

(The way we do things around here)

Evolving the culture of our school through the

5 A Day Approach

 

In every classroom, every day, you will see:

 1) Explicit Teaching

  • - ‘This is what I am looking for today’ (referral to WALT and Growing Grids)
  • - Strong questioning that furthers learning.
  • - Teacher/TA pair and strong interaction.
  • - By the end of the lesson, I am expecting/looking for (clear expectations)
  • - Teacher and Pupil modelling that is verbalised.
  • - Live marking.
  • 2) Scaffolding
  • - Children’s example WAGOLL (use of technology)
  • - Use of manipulatives
  • - Vocabulary banks
  • - Differentiated learning resources to aid success.
  • - Learning packs
  • - Referral to working walls.
  • - Acorn, Sapling and Oak (stretch and challenge for ALL)
  • 3) Cognitive and Metacognitive strategies
  • - Ping pong approach (I do- you do/I say- you say)
  • - Regular Questioning on learning done previously - referral to prior learning.
  • - Flashback 4.
  • - Revising and making corrections to prior work.
  • - Supported to plan and deciding on what needs to happen next.
  • - Key vocabulary displayed and referred to - are you using these words?
  • 4) Flexible groups
  • - Think, Pair, Share.
  • - Carousel T/TA group support across the week.
  • - 1:1 opportunities.
  • - Year and Mixed ability groupings.
  • - Excellent table organisation where all are seen, heard and supported.
  • - Children phoning a friend for support.

Using technology

  • - iPad visualiser to model, edit, improve and support.
  • - IWB - using to model on and use of manipulatives.
  • - Interactive quizzes.