Reflections from Learning Walks visited between 1st March - 20th April 2012 – 37 lessons visited
Features of excellence included:
- Very positive behaviour and relationships were a significant feature of a very large proportion of lessons – it was a pleasure to witness students enjoying their learning in secure, positive and harmonious environments.
- Once again, precise relevant subject knowledge and lesson content was impressive, with teachers displaying great enthusiasm for the topics and subjects being delivered
- In some lessons, a range of questioning strategies were used to engage students, with ‘think-pair-share’ and ‘Cover-the-Table’ being most commonly observed.
We could work on:
One thing that the LW programme has made very clear is that different subject areas have different strengths in their current practice, and also different areas which might be most useful to develop. This is important and will be central to the planning of future INSET.
In a number of lessons seen, the below points were noted as possible areas for development.
- Continuing to develop and experiment with Questioning for Engagement strategies, developing confidence and expertise in a wider range of strategies
- Developing our use of Learning Intentions / Success Criteria to ensure that tasks are sharply learning-focused. Further discussion of the value and use success criteria is available here.
