#LearningFirst: Supporting ‘Beginning Teachers’ in Being ‘Assessment Capable’
On Saturday 21 May, a group of us from ÃÛÌÒapp went along to the first #LearningFirst event hosted by the @BeyondLevels team organised by Dame Alison Peacock.
People, pedagogy and progress
Skills for Writing
Alongside Professor Debra Myhill, we've developed Skills for Writing to provide an evidence-based approach to accelerating progress in writing at KS3, which:
- Embeds theÌýprinciples of the Grammar for WritingÌýpedagogy
- Teaches grammar in aÌýcontextualised way
- Motivates your students toÌýwrite independently
Teacher Partner Programme
All of our products and services are developed with our educational experts, and have the rigour and attention to detail that we know customers expect of us.
We also recognise that these products need to work in the real world - our customers are using our products each and every day to support their own best practice.
Pedagogy
What makes an excellent teacher? Research shows that a good sense of humour and a conversational style are two of the key ingredients of great teaching.
At the heart of our literacy resources is the importance ofÌýhowÌýthey are taught. Take a look at how we've worked with Professor Debra Myhill, at The University of Exeter, to embed the Grammar for Writing pedagogy.Ìý
Recent news and blog posts
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The Rochford Review: What you need to know
With the end-of-key-stage assessments imminent, here's a quick reminder of what the Rochford Review recommendations are for assessing children working 'working below the standards of the national curriculum tests but who are above the level of the P scales'.
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Stepping forward: Comprehension at KS1
At the same time that the government published the KS2 teacher assessment exemplifications, it also published guidance for KS1 teacher assessment, and though most of the guidance was as expected with regards to phonics and reading fluency there were a few interesting points.Ìý
