SWP & Pillars
We value inclusion and dignity for all
What is Including
Reading aloud in unison with the class or a group
What is Choral Reading.
Setting challenging but achievable goals for all students, fostering a learning environment where every student is expected to succeed. This practice encourages students to strive for their best, promoting growth, effort, and resilience, and reinforcing the belief that all students are capable of progress.
What is High Expectations
Encouraging students to take active roles in their learning by making choices, setting goals, and reflecting on their progress.
What is Student Agency
We value learning that is both collaborative and future focused.
What is Engaging
Where the teacher reads a word or phrase aloud while students follow the text
What is Echo Reading.
Providing clear, direct instruction where teachers break down content into manageable steps and clearly explain concepts, skills, and learning goals. This includes modelling, guided practice, and checking for understanding, ensuring that students grasp the material before moving on.
What is Explicit Teaching
Tailoring teaching approaches to meet the diverse needs of students. This involves varying content, processes, or products to cater for different learning styles, abilities, and interests.
What is Differentiated Learning
We value connecting with each other in positive ways in the classroom and beyond it.
What is Connecting
Allows students to read the same text multiple times until it is fluent and error-free
What is Repeated Reading
Offering timely, specific, and constructive feedback to guide students in understanding their progress and areas for improvement.
What is Effective Feedback
Clearly defined statements about what students are expected to learn in a lesson or series of lessons.
What is Learning Intentions
We value critical thinking, creativity and the opportunity for all students to be their best
What is Challenging.
Allow two students to read the same passage aloud to each other
What is Fluency Pairs.
Regularly collecting and analysing student data (such as assessment results, classroom observations, and learning behaviours) to identify strengths and gaps in learning.
What is Data to Inform Practice
Statements that describe what students are expected to know, understand, and be able to do at the end of a stage or learning period.
What is Syllabus Outcomes.
Learning with the Heart, Lighting up the future.
What is Vision for Learning
Allows students to read different passages with 85% of the words being the same, making it easier to recall and apply knowledge
What is Varied Reading.
Designing and implementing a range of assessment methods (both formative and summative) to measure student learning.
What is Effective Assessment
Specific descriptions of what success looks like in relation to a learning intention.
What is Success Criteria.