Team Visit to Amesbury School - 19/06/2018

• Teachers were very in tune with where their students were at allowing strategic

decisions to be made around what to teach, when to teach it, and to who.

• ICT was used to capture students data and identify trends.
• Students were apart of the process and created their own goals and uploaded evidence.
• Teachers kept students engaged through writing by having a genuine purpose that students

were excited about and could articulate.

• Noise levels in the class were low with just a quiet learning buzz apparent.

You could not hear individual conversations from across the room

Takeaways…

• What do I know about where my students are at? Starting afresh with my own class is a

good opportunity to take stock of where my students are at and look for trends/gaps.

• In order to goal set, students need to be reflecting on what they are currently doing.

Currently, my students go through a reflection process in their writing (2glows and 1 grow),

The grow could be used as a goal for their next piece of writing. Seesaw could be used for

students to collect and share examples of work that meets their goal.

• Writing for a purpose is something I try to do in my programme. Having more conversations

around how students will publish their work and to who will help continue to promote this.

• It is my perception that the noise levels were low as this was an expectation that has been

taught and reinforced over a period of time. In the coming weeks I plan to have learning

conversations with students around what conditions help us produce our best learning - making

this explicit and delving into the ‘why’ behind the classroom being a learning environment that

allows students to concentrate.