Developing A Learning Environment

1. Developing A Learning Environment

3. How can the classroom be used to effectively support children’s learning? • Supporting curricular targets • Sharing objectives and reviewing learning • Promoting key vocabulary • Use of visual prompts and interactive resources

4. Supporting curricular targets

5. Whole school targets displayed and shared with the school community

7. Curricular Targets • Prioritised within planning and teaching • Shared and understood by pupils and parents • Displayed in a variety of formats • Promotedand supported within the learning environment

10. Work in ProgressThe ‘working wall’ approach The classroom literacy/ numeracy / science wall evolves as each day progresses. The success criteria is developed with the children and is displayed. It is used to demonstrate to pupils how they will be able to achieve the learning intention. Key vocabulary is also displayed. Mind mapping, modelled examples, re-drafting and pupils’ examples are regular features of a working wall.

11. Sharing objectives and reviewing learning

12. Year One

14. Finished Product Success Criteria Year One

18. Year Six

19. Success Criteria Modelled Writing – Stage One

20. The success criteria has been used to improve the first draft

25. Prompting key vocabulary

26. Year One/Two

27. Mind mapping is used as a key learning strategy

28. Year Four Collaborative group work

30. Supporting writing by brainstorming key vocabulary Year Four

31. ‘Post It’ notes are often used to promote interactivity and engagement

33. Use of visual prompts and interactive resources

37. Year Six

38. Year Six Linking reading with writing by using skeleton frameworks – graphic organisers

39. Year Six

40. Year Six

42. Year Two Collaborative writing displayed on a ‘washing line’.

43. In Year Four, cross curricular link: Creating a play script in RE

44. Year Four Collaborative play script

45. Displays of Demonstrated and Teacher Scribed writing support children towards independence

50. Year One