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Meeting ourselves coming back
What are the impacts of accountability? Mick Waters considers the narrowness of current accountability measures.
Engaging all children in their learning
Mick Waters talks about successful schools where all children are architects of their own learning
Success criteria in GCSE English
A year 10 English group explore how poetic techniques can create feelings in the reader.
Discussing and evaluating team work
A group of students from a GCSE Manufacturing course are discussing and evaluating their team work.
Revisiting learning intentions and success criteria
In a GCSE Manufacturing group, the teacher leads the students in revisiting the learning intentions and success crite...
The teacher's role in AfL
A teacher talks about how the role of the teacher changes as assessment for learning is introduced.
The AfL classroom - 1
A deputy head teacher talks about the characteristics of an assessment for learning classroom.
The AfL classroom _ 2
A deputy head teacher talks about assessment for learning within the context of a year 10 boys GCSE English group.
Learning intentions, success criteria and making errors
The fundamental importance of sharing learning intentions and developing success criteria with the learners are empha...
Questioning and no hands up
A deputy head teacher talks about the impact of no hands up as a technique for involving all students in classroom di...
Collaborative learning and effective group work
In this clip, a deputy head teacher talks about developing procedures and defining roles for group work in conjunctio...
Feedback, peer assessment and reflective learning
In relation to a year 10 GCSE English group, a deputy head teacher talks about how students have developed feedback s...
AFL and CPD - 1
A deputy head teacher talks about the on-going CPD process that is being used to support the development of assessmen...
AfL and CPD - 2
Describing her school as a learning community, a deputy head teacher talks about how staff are utilising the same app...
Peer and self assessment in GCSE English
A group of students present its analysis of a stanza from Dulce et Decorum Est.
Sharing lesson intentions
After recapping the previous lesson, the teacher outlines plans for the current lesson and shares intended learning o...
Starting the group task
A group of four use valuable time in their unsuccessful search for a group name
Ideas taking shape
Groups are now ready to start preparing written bids which need to reflect their reasoning.
Review and reflection
The lesson ends with a review session. Individual and group reflection is followed by feedback and discussion on how ...
How do pupils see the link between reading and writing skills?
Talk partners are used to develop pupils' understanding of how reading helps the development of writing skills and vi...