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The Plenary

The Plenary. Aims:. To identify the key features of effective plenary sessions To suggest some ideas for plenary activities. Activity. Which aspects of the plenary are well developed in your class/school? Which aspects would you like to develop further?. Key priorities from the HMI report:.

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The Plenary

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  1. The Plenary

  2. Aims: • To identify the key features of effective plenary sessions • To suggest some ideas for plenary activities

  3. Activity • Which aspects of the plenary are well developed in your class/school? • Which aspects would you like to develop further?

  4. Key priorities from the HMI report: • ‘The plenary continues to be one of the weakest parts of the literacy hour’ • ‘Unsuccessful plenaries miss opportunities to extend pupils’ contributions when they present their work, and fail to involve other pupils. Where there have been too many tasks earlier in the lesson, the majority of the pupils have not been involved in what is being discussed’ • ‘Plenaries are often too short and teachers frequently are doing no more than going through the motions of conducting one’

  5. Key priorities from the HMI report cont... • ‘The best plenaries make a significant contribution to the pupils’ learning. Invariably, they are successful because the pupils have shared a common task earlier in the lesson. The teaching is highly purposeful: there are clear objectives for the lesson and these are revisited explicitly in the plenary’ • ‘Successful plenaries also review the learning and reinforce expectations’ • ‘Effective plenaries also motivate pupils for the next lesson through homework or questioning’

  6. When planning the plenary... • provide a range of opportunities to review learning • identify questions to consolidate and extend literacy skills • build links between plenary and other elements of lesson

  7. During the plenary... • challenge the children to justify their ideas • provide feedback to clarify and extend the children’s thinking • assess the learning against the lesson objective

  8. After the plenary... • review success and record information • use the information to inform future plans

  9. Effective plenaries... • return to the learning • connect the learning from this lesson to prior knowledge • help children to make generalisations, and establish theories and conclusions • enable children to use their new learning to test prior knowledge

  10. Video Observation As you are watching the video, identify: • two strengths of the plenary; • anything you would do differently; • what the teacher needs to do next.

  11. Ideas for plenaries

  12. Share your ideas!

  13. Home-time!!

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