Top Tips for an OUTSTANDING Lesson

1. Top Tips for an OUTSTANDING Lesson

3. ‘Outstanding’ • “can you give me a tick list of things to do in a lesson to be outstanding”

4. Top Tips for an OUTSTANDING Lesson

5. HOOK • Picture • Question • Song • Film Clip

6. Common Sense • Engaging • Appropriate • Relevant • Pupil Focused • Adaptable (You/The Lesson/The Pupils)

7. 3 Part Lesson • 5 minute starter task, mid lesson plenary, 53rd minute plenary are not elements of a good lesson. • Learning and the lesson should be engaging and allow learning, lessons need not be regimented and learners may finish at different times/progress at different rates.

8. Engaging Lessons • This does not mean FUN, lessons should capture imaginations and develop/nurture curiosity. • HOOK- at the start of the lesson to engage and interest pupils. This is then built upon.

9. Learning creates Change • In any 25 minute period a gain in learning should be evident. • UNDERSTANDING valued over knowledge. • A learning journey should have depth. It is not just about moving from a to b, it is about the quality of the learning/experiences.

10. Progression • To be OUTSTANDING, learning should engage the majority of learners and the majority of learners should make progress. • Majority = 29/30 out of a class of 30.

11. Differentiation • Differentiation should be appropriate and reactive. Teacher thinks on feet to provide appropriate differentiation. • Plan to be able to react.

12. Whole Class Q&A/Teacher Lead Discussion • Teacher question and answer sessions which involve the whole class are not seen as beneficial. Simply a succession of 1 pupil being involved at a time.

13. Pupil Discussions • UNDERSTANDING is developed through discussion. • ALL learners involved in small groups. • AFL via feedback to individual groups, not whole class. • Problem Solving • Decision Making Exercises • Think & Discuss

14. Traffic Light & Thumbs • Feeling is that uncertain pupils simply mirror the responses of more certain pupils. • AFL- should show IMPACT, such measures are often used to assess impact and then move on regardless.

15. AFL- Assessment for Learning • This should permeate through learning activities and IMPACT upon outcomes. • Small scale as opposed to whole class. • Celebrate success/Rectify misconceptions.

16. Literacy Agenda • There is an increased focus on literacy, however opportunities should be maximised and not contrived. • It is not just literacy, but numeracy and ICT also.

17. Word searches/Code Breakers • Such activities are considered to have little value in helping learners to develop knowledge or UNDERSTANDING. • Activities should stimulate learners and move them forward.

18. SMSC- Spiritual Moral Social Cultural • The feel of the school, in classrooms and on the corridors is a key area of the judgement. • Ethos • Pupil Voice • Parent Voice • Behaviour

19. Other Adults • Adults in the room should be used effectively and actively. • Ownership of small groups, either in the classroom or away from the classroom.

20. Time • Impact of teaching evident after 25min. • Appreciate that not all learners will finish at the same time, react (plan?) to this. • Lesson Plan should be flexible.

21. Key Elements of an OUTSTANDING Lesson • Gains in UNDERSTANDING. • AFL Permeates through learning. • Teaching has an IMPACT on learning. • ENGAGEMENT. • SMSC, positive ETHOS. • APPROPRIATE.