Importance of planning - not just for the sake of it

1. Planning
Where do you start?
What is it for?

2. Planning is for you and your students
It allows you to pull together the
components of learning and so that you
think about EVERY student in your
classroom

3. Plans are not written for the benefit of
obser vers - a plan is only worth
anything if it leads to learning

4. Ofsted
They are looking for lessons which are
‘well-planned’ NOT ‘have a plan’
Any planning must be linked to progress
and learning

5. Have a look at the plans you
have brought along with you
What learning has been planned for?
How is that learning going to be
measured? How will you know they
are learning?
How are students being supported?
How are students being challenged?
Do you need all the activities?

6. Essentials for Good
Planning
Differentiated learning objectives - support and
stretch and challenge
Key vocabulary and ways of engaging students
AfL and questioning
Progress through thinking skills
Learning episodes and your role/student role
within these

7. Learning Objectives
Skills based, not task centred
The outcomes are what students will DO
Objectives are what students will
LEARN

8. Using Bloom’s Taxonomy is a good way to
structure learning and progress - in
lessons and over time

9. Bloom’s verbs to help
write objectives