St. Mary’s Catholic Primary School is located in the centre of Bognor Regis

The age range is from 4 – 11 years and is for boys and girls

Percentage of pupils with English not as first language: 32,6%

Total number of pupils: 259

Year 4.We are 34 pupils!

Something positive…

Classroom routines = Effective ASSEMBLY

NUMERACY

BREAK

GUIDE READING

LITERACY

LUNCH

SPAIN

HOME TIME

Individual work

Team work

Autonomous learning

Assessment by the teacher

Group assessment

Individual assessment

How did you feel doing the task?

Self-assessment

Something to improve

P.E lessons

They lose a lot of time changing clothes

The tutor is the teacher in charge of that

Children don´t like PE lesons at all

SITTING IN GROUPS

Depending on the students’ attainment level, they are placed in groups that vary from one class to another. I think this is a good idea as it gives them the chance to interact with different people, help each other and progress according to their command on the subject.

BEHAVIOUR MANAGEMENT

Different ways to easily show behaviour, attitude, participation. However, it is essential that it is done in a consistent way, that is, not issuing empty warnings, enforcing rules and making sure there is some kind of consequence.POSITIVE REWARDS: every day, two well behaved and hard working students are picked to choose a card with a positive reward. It can be something like using the teacher’s chair, sending a positive note home, choosing a partner to sit next to for a day, etc. It serves its purpose by praising and being positive rather than giving only warnings and grounding students.

BEADS IN A JAR: your perfect 10

STARTER OF THE DAY

Every day, at the beginning of each class, students are presented with a starter activity to help them settle down and to review concepts from the previous session. Here are some examples of websites including starters of the day:Maths: www.transum.org Language: https://literacystarter.wordpress.com/Miscellaneous: http://www.keystage2literacy.co.uk/early-morning-work.html

CHALLENGING ADVANCED STUDENTS

A TASK FOR EVERYONE A CHALLENGING TASK

All students are presented with certain activities. However, those who are fast learners, are on a different level and finish quickly can move on to take the CHALLENGE! that is always ready for them.

SPELLINGThe teacher makes a dictation including 10 words which are essential for the students to learn before KS1SATS or KS2SATS.

1. Apartment2. Conspicuos3. Febuary4. Opportunity5. …

1. 2. Conspicuous3. February4. 5. …

This is a very visual way for the students to notice which words they have to study harder and learn to spell afterwards.I think this will be very useful to me to practice with irregular verb lists.

L.O. and REFLECTING on learning

At the very beginning, the teacher writes a brief L.O. on the board, which students copy in their notebooks. At the end of the session, there is always time to reflect on what’s been done and how much the children actually learnt.