Highly effective implementation of the curriculum at Leigh Academy Rainham will include teachers incorporating the following into their planning and practice:
Regular opportunities for students to engage with retrieval tasks that support learning to be embedded in the long term memory
Direct instruction alongside clear modelling with dual coding which focuses on reducing cognitive load to effectively share expert knowledge, introduce novel content and approaches to learning skills and explain clear processes
Astute and adaptive questioning which is probing and thought provoking, developing all pupils prior understanding and new learning and developing curiosity for life long learning
Deliberate practice within lessons that is guided and well structured, ensuring pupils are able to independently problem solve, fluently apply their knowledge to questions which have interleaved concepts and master approaches to learning
Provide regular feedback that supports pupils in addressing misconceptions and becoming highly reflective learners who can engage with success criteria to self assess and make progress in their work
Effective implementation of a digital strategy where technology is used to appropriately enhance the learning opportunities for students, upskilling them for tomorrow's world.
Regular opportunities embedded to develop pupils reading skills
TheLAR Planning Framework which is underpinned by research and theories from Daniel Willingham, Dylan Williams, Barak Rosenshine, John Sweller, Hermann Ebbinghaus and Oliver Caviglioli
The Establishing Excellence Rubric which is underpinned by the Sutton Trust Research into the 6 strands of teaching that support pupil progress
The ‘Establishing Excellence Steps’ designed to ensure mastery of practice the LAR Way
The MYP - At the Leigh Academy Rainham we implement the IB Middle Years Programme (MYP) which is a challenging framework that encourages students to make practical connections between their studies and the real world, developing lifelong learners that are internationally minded. To find out out more about the MYP Programme at the Leigh Academy Rainham visit this page.
