TS4

Plan and teach well structured lessons -impart knowledge and develop understanding through effective use of lesson time, -promote a love of learning and children’s intellectual curiosity, -set homework and plan other out-of-class activities to consolidate and extend the knowledge and understanding pupils have acquired, -reflect systematically on the effectiveness of lessons and approaches to teaching -contribute to the design and provision of an engaging curriculum within the relevant subject area(s).

Justification statement/reflection

Teaching standard 4 suggests that it is important to impart knowledge in all lessons and I learnt how important it is to make effective use of lesson time. When planning my lessons, I make sure to plan a well-structured lesson that has a starter, input, a practical task and then a plenary at the end. I make sure to keep a good pace throughout the lesson to portray good flexibility and allow an equal amount of time on the carpet as well as practical group work to take place. I make sure to include a range of different activities to allow different types of learning to take place. For example, in a topic lesson I got the children to use a map to locate places and then got the children to order themselves into a timeline practically before writing the timeline on paper. Both these activities were different and engaging. The map activity allowed the children to use their geography skills as well as using technology on google earth. Whereas, the timeline activity allowed the children to work as a team to complete the timeline practically in the classroom.

All activities were planned so that the children could achieve the desired learning outcome but by using a range of different activities, the lesson was more engaging for the pupils’ and this had a positive impact on their learning. In the future, I will continue to make effective use of lesson time and to always feedback from the lesson before in my starter activity. This is a great way of gaining effective assessment for learning and helps to shape the next sessions.

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Medium Term Plan

This evidence reveals how I contributed to the design of an engaging curriculum. I planned the complete 6 week block, medium term plan for the Egyptian topic. This shows that I have thought about the time available to teach specific topics through my medium term planning. I made sure each lesson was different, had a learning objective and included a wide range of activities and resources to ensure that lessons were engaing.

Photographic Evidence

This evidence highlights that I was successful in promoting a love of learning and children's intellectual curiosity. It show's the children playing with Lego, building a pyramid with a mummy inside surrounded by the River Nile. Children worked as a team to build this during their golden time, they were all ecstatic using subject specific language to explain what was happening and what they had learnt during my Egyptian lessons.