Pace: How fast can you go?

To start with…

• Solve the mystery: who was off task for over half the lesson and why?

• Put your ideas onto the sugar paper• You have 17 minutes– What ruined the pace of the lesson?– What could the teacher do reduce the impact on

the lessons pace and ultimately the pupils learning?

Why is pace important?

• Appropriate pace: – Allows all pupils to make progress – Improves pupils attainment– Improves pupils motivation and engagement– Reduce classroom management issues

How can you maintain pace in lessons?

• Effective start to the lesson• Ensure work is sufficiently differentiated– SEN Pupils– MAT Pupils

• Have timings clearly stated and stick to them• Structured planning

Big challenge for pace

• Pupils who have a SEN or are identified as MAT

• Discuss and make notes on your sugar paper about how you can prevent a loss of pace when dealing with SEN/MAT pupils

• You have 8 minutes

Importance of differentiation in maintaining pace

• SEN pupils– Differentiated worksheets– Different tasks– Groupings

• Use your TA efficiently and effectively• MAT pupils– Differentiated worksheets– Different tasks

Golden rules

• Create a list of ten rules that a NQT/ITT could use to ensue they have relentless pace in their lesson

• You have ten minutes

A few helpful things from me…

• Two booklets– One is about what we have discussed today– Other booklet is a series of different teaching and

learning activities