Our Pedagogy
Our lesson structure and sequence is based on Rosenshine’s principles for Effective Classroom Practice. These principles enable us as teachers to engage with our practice at a forensic level, reflect on our practice and achieve the best possible progress and outcomes for our children. Rosenshine’s principles are based on three sources of research:
- Research on how the brain acquires new information (the science)
- Research on the classroom practices of those teachers whose students had the highest gains
- Findings from studies that taught learning strategies to students
Our lessons at St Pius are structured in the following way:
- Retrieval
- Vocabulary
- Model/Explain
- Check for Understanding
- Independent Application
- Review
Our curriculum plans are well structured and set out in a way which builds on prior learning, ensures high expectations and supports teacher workload.
Teachers demonstrate a high level of ambition for their pupils and the ongoing use of questioning; vocabulary building and application are features of agreed pedagogy.
