The report by the inspection body Estyn also found
more able pupils were not achieving as well as those in England.
In about a third of primary schools,
more able pupils do not make enough progress because the work they are set is not challenging enough.
All pupils would have a decent grasp of it through the cross-curricular digital competence, and
more able pupils could get a more in - depth education through the computer science subject.
And when it comes to the brightest children, Estyn said schools» expectations of
their more able pupils just are not high enough.
As well as being on the main governing board, he sits on the Pastoral Committee and has responsibilities for overseeing staff working with
more able pupils.
Inspector Alison Bradley, in a letter to CAT chief executive Kevin Crossley, said: «There is no evidence that across the trust the gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers is closing or that the needs of
the more able pupils are being met.»
This is because pupils at English state schools enter, on average, nine GCSEs and equivalent qualifications, rising to more than 10 for
more able pupils.
Improve provision for
your more able pupils, and ensure your staff are equipped with effective strategies in the classroom
2 worksheets attached where the level of difficulty gradually increases to allow
more able pupils to access more challenging questions.
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More able pupils have to research the types of natural disasters and write their own short descriptions of each one, so they will have to do a bit more research in addition to more writing.
To investigate ways in which animals are adapted to life in the desert Resources included: * PowerPoint presentation including hyperlink to additional research site for
more able pupils.
Plenty of questions are included for pupils to attempt with an extension of solving equations to test
more able pupils.
There are some blanks where
more able pupils have to come up with questions and answers for unmatched expressions.
Book 1 is for less able pupils and book 3 is for
more able pupils.
These are foundation only but can easily be adapted to higher /
more able pupils.
My Year 10s have Indicatives of C - F so will need adapting for
more able pupils.
I used this with a bottom set year 9 as an activity supervised by the TA for
the more able pupils during the lesson.
Suitable for all abilities, this has been taught at a mixed ability school and has differentiation included for to stretch and challenge
more able pupils.
There is also a written version of the stops to enable differentiated starting points for
more able pupils to work at their own pace.
These are great resources for both
more able pupils at KS4 and for AS Level.
This article from Teaching Expertise explains how assessment can inform pupil learning and achievement and how to cater for
more able pupils.
That's why I want schools to ensure they are supporting
more able pupils as well.
Extra project to extend some of
the more able pupils.
There are also plenty of reasoning and problem solving tasks to really stretch
the more able pupils.
• Encourages
more abled pupils to remember extra facts and figures to support arguments and quote more examples.
Not exact matches
Members of local humanist groups attended talks given to parents in Milton Keynes, Wakefield and Bournemouth, and
more recently, members of Feminist Action Cambridge (FAC) were
able to attend a talk given to secondary
pupils in a school.
When asked about how financial pressures affect
pupils, 72 % said they were
more likely to be absent from school, 65 % said they were less
able to concentrate in lessons, 60 % said they caused behaviour problems and 40 % said they felt alienated and disaffected.
Aled Roberts AM has called for increased investment in the
Pupil Deprivation Grant after theDeputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, announced today the biggest ever rise in the
Pupil Premium for primary schools in England to help ensure that
more pupils are
able to achieve higher standards.
«No
more will he be
able to teach and inspire young people, as he clearly did for hundreds of
pupils over many years.
So - called high needs schools will be
able to raise a maximum of $ 10
more per
pupil, while wealthy or low needs schools can raise up to $ 27 per student, under the cap.
The
pupil's vertical movement is
more subtle, although a camera with higher resolution may be
able to detect it, says Bulling.
In a hypoadrenal state, your
pupil will not be
able to hold onto its contraction for
more than 2 minutes and thus will begin to dilate despite light repeatedly shining on it.
The lesson allows
pupils to master the skill of solving equations with an unknown on both sides but then allows the
more able to tackle questions with brackets and worded problems.
All tasks are differentiated to at least 3 levels to allow
pupils to practice the skill and also stretch and challenge the
more able.
Our teachers need to feel
more comfortable with tablets and phones, how to use them to engage
pupils and, as such, we need to be
able to demonstrate how learning takes place outside of the classroom as well as inside it.
Wand Education trials show teachers are
able to «work less hours outside the classroom and
pupils are getting
more benefit from teaching»
More able / Older
pupils may be encouraged to record in writing using high level persuasive language.
These questions are based on Level 6 Number and Algebra subject knowledge and I used it with my
more able Year 6
pupils who were working towards the then Level 6 SATs test.
Pupils really enjoyed this, the
more able getting into detailing their prints, the less
able developing their stencils.
Money raised as part of the Sugar Levy will to be used to double the amount of money spent on sports in schools, and schools will be
able to bid for funding to offer five hours or
more a week of additional lessons or extracurricular activities, with the new flexibility arguably offering such schools the ability to tailor the structure and duration of their school day to suit their
pupils» needs.
Ideal for re-sits for
more able but less motivated
pupils and independent work, or allowing differentiation in a mixed ability class.
This is a powerpoint presentation for y7 (Métro 1, module 1) to help
pupils state their preferences and allow the
more able to give a small justification.
I added
more challenge and a reading activity on a French timetable so
pupils will be
able to extend their vocabulary range on the topic of school.
What would American education look like if we had shunned IQ tests as a means of sorting children, used higher salaries to attract
more able recruits to teaching, adapted the kind of engaging cooperative inquiry among both teachers and
pupils that Dewey favored, and expected all children to do rigorous mathematics and science beginning in elementary school?
Equally,
pupils from less affluent backgrounds who took part «are
more likely to be highly motivated» and «
more able» than their peers who did not sign up.
Whatever you are currently doing outside the classroom is already very useful for your
pupils: be proud of anything you have achieved so far, and take inspiration from how others have been
able to offer their
pupils even
more.
It is a science activity looking at fertilisers, aimed at
More Able and Talented Key Stage 4
pupils.
Can be used in a simple way for foundation
pupils concentrating on simple sentences with a range of adjectives to describe people or in a
more challenging way for
more able students.
Book 1 can be used for less
able pupils and book 3 can be used for
more able students.
i) Quadratics lesson notes + Answers + notebook file Activities; 1) Quadratics inequalities steps match up task 2) Discriminant scratchcard,
pupils cross out the incorrect steps in each line 3) Completing the square fill in the blank 4) Completing the square + application differentiated worksheet 5) Quadratics Bingo activity 6) Full topic A3 review sheet 7) A cubic and quadratics matching sheet with stretch and challenge for the
more able students applying the reverse process