Current Research Projects:

Memory and Recall - how do we share our understanding with pupils?

To explore girl/boy teaching and learning differences.

We want our pupils to have the language to articulate how they hold on to their learning and are able to make links between and across topics and subjects.

​Through a series of lessons to introduce and explain to pupils how memory and cognitive load impacts upon their learning, pupils will be taught strategies for memory and recall.

This project uses the knowledge and understanding of a staff member's degree qualification and strategies from memory and recall inset. It will make links to Growth Mindset strategies and how we teach pupils about the learning process. It will utilise strategies for talk to support pupils to have the language and sentence structures to talk about their understanding of the role of memory in their learning. Research will explore their understanding of the strategies we use (learning journeys, spiral planning, learning intentions, practice and making memory links) and how  they use them to support their learning.       

Research will be carried out through:

• Trial lessons and strategies 
• Support for key drivers of initiative to trial lessons and strategies
• Staff inset with the support of Hanna Filfilan (Teaching and Learning Lead)

This research will require:

• reading to gain personal understanding of the wider research
• numeracy as a starting point
• school data to inform thinking (girl/ boy differences at greater depth understanding at KS2 2018-2019)
• potential revision to teaching and learning strategies
• trialing of proposed strategies and practice classroom practice to determine effectiveness before rolling out new thinking, or practice, more widely.
  
•  support for key drivers of initiatives to trial strategies
• Staff CPD to ensure consistency in messages