Curriculum Map

Connect

Retrieve and revisit prior learning

Teachers:

·       Review previous learning and key vocabulary

·       Check pupils’ retention of previously taught knowledge

·       Address misconceptions

·       Use assessment information to identify gaps in learning

·       Make connections to prior knowledge

Explain

Explicit teaching in small steps

Teachers:

·       Present new learning clearly

·       Clearly identify the key learning and intended outcome

·       Introduce and model vocabulary

·       Use visuals, examples and questioning

·       Break complex concepts into manageable steps

·       Check understanding frequently through targeted questioning

Model

   I Do

Teachers:

·       Demonstrate expert thinking

·       Use worked examples and think-alouds

·       Clarify success criteria

·       Highlight common misconceptions and errors

·       Make cognitive processes explicit through modelling

Practise

   We Do

Teachers:

·      Guide learning through questioning

·      Regularly check understanding and adapt teaching accordingly

·      Provide scaffolding and feedback

·      Provide opportunities for deliberate practice

·      Address misconceptions

·       Use assessment to inform next steps

Apply

   You Do

Teachers:

·      Gradually remove support

·      Monitor understanding

·      Assess whether pupils have met the intended learning outcome

·      Provide appropriate challenge

·       Provide opportunities for reasoning, problem-solving and deeper thinking

Reflect and Deepen

Teachers:

·       Review key learning and vocabulary

·       Assess what pupils know, remember and can do

·       Encourage pupils to reflect on their learning and identify the strategies that helped them succeed

·       Make links to future learning

Pupils:

·       Recall, explain and discuss learning

·       Retrieve knowledge from long-term memory

·       Make connections between previous and current learning

·       Use subject-specific vocabulary

Pupils:

·       Listen actively

·       Engage in discussion

·       Rehearse new vocabulary orally

·       Respond to questioning to demonstrate understanding

Make links to previous learning

Pupils:

·       Observe, analyse and discuss

·       Identify why examples are successful

·       Recognise and discuss misconceptions

Pupils:

·      Practise collaboratively

·      Explain and justify thinking

·      Use Oracy and Kagan structures

·      Receive and respond to feedback

·      Refine and improve their work

·      Articulate their thinking using full sentences and subject-specific vocabulary

Pupils:

·      Apply learning independently

·      Apply knowledge in different contexts

·      Demonstrate independence and resilience

Pupils:

·       Summarise learning

·       Explain strategies used

·       Generate questions

·       Make connections across the curriculum

·       Apply learning in new contexts