Our Curriculum
The Shade Principles of Teaching & Learning
These are principles of teaching that permeate all lessons. These components will be obvious in teaching across all subjects and are clear to staff and visitors. The Shade's principles of teaching are expected standards to ensure consistently high quality teaching.
2024 the shade principles of teaching learning.pdf
Values & Readiness Curriculum
Assessment
Formative assessment is embedded in classroom practice as part of The Shade Teaching & Learning Principles. In the moment feedback is crucial to children’s progress and observations and assessments made inform the adaptations in the next stage of a lesson as well as in the following sequence of lessons. Assessment is well informed through pre & post teaching assessments as part of White Rose Maths. Cumulative quizzing models are used in Science, Geography, History and DT.
Summative assessments are made termly for Reading, Writing and Maths. The use of standardised assessments supports teacher judgement and these are correlated to inform termly assessments.
These assessments along with books and teacher observations are discussed with the Headteacher during Pupil Progress meetings.
These ensure that staff are clear on the gaps in learning that must be addressed in order for children to build the necessary skills and knowledge to make progress from their starting points.
These assessments are used to inform teaching, targeted interventions and analysis of the progress and attainment made by different pupil groups.