We regularly meet with the children to find out what they think about their learning and time in school. Please read on to find out what they think and what we’ve done about it …….
Teaching and Learning
100% enjoy learning at school
91% teachers’ explanations are clear and easy to follow
73% teachers praise me when I do well, 37% teachers sometimes praised me when I’ve done something well
100% teachers mark our work fairly
100% teachers help me improve my learning
Children say it is hard to learn when children are distracting us or we don’t have a teaching assistant to support us/work in pairs.
SO …..
All the information has been shared with staff for them to be aware of how the children feel
From Easter 2017 we are increasing the number of certificates on a friday
Reading KS2
Most of us read a magazine, website, newspaper each week
All of us read a fiction/fact book almost every day
We read poems 2-3 times per month
We would read more if school and family encouraged us to read more
Some of us wish there were more books in the library to choose from
SO ….
March 2017 – Over £1000 spent on books for the library including a good selection on equality and poetry
Writing Upper KS1/Lower Ks2
We like to write everywhere especially our indepdent writing books as we can write lots
We like writing stories
We should write every day
We have written superb pieces about – vikings, chester zoo, meerkats.
Sometimes we write at home
We like it when the adults help us with our writing
We like to write on nice borders
Most of us prefer to write on our own
Some of us find spelling difficult.
SO ….
We are having a focus on spelling throughout school
Reading KS2
We read magazines/websites/comics 2-3 times per month
Some of us read every day
We would read more if someome read alound to us, we had more time, books had more pictures, our friends read more
SO ….
Book Advent
Reading week activities to promote reading including Governors reading to children,
Reading KS1
We are good readers
We like books with suprises and stories make us feel excited
Most of us read magazines, websites and information books
We only read poetry when we are doing it in class
We don’t go to the local library very often
SO …..
Lets go on a trip to the local library
Teaching and Learning KS1
We are happy to come to school because we like learning and we get peace and quiet to work
We sometimes worry when it’s our first day in a new class
Our favourite things are independent writing, phonics and maths
Some of us find homework hard if we don’t get any help
If we find learning hard in class we ask an adult or try again
We are proud of our learning when our teachers are happy with it and when we get the answers right
We would like to do more poetry, learning about dinosaurs, volcanoes and football.
Some people are bossy.
SO …..
Teachers are aware of the above, let’s see what we learn next!
