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Classroom stretch and challenge
From revision techniques and deeper thinking to activities for your more able and talented students, use the resources below for teaching strategies that stretch and challenge all pupils in the classroom.
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Bob Cox shares strategies to support primary pupils in accessing a challenging reading curriculum and developing high quality creative writing
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How to match tasks to the needs of more able learners? These ideas for differentiating lesson tasks should shake up your lesson planning
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In mixed ability classes it's all too common to teach to the middle. What can teachers realistically do to help their students get to the top marks independently?
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Effective teaching will give all pupils the chance to shine. Torsten Payne shares some of the strategies he uses to enable pupils of all abilities and learning profiles to make progress
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The pupil premium is often spent only on those with low prior attainment. In this short video Andrew Brumby explains why this is a mistake, and how to close the disadvantage gap
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Many schools still struggle with their more able pupils. Use this toolkit of ideas to raise the profile of gifted and talented and improve provision at whole-school and classroom level
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Verity Jones shows how pupils in KS2 and 3 can use challenging texts to stimulate high quality writing, using The Woman in White as an example
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For more able pupils especially, your verbal responses should be challenging and targeted. Torsten Payne provides some simple prompts to keep you on track
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Torsten Payne describes some creative revision techniques that will get pupils to think more deeply about the material and recall it more clearly
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Building in stretch and challenge doesn’t need to add to teacher workload. Use these four strategies to save time, add challenge and make pupils think creatively