There is now continuity and consistency in teaching in the schools across the federation. Provision is richer with purposeful co-operation and joint planning between teachers developing to become effective.
In order to ensure consistent practice across the federation, we hold joint planning meetings and conduct learning walks across the federation to see good practice and share ideas. During book scrutiny sessions, we scrutinise the ‘Gwener Gwyllt’ and ‘Llun Llanast’ floor books to scrutinise the development of pupils’ skills in rich experiences across the curriculum.
Pupils enjoy the outdoor sessions and are keen to complete challenges and tasks. They use their previous knowledge to complete challenges and then record their findings confidently individually and within a group. Various skills are developed and expanded through this method of teaching.
Progress can be seen in pupils’ skills as they develop their skills and previous knowledge to complete tasks across the curriculum in the outdoor area. They apply their numeracy skills purposefully across the curriculum and use what they have learned previously to complete the challenges. They use digital resources purposefully to record information and carry out further research. Their creative skills are also embedded beneficially across the curriculum, for example as pupils use natural resources to emulate the work of an artist. This method of teaching has certainly introduced and developed pupils’ skills in applying their skills across the curriculum with increasing confidence.
Pupils enjoy the sessions in the outdoor area and complete challenges enthusiastically. There is a buzz during these sessions, which shows pupils’ curiosity towards their learning. In the foundation learning phase, good practice can be seen in the use of the outdoor area throughout the day, with purposeful activities that spark the imagination and develop pupils’ basic skills successfully. Pupils are eager to go to the outdoor area on a daily basis.
