PUPIL Premium Manchester 2017-18 Website - page 49

Page 27 of 37
above, students are pro-
vided with problem solving
exam practice book-
lets. These are also used
during revision ses-
sions. Some students are
withdrawn from lessons to
work in small groups to de-
velop their literacy in math-
ematics and problem solv-
ing skills. Students are pro-
vided with target revision
practice booklets. Students
are set exam type problem
solving questions in He-
garty Maths and their pro-
gress is monitored and ar-
eas of weaknesses are
identified. All areas of
weaknesses identified are
addressed during Maths
lessons and Period 6 ses-
sions. Common question
booklets are used along
with fluency skills.
Transactional Writing
-
Variety of texts used to
challenge students.
-
One lesson per week
dedicated to writing im-
provement.
-
Form time literacy les-
sons designed to support
written literacy skills.
-
Bespoke writing frames
used to provide support
and examples.
Applying correct mathe-
matical function to prob-
lems
Key words are identified
during lessons and stu-
dents are encouraged to
highlight all the key
words when solving
problems. They then de-
cide on which skills are
needed to solve the
problem. Students are
encouraged to split any
worded questions into
steps and decide what
skills are needed to be
used to answer each
step. Common question
booklets are used along
with fluency skills.
Generating ideas
-
Weekly writing practice
with a range of potential
questions.
-
Sentence starters and
strategies developed
Maths fluency in lessons
to practise key skills
Students are assessed on
weekly basis using the
fluency maths tests and
1...,30-31,32-33,34-35,36-37,38-39,40-41,42-43,44-45,46-47,48 50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,...59
Powered by FlippingBook