Planning and Preparation(Primary)NIPTWS02

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Working together in the workshops will involve…

Confidentiality

ParticipationContributing to group learning

Asking questions/clarifying issuesTaking responsibility for your own learning

Please check that your phone is offfor the duration of the workshop

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Questions…

What would I like to know about planning?

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What is the purpose of planning?

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ALL TEACHERS HAVE A

PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILTY

TO PLAN

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Planning Requirements

• Timetable

• Long-term plan (Termly)

• Short-term plan (Weekly)

• Cuntas Míosúil

• Assessment folder

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What do I need for planning?• Primary School Curriculum and Teacher Guidelines

• Probationary Guidelines

• School Plan

• Long-term planning: draft guidelines

• Short-term planning: draft guidelines

• www.teacherinduction.ie

• Consult with Principal, staff, NQTs from last year and

other NQTs

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Timetable: Points to Consider

• Curriculum Time Allocation for each subject

• Learning Support/Resource/EAL timetable

• School Policy

• Circular 0056/2011

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Key Message 2

YOUR FIRST AND MAIN POINT OF

REFERENCE WHEN PLANNING

IS THE PRIMARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM

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A long-term plan should provide an overall

summary of the aims to be achieved in

each subject area

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• Term• Class Level• Subject• Aims• Content

• Strands and strand units • An overview of the content objectives to be

taught and/or examples of learning activities • Skills and concepts to be developed

• Approaches and Methodologies• Resources• Differentiation• Assessment• Linkage and Integration

Long-Term/Termly Plan

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Short-term planning takes the work outlined in the long-term plan

and details what the pupils will be enabled to learn, how they will learn and how the learning will be assessed

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Short-Term/Weekly Plan• Date• Class level• Subject • Strand - Strand Unit • Content objective/s • Skills (Where appropriate) • Learning objectives (Informed by strand, strand unit, content

objectives, the skills and concepts to be developed)• Learning activities (Informed by approaches and

methodologies in Long-Term Plan)• Resources • Differentiation • Assessment• Linkage and Integration • Reflection

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Key Message 3

THE MAIN FOCUS OF YOUR

PLANNING SHOULD ALWAYS BE

THE LEARNING NEEDS OF THE PUPILS IN

YOUR CLASS

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What do I want my pupils to learn this

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Learning Objectives

How am I going to achieve what I have

outlined in my learning objectives?

Learning Activities

What needs to be in place for effective teaching and

learning?

ResourcesDifferentiation

How will I know if the pupils have learned it?

Assessment

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Writing Learning Objectives Points to remember:

• Choose content objective(s) and skills appropriate for the short-term/weekly plan. Refer to long-term/termly plan

• Break down the content objective(s) into manageable learning objectives

• Write the learning objectives as they unfold in a sequential order

• Start with an action word e.g. Identify, Describe, Compare…

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Choose the content objective(s)

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Refer to long-term/termly plan.

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Adapt the chosen content

objective(s) and skills where

appropriate

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Step 3

Write learning objectives

(What exactly I want the children to learn this week)

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Learning Objectives

The children will:•Identify 3 or 4 materials used to construct buildings•Describe these materials, noting differences in colour, shape and texture•Propose suitable materials for use in different areas of a building

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Learning ActivitiesQuick-Think: KWL on materials used in construction of buildings.

Talk and Discussion: Teacher shows a variety of materials to class e.g. plastic, fabric, stone, wood, glass, rubber, iron. Pupils name and describe materials used in construction of buildings, with the correct terminology. Whole class.

Free Exploration of Materials: a) In pairs pupils explore 3 chosen materials and describe their colour, shape and texture. b) Using 2 materials compare both in relation to colour, shape and texture.

Collaborative Group Work: Using 3 areas of a building, pupils choose appropriate material for those areas, using these questions as a prompt: What is the name of the material? Why choose this material? Is there another material more suitable? If so, why? Teacher assigns roles to groups.Oral Feedback: from each group to class by reporter.

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Writing Learning Objectives

• List

• Draw• Describe• Name• Order• Sequence• Match• Label

• Predict• Arrange• Group• Give examples• Create• Solve• Select• Design

• Invent• Infer• Categorise• Analyse• Apply• Justify• Verify• Prioritise

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Assessment Folder

Section A: General Class Records

Section B: Pupil Profiles

• Builds a picture of your class and also a picture of each pupil, in terms of their learning

• Samples of work should be relevant to what you wish to communicate about that pupil’s learning

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YOUR PLAN IS A WORKING

DOCUMENT

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Workshop ReflectionWhat do I need to do?

Write down the first 3 steps you need to take in order to develop your planning…

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Key Message 5

PLANNING IS A PROCESS WHICH

INVOLVES CONTINUOUS

REFLECTION, AMENDING AND

ADJUSTMENT

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Frequently Asked Questions1. Do I have to do weekly notes and do I have to

hand them up on a Monday morning?

2. What if my notes are on my laptop and I have not got a hard copy of my weekly notes to hand?

3. When should my long-term notes be ready?

4. Can I do long-term notes term by term?

5. Are bullet points acceptable when writing up notes?

6. Is the Cuntas Míosúil important? In my school they tick off what they do at the end of the month. Is that acceptable for me also?

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Frequently Asked Questions7. A PE teacher comes into the school every week for an

hour to teach PE. Do I have to plan for or teach PE? 8. The Resource teacher has told me not to worry about

the pupils who go to her every day as she has an IEP done for each of them. Does that mean I don’t have to include those pupils as part of my planning?

9. I’m not sure where to start with my planning. There’s so much to do… Where will I start?

10. I feel under pressure to cover the content in the textbooks for my class while I’m using the curriculum for my planning. How do I manage to get the balance right?

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Resources

www.teacherinduction.ie

www.ncca.ie NCCA PLANNING TOOL

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Questions on flip chart

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Additional Support Professional Support GroupsNIPT School Support Service

www.teacherinduction.ie

Contact the NIPTinfo@teacherinduction.ie

Please ask your Facilitator or EC for the contact details of the NIPT RDO assigned to your EC

To ask for support is a sign of strength…