At Cravenwood Primary Academy, we have designed a mastery curriculum using the research around cognitive science with the primary aim to ensure that learning is securely embedded in the long-term memory. To achieve this, we plan and teach our curriculum using Rosenshine's Principles of Instruction as well as interleaving and spacing, and blocked practice:
- Review for remembering - the struggle to retrieve is beneficial for building fluency and confidence, therefore we interleave and space previous learning and vertical concepts on a daily, weekly and monthly basisto ensure that it is embedded.
- Questioning - asking more questions in more depth encourages our pupils to understand at a deeper level.
- Sequencing concepts and modelling - to ensure mastery, we use blocked practice to teach some subjects and topics thoroughly before moving to another. We ensure that each concept and element of the curriculum model is well sequenced and planned for progression and depth.
- Stages of practice - the use of Kagan structures during guided practice promotes co-operative learning and communication which boosts pupil confidence and engagement. Independent practice leads to overlearning which is essential for new learning to be recalled quickly. This also ensures that no overload on the working memory.
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At Cravenwood, we have designed a mastery curriculum using the research around cognitive science with the primary aim to ensure that learning is securely embedded in the long-term memory. To achieve this, we plan and teach our curriculum using Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction as well as interleaving and spacing, and blocked practice:
Review for remembering
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The struggle to retrieve is beneficial for building fluency and confidence, therefore we interleave and space some subjects using previous learning and vertical concepts on a daily, weekly and monthly basis to ensure learning is embedded.
Questioning
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Asking more questions in more depth encourages our pupils to understand at a deeper level.
Sequencing Concepts and Modelling
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To ensure mastery, we use blocked practice to teach some subjects and topics thoroughly before moving to another. We ensure that each concept and element of the curriculum model is well sequenced and planned for progression and depth.
Stages of Practice
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The use of Kagan structures during guided practice promotes co-operative learning and communication which boosts pupil confidence and engagement. Independent practice leadas to overlearning which essential for new learning to be recalled quickly. This also ensures that there is no overload on the working memory.