Stretching and challenging the more able

16:15 - 18:00

Stretching and challenging the more able can be a neglected aspect of classroom teaching as they tend to be the pupils that need the least close support and therefore your time. This course will provide a range of techniques, strategies and approaches to managing your more able pupils. By focusing on areas such as the level of challenge, ambitious resources and ‘tweaking’ the type of thinking involved, teachers can be sure they are stretching and challenging the more able

Who is it for?

Any teacher wanting clear practical classroom ideas

What will be covered?

• How to ensure there is an appropriate level of challenge
• Making learning inductive rather than deductive
• How to integrate ambitious resources and language

What difference will it make?

Teachers attending will gain a new set of techniques, skills and strategies to ensure that they know how to stretch and challenge their most able to add to their own repertoire of ideas they already have. This course doesn’t require the teacher to work any harder but rather think differently to how they meet the needs of these kinds of pupils.