ADAPTING A CURRICULUM

ADAPTING A CURRICULUM & LEARNER EXPERIENCE AT MAYFIELD

  Aim High - Yet Shape According to the Learner - An Innovative Journey

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We have a very diverse local community. Children arrive at Mayfield with many differing qualities, strengths and areas that they need to develop to move their learning forward. We know we cannot be static and offer an age old approved model of learning and teaching. In fact we know that is never a good idea. Strong teaching must come from huge awareness of learner need and the learner eye. So we ask: What do the children see when learning? What do they need to be more successful learners? What is missing from their own learner tool bag? 

Some of these elements may be social, emotional, knowledge based or skill based but the the key is that we then shape and build from there. We have a clear 'I Dream of Being...' curriculum which fully delivers the National Curriculum. We call it 'Curriculum Craft' at Mayfield. But what we also have is a 'Classroom Craft' and this is the key to adaptation of learning and teaching at Mayfield. It takes account of the responses to the questions above and it allows us to shape and re-shape our learning experience accordingly. Some strategies consistently work well and can be deployed successfully over long periods but some methods require changes, alterations and new thinking to hit learner starting point need. School leaders and class teachers in any setting and at any level should not rest on laurels, instead we should search for teaching adaptations that fit the starting position of the learners in front of them. It is not about moving goalposts or lowering targets or expectations - our final outcomes at the end of our learning journey in Year 6 tell you that. It is about the personal 'active purpose' learning experience in-between the starting point and the end point. That is where adaptation sits at Mayfield.

What we feel we do particularly well is to trial and test ideas and monitor the impact of this. We are not scared to test an idea that may make a difference no matter how small. If it doesn't work then we will work from there. 1% or 2% for specific children and groups really counts. We should innovate and adapt in search of this. We want our teachers to embrace this and be brave in their teaching.

Here are some of the key Classroom Craft adaptation strategies you will currently find at Mayfield. 

 * The Curriculum Craft (Teaching & Learning Policy) document is available to download at the base of the page.

LET'S TALK

REVISIT & REPEAT

LET'S SHOW

TIME FOR LEARNING

FEEDBACK TO BREAK A CYCLE

MEMORABLE MOMENTS

FAMILIAR & ACCESSIBLE LEARNING SPACE

BEYOND A CURRICULUM

Lunchtime, Boot Room, Brain Break, Aspects of Nurture, Curriculum Enrichment Clubs/Offer