Education

assess their knowledge at the beginning and end of a topic and have clear ideas of where their gaps in knowledge are

Whatever you decide for your seating plan, remember to change the children round often, at least once every half-term. It’s also a good idea to have different seats for different subjects, and mix these round often too.

If children are given a muddled learning objective, they can focus more on the activity, what they are doing, rather than what they are learning.

The most important aspect of any plan is: what do you want the outcome of your lesson to be? What do you want the children in your class to have learned by the end of the lesson?