Our Teaching and Learning Pedagagy

At East Park Primary, our approach to learning is simple yet powerful, structured around five core stages: Kickstart, Setting the Scene, Guided Practice, Independent Application, and Review and Assess

This unified framework ensures a clear, consistent, and supportive learning journey for every pupil, in every classroom, across all subjects.

Kickstart (Recap & Activate)

Purpose: Activate prior knowledge, conduct retrieval practice, and establish strong foundations before introducing new concepts.

Implementation: Lessons begin with targeted retrieval tasks, hooks, starters, quizzes, or subject-specific arithmetic and recall activities. This helps children connect new concepts to prior learning

Setting the Scene (Explicit Instruction & Context)

Purpose: Share learning intentions, establish context, introduce key subject vocabulary, and model new skills.

Implementation: Teachers explicitly present the Learning Objectives, Success Criteria (WAGOLLs/models), and key vocabulary. Through interactive direct instruction, visual aids, and practical demonstrations, pupils understand what they are learning and how it fits into the broader topic or real life.

Guided Practice (Scaffolded Learning & Collaboration)

Purpose: Provide structured, scaffolded opportunities for pupils to explore and practice new skills with teacher guidance and peer collaboration.

Implementation: Pupils engage in worked examples pair/group tasks, or guided examples. Teachers utilise adaptive teaching, targeted questioning, scaffolding, and focus group interventions to address misconceptions in real time. The ‘I do’ and ‘we do'

Independent Application (Mastery & Deepening Learning)

Purpose: Enable pupils to independently apply, solidify, and embed their understanding across a range of contexts.

Implementation: Children complete tasks independently to demonstrate fluency, reasoning, problem-solving, creative creation, or enquiry-based working. This allows pupils to master knowledge and develop confidence without direct scaffolding. The ‘You do'

Review and Assess (Reflection, Metacognition & Next Steps)

Purpose: Evaluate progress against success criteria, address remaining misconceptions, reflect on learning, and clarify next steps.

Implementation: Lessons conclude with self- or peer-assessments, metacognitive reflection, plenaries, or quick checks. Teachers and pupils review key vocabulary, share findings, celebrate success, and identify areas for further support