Making Every Primary Lesson Count: Six principles to support great teaching and learning

by Jo Payne, Shaun Allison (Editor), Andy Tharby (Editor)

InMaking Every Primary Lesson Six Principles to Support Great Teaching and Learning, full-time primary teachers Jo Payne and Mel Scott share evidence-informed practice and gimmick-free advice for ensuring that every lesson makes a difference for young learners. Writing in the engaging style of Shaun Allison and Andy Tharby's award-winning Making Every Lesson Count, the book is underpinned by six pedagogical principles challenge, explanation, modelling, practice, feedback and questioning and provides simple, realistic strategies to develop a culture of growth and excellence with pupils. Jo and Mel advocate an approach designed to cultivate a growth mindset in the classroom and guide children towards motivating both teachers and pupils to aim high and put in the effort required to be successful in all subject areas. The authors also offer tips from across the Early Years and Key Stages 1 to 2 phases on how to implement effective routines and procedures so that pupils are clear about what is expected from them in the classroom. Making Every Primary LessonCountis for new and experienced teachers alike. It does not pretend to be a magic bullet. It does not claim to have all the answers. Rather the aim of the book is to provide effective strategies to bring the six principles to life, with each chapter introduced by two fictional scenarios rooted in situations primary teachers typically encounter and concluding in a series of questions to inspire reflective thought and help you relate the content to your own practice. In an age of educational quick fixes and ever-moving goalposts, this precise and insightful addition to the Making Every Lesson Count series will have a high impact on learning in the enabling pupils to leave primary school as confident, successful learners equipped with the skills and knowledge required of them. Suitable for all Early Years and primary teachers.

Genres: Nonfiction

170 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 20, 2017

Reviews

[MR PAUL R HITCHCOCK · Rating 4 out of 5]

A book for the primary teacher who is reconsidering their classroom methodology.

A worthwhile read. This is a book that may well endorse or challenge a teachers everyday responses to the work of the classroom and allow further discoveries to be made through individual research of the references offered.

[Miss Lynham · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ive never been one for reading 'textbooks' not because I'm not keen to learn (quite the contrary) but I so often struggle with the format, & to sit down and to give me full concentration. However this book was different. It was easy reading and made perfect sense. It was great to be reminded about strategies that I'd become less aware of over time, and to pick up new ideas of how to implement some of the strategies.

It is hand on heart the best CPD book I have ever read and I only wish it had been around when I was an NQT.

I highly recommend this to any primary teacher, regardless of what point they are at in their career. Within the first chapter I knew this book was a keeper and so my copy is thoroughly annotated with plenty of colourful sticky markers and lots of highlighting/underlining. I'm keen to keep it all fresh in my head and know I will refer back to it in the future.

[Pilar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Making Every Primary Lesson Count is a must read for every Primary teacher who wishes to reflect upon their own practice and how they impact the students every day. Exploring six key principles applied to real life situations, Jo Payne and Mel Scott bring to us a short, clear, objective and meaningful guide to great teaching. I ended the book filled with ideas and the will to talk about them with my peers!

[Lauren · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good read for the busy teacher, offering common sense advice backed up with references. I have bookmarked a few sections to go back and implement.

[Joshua · Rating 3 out of 5]

An easy read, but imo nothing too goundbreaking here.

[Aaliyahsbookshelf · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read this for my teacher training course, so hard to officially rate. However, found it very helpful and easy to mentally digest

[Nicole Atienza · Rating 4 out of 5]

Second fave teaching book - very informative and fun to read! A very easy read so would absolutely recommend for trainees.