WPE for able, gifted and talented students
WPE radically increases and advances the written and spoken communication skills of even the most talented and able students.
- It makes the implicit, explicit, developing techniques that generate word hungry learners, accurate word builders, highly skilled and effective communicators
- It challenges, requires and empowers students to extend and apply new vocabulary and language skills within the context of every lesson
- It provides a tangible, pragmatic framework to demonstrate advanced and consistent student progress from school entry to sixth form
- It facilitates lesson delivery that cognitively challenges and stimulates each learner
- It enables Head Teachers, leaders and managers to establish teaching practice that is intent on rigorously ‘raising the bar’ for the most able and talented students every lesson – every day
“I would not have believed how easy it was to drive the (accurate) application of words such as ‘oligarchy’ and ‘democracy’ across my year 4 class, to cement a significant depth of understanding pertaining to the lives of Spartans and Athenians. The most able students had to work extremely hard to generate precise and explicit statements that demonstrated refined knowledge, further supported by relevant evidence.”
Class Teacher
“The use of the ‘three tick answer’ system has provided real and consistent challenge to all ability groups – every student and teacher is consistently improving their language and communication skills, to the benefit of all.”
Teaching Assistant
“No-one had ever taught me how to use technical language to develop my understanding, how to apply language to extend my questioning skills or how easy it is to identify and discard irrelevant or ineffective information. My course work has instantly improved.”
Year 9 student