High Impact Teaching Strategies (HITS)
Our five High Impact Teaching Strategies (HITS) ensure challenge for all. These five strategies guide our reflections and provide a framework for our professional development and monitoring and evaluation. Each of the HITS are supported by reflective questions to support planning and development, key practical classroom strategies and a programme of professional development including research informed seminars and Professional Learning
High impact teaching strategy 1:
Planning for Memory
High impact teaching strategy 2:
Challenge for all: Thinking Hard
High impact teaching strategy 3:
Responsive Teaching
High impact teaching strategy 4:
Effective Questioning and Thinking Talk
High impact teaching strategy 5:
Scaffolding and Modelling
High Impact Learning Strategies (HILS)
To support our HITS, the High Impact Learning Strategies (HILS) are a toolbox of practical approaches to learning for all students. These strategies are grounded in research and provide students with a language, structure and the practical tools to develop true independence in their learning.
High impact learning strategy 1:
“Highly successful students try hard and think hard”
High impact learning strategy 2:
“Highly successful students participate”
High impact learning strategy 3:
“Highly successful students know their strengths and weaknesses”
High impact learning strategy 4:
“Highly successful students make the most of their teachers’ feedback”
High impact learning strategy 5:
“Highly successful students take time to reflect on their work and their learning”