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Teaching and Learning
Teaching and Learning at Rainford High Technology College is all about students making good progress. To be sure that progress occurs we expect every lesson to contain four key principles. These are: Engagement, Challenge, Independent Learning and Assessment for Learning. At Rainford we are continually evaluating the quality of teaching and learning and identifying ways […]
Learning
As a school our core purpose is to develop learning for life. We are a learning community and Rainford High is committed to developing learning skills for everyone who is part of our community. As teachers and adults we need to be role models to our students and demonstrate that learning is something that takes […]
National Poetry Day
Rainford High embraced National Poetry Day. In form time, pupils learnt about different types of poetry, in both the written and spoken word, and created their own poems. In all lessons throughout the day, pupils engaged in a range of poetry activities related to the subjects they were studying. From acrostic poems about the meaning […]
International Literacy Day
Rainford High celebrated International Literacy Day. The focus on literacy started in form-time where pupils enjoyed taking part in competitive literacy quizzes and countdown conundrums. Throughout the day, literacy was alive in all subjects. Each department embraced the event, planning literacy-based activities, from hot-air balloon debates in R.E. and adverb warm-up games in Drama, which […]
Reading –
“The more that you read the more that you will know the more that you learn the more places you will go.” Why is reading so important? Whether or not reading is something we enjoy, we cannot deny that the ability to read is a fundamental skill and to be able to read with confidence […]
Key Stage 3 Literacy Key terms
Using correct spelling is important in all subjects, not just in English. GCSE examinations sat from 2018 onwards will have an explicit SPaG component, meaning that marks will be awarded or deducted for the correct spelling, punctuation and grammar. To help pupils to improve and consolidate correct spelling in all subjects, each Curriculum Area has […]
Termly Focus
Each term we have a different focus for literacy as decided on by our Literacy Co-ordinators in each Curriculum Area. This term is the correct use of conjunctions! Many people may also know these as connectives, but we are trying to be consistent in the terminology taught from primary school right through to sixth form, […]
Literacy
“Literacy is a key lever of change and a practical tool of empowerment on each of the three main pillars of sustainable development: economic development, social development and environmental protection.” Former UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan. The four strands through which we will improve whole-school literacy at Rainford are: Extended writing. Reading. Communication (speaking & listening). […]
Number Day & PI Day
On Friday 3rd February 2017, Rainford High took part in the NSPCC Number day. The NSPCC believes that all children deserve a childhood free from harm but, sadly, that’s not the case for many children. That’s why the NSPCC is fighting for every childhood and working to help keep children safe from abuse. Number Day […]