I have two amazing year 8 classes. There is an ethos among pupils in these classes to work hard and show engagement and enthusiasm, and they seem to see clearly the links between their reports and progress checks, their overall school careers and their longer-term futures.
However, I have another, lower-ability, year 8 class in which I find it spectacularly difficult to manage behaviour.
Recently, when this year 8 class was given a “colour and label” type of activity, they were very engaged. However, I think that their confidence with this activity was purely because it was accessible. When given independent learning tasks and the expectation that they need to apply their own understanding, demonstrate knowledge and evaluation, their behaviour becomes much more erratic.
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