Maths Observation

During my release in week 2 I observed Maths for 15 minutes. My takeouts are;

Where	Observations	Next step
Time Station	Needs explicit teaching	As I want to be free to check in with children I need to flip the learning and record the “lesson” for children to watch
	Children aren’t reading the instructions on the worksheets	As above, make it really clear
	All worksheet based	Put in some games
Star Wars	All seem to be engaged	Great!
	Not actually doing the learning tasks	Needs explicit teaching
	Add  / Sub too hard for Red Squares (although I have said take numbers between 1 and 10!)	Limit the activities and model how to do them
Tote-trays	Lots of time taken to choose a sheet	Limit the choice - give 2 to do
	No-one choosing the games	Need to teach them how to play
General	Folders are good for storing learning but easily lost	Clearly label folders on both sides and label / colour boxes so easily distinguishable

There are also some children who need a lot of support, either learning or behaviour, so my aim is to set something in place for these children.

This was done very quickly but clearly there are things I need to do to enable me to be able to take a step back as an eagle.