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Supporting Learning Activities and Assessment for Learning

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Assignment 4 – Supporting Learning Activities and Assessment for Learning

QUESTION 1

1a) Explain how a learning support practitioner may contribute to the planning, delivery and review of learning activities

Introduction

Helping in activities would be delivery, if you pass on ideas, observations or suggestions that would be contributing to planning.
Do you give feedback to your teacher about how the sessions went?
The teacher use s that information to inform their planning, so you contribute that way.
Whenever you talk to your teacher about what went well or what aspects of the children struggled with you, you are making a contribution because it helps the teacher plan the next step, so without realising it you are contributing to …show more content…

In an informal discussion between myself and the class teacher we would determine our roles throughout the activities, what teaching styles will be used to match the needs of the individual children or groups. Discussing the individual children and preparing to provide additional support ensuing all needs are met, any barriers that may become apparent during the lesson can be overcome without fuss.
Having discussed the activities beforehand gives me the opportunity to explore the activity ensuring that I am confident in using the materials, to familiarise myself with new equipment, making sure that it is age appropriate and that it can be adapted and made simpler for the pupils that may need extra support and help.
Having discussed what activities we would be doing in the classroom it is then my responsibility to prepare the classroom ready for the lesson, this would be done either before the children arrive or when the class teacher gathers the children on to the carpet area where she will discuss the activity with them, what it involves and what is expected of them.

1c) Explain how social organisation and relationships may affect the learning process

Introduction

Within schools, children are put into groups in order to give them the best learning potential and for their learning to be appropriate for their age and level of understanding. Some children can be easily distracted, so would work

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