Staff meeting:
What next?
What we did on our No Pens
Day Wednesday
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Please insert here some of the highlights from your schools No
Pens Day Wednesday to share with the staff team
Reflections after
the day
For you to think about…
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What worked well?
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What was challenging?
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What was the impact on pupils’ learning?
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Did we learn something new about our teaching skills and pupils
learning skills?
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Did we get new insight into particular pupils?
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What did our pupils think?
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Are we accurately able to support reflections of all pupils ?
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What aspects would we do again?
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Are we going to make any changes to way we approach
communication skills in school now?
For pupils to think about…
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What were the best activities – why?
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What were the best lessons – why?
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Were there times you wanted to write things? When?
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What do you think about learning this way?
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Would you like to do more of these activities?
Next steps we might
decide to take
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Think about how we can encourage pupils’ awareness of their
own speaking and listening skills
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Think about how No Pens Day supports pupils to develop those
“metacognitive” skills that are so important for learning
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Choose elements of the day to use again
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Try one new activity per half term until it is embedded in
teaching and learning
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Include speaking and listening on staff meeting agendas to
maintain momentum
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Consider taking our work around communication further by
looking at The Communication Commitment...
www.thecommunicationtrust.org.uk/commitment
Same time next year...?
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Talk through with your team if you would like to run another No
Pens Day Wednesday. Maybe you’ll want to make this more of a
regular event!
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The Communication Trust runs No Pens Day
Wednesday.
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The Trust is a coalition of over 50 not-for-profit
organisations. Working together we support
everyone who works with children and young
people in England to support their speech,
language and communication.
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To find out more please go to
www.thecommunicationtrust.org.uk