The term Teaching method refers to the general principles, pedagogy and management strategies used for classroom instruction. Your choice of teaching method depends on what fits you - your educational philosophy, classroom demographic, subject area(s) and school mission statement.

At NEW TOWN HALL we use a variety of teaching styles.
Lessons are structured flexibly to meet the needs of the children in school this includes whole class teaching, using open ended probing questions, visual stimuli and talk partners, periods of learning, where children may work independently, in pairs or as groups. A plenary may be delivered at any point during the session to extend or review learning.
We recognise that children have preferred learning styles, and so make allowances for this in our planning and delivery. We provide suitable learning opportunities for all children by matching the challenge of the task to the ability and learning style of the children. We achieve this in a variety of ways by:

• setting common, open ended tasks to elicit a variety and depth of response;
• grouping children by ability in the room and setting tasks of increasing difficulty, scaffolding where appropriate;
• providing practical opportunities to meet the needs of learners;
• using visual stimuli and artefacts to promote interest;
• using adults to support the work of individual children or groups of children;
• using trips and visitors to further understanding;
• group work to allow collaboration and develop thinking skills.

Teaching staff are encouraged to capture children`s interest and broaden their experiences

• through collapsed curriculum days, theme days, educational visits and visitors in school.
• Children`s achievements are celebrated regularly through team theme days, displays in
• classrooms and shared areas around the school and during school assemblies