Teaching and Learning

At Orchards Academy, we care about what and how we teach.

As learning is a change in long term memory, everything we do to further teaching and learning at the Academy is geared to ensuring knowledge and skills ‘stick’ in long term memory. 

Our curriculum ensures all children master the powerful knowledge necessary to succeed not only in formal assessment but in the wider world so that they lead happy and successful lives. 

We use 6 Principles of Teaching to drive our curriculum. These principles, informed by the best of what has been said and written about learning, guide teachers to make knowledge stick in long term memory. They provide a common framework and language for teaching and learning.

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