| Sharing what works well |
- Establish a school protocol for celebrating achievement of pupils including vulnerable and disadvantaged through events such as assemblies, presentation evenings and through different media including websites and newsletters.
- Provide opportunities for celebrating and sharing of effective practice in teaching and learning across all subjects.
- Disseminate effective practice to other schools and draws on effective practice from other schools.
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- Promote the celebration of pupils' achievement in assessments in science through assemblies and communication home to parents/carers.
- Encourage the use of departmental work displays and photographs to celebrate success in science across a range of media.
- Provide science prizes and other rewards at whole-school events, assemblies and presentation evenings.
- Use networking opportunities to disseminate and draw on effective practice from other departments within and across schools.
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- Find opportunities in science to make positive comments on good progress to pupils, parents/carers.
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| Positive involvement of parents, carers and governors |
- Provide parents, carers and governors with regular formal and informal opportunities to discuss curriculum and pupils' progress with teachers and agree contracts of support to address underperformance.
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- Establish and implement protocols and expectations for science teachers to communicate successes to parents/carers particularly of vulnerable and disadvantaged pupils. for example through postcards home, regular school bulletins, letters, texts and telephone calls home.
- Share pupils' successes and progress in science, particularly vulnerable and disadvantaged pupils, with governors and include them in celebrations.
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- Encourage a 'can do' ethos with pupils, particularly vulnerable and disadvantaged pupils.
- Communicate success and progress of pupils, particularly vulnerable and disadvantaged pupils with tutors, parents/carers and governors.
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