Materials to Support "Raising Boys Achievement"

Pupils

  1. Do you talk to your parents/carer about your schoolwork?

  2. Do you ask for help when you need it?

  3. Do you know the most appropriate way to ask for attention?

  4. Do you use the public library, school library
    • for enjoyment?
    • for homework?

  5. Do you enjoy reading books, papers, magazines or comics? Do you read every day?

  6. Do you collect things? (e.g. football cards) Is your collection organised properly so that it can be shown to others?

  7. Do you do homework when it is set?

  8. Do you attend school when you should?

  9. Are you on time?

  10. Do you bring all your equipment for literacy lessons when you are supposed to?

  11. Do you talk to others about what you have read / written and what you are about to read and write?

  12. Do you look at and learn from the displays in classrooms and corridors

    • Teachers: your marking policy and practice will have an impact on the responses to the following questions

  13. Do you talk to your teacher, regularly, about your progress?

  14. Do you look at marked work and know what to do next?

  15. Do you know what you can do in English? What evidence do you have to prove this? e.g.
    • marked work
    • comments from teachers

  16. Do you know what your teacher expects of you
    • by the end of term?
    • by the end of the lesson?

  17. Do you try to achieve what is expected of you?