Planning for interview lesson - what key references do I need to include? (England)

[barmybunting]

Hi All,

I have an interview next week for a Primary Teaching post in England. I am moving down from Scotland, so this is the first interview I will have had in an English school. I have only taught in Scotland since I qualified.

I have been asked to plan an hour long literacy lesson for a Y3 class, 30 mins of which I will actually teach/use, the rest of it will be discussed at interview.
I have a rough idea of my lesson plan in my head which I'm starting to formulate now. However, having not taught in England before, I'm not 100% of what references/details they are likely to want to see in a lesson plan. I obviously know what my learning objectives, success criteria etc are but in Scotland I would be linking my lesson to the experiences and outcomes from Curriculum from Excellence, and showing these in my planning. With the change in curriculum in England at the moment, I can't work out what to include. Can anyone give me any pointers please?

So far I am planning to include -
Lesson objective
Success criteria
Key questions
Previous assessment
Differentiation/Extension
Lesson overview - intro, independent activity, plenary
Resources

The bit which I feel is missing is a link/reference to the Primary Curriculum Framework, but this seems to have been scrapped for y3 & 4 for literacy until the new guidelines come into force in Sept 14 I think. I'm rather confused.

Can anyone give me any pointers on whether I am missing anything?

Thank you!

Hi barmybunting. I am a trainee teacher and for this year we have been told to reference the old curriculum. However, you could email the training provider to ask if you should be referencing the old or new curriculum. I am sure they would be very happy to clarify their expectations. Good luck.

The introduction and plenary are extremely important. In both, refer to what will/ had been covered (success criteria) after either modelling it and creating opportunity for pair talk / ageing of ideas or the sharing of best practice demonstrating what has been taught/ requested.
Very best of luck!
They may ask you how you'll differentiate for more/ less able children as well as those with EAL. Wouldn't be surprised if they ask how this lesson could be extended across the week to incorporate other aspects of the curriculum/ pull in related objectives.

Thank you Mercury and GoodnessKnows, your advise was very helpful. I survived the interview and was offered the post this morning, much relief it is over!