The stretch and challenge wall is a removable card display that provides students with challenging tasks to work on. The tasks focus on metacognitive activities and getting students to think about how they are learning. Teachers can direct students to the wall for extension activities, as a reflect and review activity, or as part of a group challenge. Using the wall benefits students by giving them regular access to metacognitive activities, high-order thinking challenges, and a sense of pride in selecting activities from the wall.

1. Stretch and Challenge Wall

2. What is it?
• A removable card display
• Students can be directed to the stretch and challenge wall
in a number of different ways
• Each card has a choice of challenging tasks on for students
work on
• The tasks are generic so they can be used with all year
groups and topics
• The tasks are based on metacognitive activities, designed
to enable students to make links between their work and
think about the way in which they are learning.

3. How can it be used?
• As an extension activity e.g. after purple pen
• As a reflect and review activity at the end of the lesson
• As a mini reflect and review during the lesson
• As a group challenge e.g. numbered heads together
• As a paired activity

4. Benefits of using the stretch and challenge
wall
• Students are able to access metacognitive activities on a
regular basis
• High order thinking extension activities always available
for students to engage with
• Choice of activities mean all students can engage with the
wall
• Students feel a sense of pride when selecting from the
wall
• An opportunity for students to step away from their desk!

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