Sometimes, if I get stuck on something, I’ll write out a blog post. They usually descend into stream of consciousness and I either find a solution or get a headache and stop. Either way I usually then delete the post. This time I’m going to publish it. Partly because it fits in with the stuff […]
Rebooting in practice #2 – Yr 8: Tudor Life
I’m conscious that I’ve been talking in the abstract in many of my ‘rebooting’ posts, so I wanted to try and be a little clearer about what I mean and how some of the things I teach have changed this year. This is the second of several posts that will hopefully outline how I’ve changed […]
Rebooting in practice #1 – Yr 8: Problems of monarchy
I’m conscious that I’ve been talking in the abstract in many of my ‘rebooting’ posts, so I wanted to try and be a little clearer about what I mean and how some of the things I teach have changed this year. This is the first of several posts that will hopefully outline how I’ve changed […]
What the Minister Saw
Last month Olchfa was visited by Leighton Andrews, Minister for Education in the Welsh Government, as part of a visit to Swansea to see how technology is being used in teaching and learning. As part of that visit, he dropped in to my room for a few minutes to see the kind of things we’ve […]
Reboot reflection – mid point
I’ve got a while pile of half finished blog posts I had hoped to finish during half term week, but with the failure of the school servers at county halls, it’s knocked out our access to Google Apps as well, so I can’t get to them! Instead, I’ve spent a bit of time reflecting on […]
Idea: Immersion Wall
One of the key things for me as I move towards a more project based approach is to try and get the student immersed in the period we’re studying a little more. So this week I tried an introductory lesson to Elizabeth I – had a massive pile of textbooks in the middle of the room, and […]
Rebooting Review – Term One
This year I’ve been trying to ‘reboot’ my teaching with a more project / inquiry based approach. This is another of those posts I’ve been meaning to write since the Oct half term, and in fact several draft existed, but I rejected either for being overly naval gazing or too glib. Now, with a little […]
Oh my life. It works!
I introduced my year 8 class to their first PBL style project on Friday – we’re going to be working together to build a museum style exhibition on life in Tudor Wales. I started by explaining that I was going on a mystery holiday and wanted some help as I could ask 5 questions to […]
Rebooting my teaching – index
My original plan had been to drip feed these posts out. Originally last week, then next. But who am I kidding? Something will happen and I’ll be sat here next week with them still in draft. So, they’re all out, and linked in below, as well as some other resources I’m building as I go. This post […]
Rebooting my teaching: What?
For this next post exploring my plans to reboot my teaching I thought I’d try and put a bit more flesh on the bones of some of things I’m going to try out this year. The first thing to say is all of this is liable to change based on feedback and experience. These are […]