A few notes, as much for myself as anything else, about the various units from the last term. Year 7 The lessons introducing the ideas and concepts of History are pretty much sorted now, although I need to look again at the assessment task. I’d like to replace the one shot written test with some […]
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 […]
First half term review – Pt 2 – Their take
Over the course of this last week I asked several of my KS3 classes, and my AS class to write their report on me. This was set in the context of having just (or just being about to set) learning goals, or completing reports for them. We discussed why we did this, and agreed that […]
First half term review pt 1 – My take
Big changes this year – I’ve given up my TRL so my number of teaching hours has shot up, plus I’m no longer teaching SMART, so I’ve gone from seeing one year 7 class 8 times a fortnight, to teaching 6 out of 10 year 7 forms once a week! What went well Pretty […]