Its only Tuesday and…
The snow plough is already being revved up. I have already noted three key roles for my position this term; 1. Complete a Self Review Framework 2. Discipline Policy 3. Yr 11 Emergency Policy The first proposal is one being …
Teaching
Applying teaching strategied, techniques and ideas.
Dressing Your Work Up
I listened to a short account on how to encourage students to aim high. Funnily enough it involved meeting your inlaws and the benefits of dressing up smart. When you go to meet the “in-laws”. So you turn up in …
Coming up for Air
I didn’t blog or reflect this weekend, I needed to come up for air. I also wanted to spend some quality time with my wife, we deserved it, and she deserved it more than anyone. The Last Week of Term …
In an Effort to Keep Saturday Think Free
Visited the Year 8 tutor room on wednesday. Tutor was very helpful. We move forward on this issue. I want to leave the weekend for thinking. For planning and reflection. So this is my weekly wrap up. Every other thursday …
Face to Face
This morning I visited Gideon Williams, Head of ICT at Perins School. During the visit I witnessed a Year 9 top set working on Windows Movie Maker, a French class practicing their vocab and most importantly I was able to …
Teaching and Learning
I thought that by making an initial post midway through the week that the weekend post would be more straight forward. Sadly, I am not sure that this is the case. This job is currently impacted by so many different …
Mid Week
Up until now, I had been waiting until the weekend to write… This week I was determined to hit a half-way marker. Although its not halfway, there is little to report in just two days. The Middle Leaders meeting reinforced …
Network and Nodes
Tom Barrett asked for comments on his blog, in preparation for the SLICT meeting being held at his school, so I responded. Tom is a good friend and has shown that there is more to PLN (Personal Learning Networks) than …