Purpose of feedback
The main purpose of feedback is to improve the student and not the work… – Dylan Wiliam I hold my hands up, I need to do better here.
Teaching
Applying teaching strategied, techniques and ideas.
‘Cos Jill Berry said so
I think a blog on each subject (or whichever ones you think are particularly interesting) would be good and might reach a wider audience. – Jill Berry There are few educators, people, I respect more than Jill Berry (Dr Jill …
Be internet awesome
To make the most of the internet, children need to make smart decisions. Be Internet Legends empowers younger children to use the web safely and wisely, so they can be confident explorers of the online world. Google Sunday and Mrs …
Pitch, pace, challenge and motivation
For a while now, I have been wrestling with my own thoughts on the interaction challenge and motivation. In relfecting, I also considered the importance of pacing. Teaching is so messy, these three variants just the tip of the pedagogical …
Half baked ideas – interviewing srocks speakers
As I have said, Southern Rocks 2018 ate my homework spare time. My Feedly account was ladened with unread posts (circa 200). I had largely ignored this blog. I had initially thought that my own personal professional learning had, perhaps, …
Teachers for teachers events #srocks
July 2018 David and I made a commitment. Understanding the inherent challenges of our profession*… you are no doubt familiar with the list, we agreed to convene an “event” that would hopefully bring together and amplify the positive voices in …
Neuro-diversity with Neil MacKay
With kinder weather, Neil Mackay finally made it out of the Welsh hills. Our staff enjoyed Neil’s open, receptive and engaging style and although we didn’t always agree, we enjoyed the dialogue. The single most important reflective from Neil’s visit …
ZOOMing – our second parent webinar
Our first ZOOM “Getting to grips with GCSE” to parents was relatively successful. To be expected, we made one or two errors, learnt one or two things and the trial prompted one or two ideas. Second time around we provided a …