Expert definition
Every once in a while I try and take a shift in our boarding house. It is a tough gig, working all day, then the evening shift and missing the first quiet hour of the next morning, missing out on …
Teaching
Applying teaching strategied, techniques and ideas.
Drive to the finish line
This Friday, The Wellington Academy Yr11 ‘Drive to the finishline’ committee met and shared their 31 point plan to support students. The breadth and coverage of this plan is impressive, the committment to it even greater. In my new role, one area …
Marked improvement
This is not the time to be reflecting on a weekends marking however, just as I am checking out and about to power down, @dandesignthink posts this insightful image on Twitter. If you have not come across Dan’s graphic design, do …
Alliteration
Y7 poetry – abbreviated lesson objective OAR. Onomatopoeia, alliteration and rhyme. A short poem caught my eye – Three Witches Three witches wished one wish but which witch wished which? Morgan Suzie When Suzie sits in the shoe shine shop …
Mistake
When you repeat a mistake, it is not a mistake anymore: it is a decision. Paulo Coelho An interesting perspective – potentially, one to be shared with students on their second mistake. I was once gifted a Paulo Coelho book, …
Dashboard for governors
Tomorrow the new, two-page data dashboard for governors will be announced by SMW. More data unleashed into wild, well primarily to governors (though I provided the same data just this past week, and by series or data collection to show …
Drive time gems
The 100 minute drive time has thrown up a few gems recently. A little common sense, a little Carol Dweck, and a three pointer from Julius Irving. All bookmarked neatly on the Audible app. ’Goldilocks tasks’ – challenges that are not too …
I love it when a plan…
…comes together. (Doo do do doooh, doo doo doooooh….) Take one regular lesson, on a regular Thursday, on a regular topic. Add a little Triptico magic, some fantastic, thoughtful, precise and quick witted questioning from a adventurous teacher and bam …