Applying teaching strategied, techniques and ideas.
Next on the Triptico Plus experiment list, the Task Generator. It works really well following on from the ‘Student Group’ tool complete with all new ‘student star learners.’ Basically groups with defined student leaders. Teaching using a jigsawing strategy (divide and conquer), I added …
We have been poetry battlin’ (not slammin) with Year 7 with the help of Triptico Student Selector Plus. That is the beauty of Triptico, it is so very simple, so very effective. I keep saying it, ‘Triptico – just add …
If, like me, you have a Year 10 class first thing on a Monday morning, you need a little something to get those students brains ticking over. A warm welcome, a slightly chilled room, an engaging starter or thunk should …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
