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Author Archives: Stacey Partridge
Speed Dating!
Last Wednesday I went speed-dating with my entire teaching staff. My wife will no doubt be pleased to hear that I didn’t go home with any of them, but I did come away with a whole list of great teaching … Continue reading
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February Bright Spots
One of the highlights of my working week is visiting classrooms on the lookout for our Teaching and Learning ‘bright spots’. For those unfamiliar with the term, we borrowed the idea from Shaun Allison at Durrington High School (his excellent blog … Continue reading
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NQT blog: Establishing classroom routines
Every fortnight, one of our NQTs will write a reflective blog post focusing on issues raised in our professional development sessions. This is the first of the new academic year, by English NQT Jen Chapman, on the challenges of establishing effective routines with new … Continue reading
September Bright Spots
It’s been my pleasure over the past fortnight to visit as many classroom as possible at Wellacre on the lookout for some teaching & learning bright spots for the start of the new academic year. For those unfamiliar with the term, … Continue reading
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Slightly updated: A start-of-term reading list
This is an updated version of a blog I posted this time last year. But only slightly… When I came to rewrite my ‘reading list’ for new staff starting at Wellacre in September 2015, I found that much of what I … Continue reading
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What happens in our best lessons, and how do we know?
At Wellacre, we call them Focus Weeks; other schools refer to them as Open Classroom weeks, Golden Lessons, Bright Spots and probably others I’ve never heard of, but whatever the name, the purpose is to seek out and share existing … Continue reading
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#TMWellacre
At Wellacre Academy, we’re delighted to be hosting our first ever TeachMeet, an informal gathering of teachers who are taking CPD into their own hands. Come along to learn something new, be amazed, amused and inspired by listening to inspiring teachers who do amazing … Continue reading
Dyslexia-friendly classrooms: Top 40 Tips
Teaching to meet the needs of students with dyslexic tendencies is as close as it might be possible to get to a ‘no-brainer’ at Wellacre. Here, our SENCO Michelle Keating describes her quick wins to help ensure that your lessons are … Continue reading
Flipping Learning!
In her #15MF last week, Science NQT Katie Evans evaluated the impact of her action research study into Flipped Learning using Show My Homework as a delivery tool. She blogs about it here: During my lessons with a top set year 7 … Continue reading
How to teach without teaching: making the most of collaborative learning
There will always be less curriculum time available than we’d like. There are always constraints, conflicting priorities and the relentless pressure to ‘cover the curriculum’ and arguments about breadth vs. depth always turn out to be circular. In this post, English teacher Leor … Continue reading
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Making Our Best Better 