It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, especially in the Wellacre staffroom where the rather fabulous Teaching & Learning Christmas tree has been resplendent for a week now. I gave each of our teachers a ‘bauble’ (actually a sparkly … Continue reading
Every fortnight, one of our NQTs will write a reflective blog post focusing on issues raised in our professional development sessions. This is the fifth in the series, by MFL NQT Céline Cesbron (@CCesbron), on the challenge of engaging students in studying a … Continue reading
English teacher Leor Holtzman led last week’s 15-Minute Forum on ‘Acting the text’ a strategy she was introduced to when at a creative writing workshop with Pie Corbett. In a nutshell, Pie Corbett states that to enable students to learn they need to have opportunities … Continue reading
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So I’m sure Grandmaster Flash could give me some advice here, but does anyone else know what qualifies as an actual phenomenon? If last week’s #15MF was anything to go by, then I think I’ve come close! (You can play … Continue reading
This post is the third of a series of three about the impact of our recently updated feedback and marking policy at Wellacre Academy. The first is here Marking: why bother? and the second here Marking: what’s important to us? I … Continue reading
This post is the second of a series of three about the impact of our recently updated feedback and marking policy at Wellacre Academy. The first is here Marking: why bother? and the third will follow shortly. Way back in the spring … Continue reading
Every fortnight, one of our NQTs will write a reflective blog post focusing on issues raised in our professional development sessions. This is the fourth in the series, by one of our Science NQTs, and follows a session on managing challenging behaviour. … Continue reading
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? One arrow, aimed at the right place…..that’s all it takes. Silver Arrows? It’s very hard to change your practice. We’re all so busy, very often it is difficult to create space to fully explore a…
This week’s 15-minute forum was led by new Leader of English Tom Daly on the subject of marking, assessment and feedback. Tom isn’t on Twitter yet, but we’re working on it! Why do we mark? It’s a question I believe we should all ask ourselves; … Continue reading
Every fortnight, one of our NQTs will write a reflective blog post focusing on issues raised in our professional development sessions. This is the third in the series, by our Geography NQT @GillianPerry8, on developing students independence in terms of literacy. I … Continue reading
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