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Monday, 21 October 2013

Review of This Half Term (or the reasons why I am so very tired).

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I didn't set myself specific targets at the start of this academic year, which is unlike me. However, I did promise myself that I would ...
Saturday, 19 October 2013

AfL

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Lovely piece of advice from Christine Harrison: if must give grades for pieces of work then first give comments and only grade the redraft o...
Tuesday, 24 September 2013

Confidence Grids. Mixed reviews: but I like it.

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I have been inspired by the York Science project ( www.yorkscience.org.uk ) to use diagnostic questions with my students. York Science...
Thursday, 19 September 2013

"They don't learn anything at key stage 3 anyway"...

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I was was reminded of this quote by the high flying key stage 3 coordinator at my last school during a conversation about the new national c...
Tuesday, 17 September 2013

Variety is the spice of life... /Exit tickets 2

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http://geordiescience.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/exit-ticket-afl.html I have written before about exit tickets. I have been using them once per ...
Saturday, 14 September 2013

Destroy Enrichment

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During the summer Rachel Jones challenged me and Karen DW to try and be more creative by setting up a 'destroy' homework. Please do ...
Friday, 26 July 2013

"We already do that" and "Teacher Proof"

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I am 56% of the way through Tom Bennett's book teacher proof. I have to say that I am feeling smug. It seems to me that I have been a ...