Voice 21 and developing oracy

On November 1, 2017 By Every day is a school dayIn AfL, Closing the Gap, Differentiation, Growth Mindset, LiteracyLeave a comment

I visited School 21 and it is amazing how developed the students’ oracy is. Here is a link to resources and it is free to sign up. Well worth it…

https://www.voice21resources.org/

Nice idea for redrafting and class discussion

On November 1, 2017 By Every day is a school dayIn AfL, Closing the Gap, Differentiation, Marking and FeedbackLeave a comment

From Doug Lemov

http://teachlikeachampion.com/blog/front-writing-discussion-template-feedback-got/

Questioning

On October 29, 2017 By Every day is a school dayIn Art, Closing the Gap, Differentiation, English, Marking and FeedbackLeave a comment

Questioning for Confirmation… and then Challenge

Mini whiteboard jigsaws

On October 29, 2017 By Every day is a school dayIn AfL, Closing the Gap, Differentiation, Marking and FeedbackLeave a comment

What a great idea!

Mini-whiteboard jigsaws

Working memory

On October 29, 2017 By Every day is a school dayIn AfL, Closing the Gap, Differentiation, Growth Mindset, Marking and Feedback, ResearchLeave a comment

This booklet provides an introduction to working memory and the role it plays in everyday life, especially in supporting learning in school. The learning difficulties commonly faced by children with very poor working memory skills are described, and are illustrated with case studies.

Click to access WM-classroom-guide.pdf