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Author Archives: Charles Watson
My Class doesn’t work quickly enough?! (Part 2)
Increasing the pace of children’s work has to become part of your Classroom management strategy.
My class doesn’t work quickly enough?! (Part 1)
It’s always a problem, especially at the start of a new academic year. There’s just so much to get through but your class is just SO SLOW!
Should my class have work to do as soon as they arrive in a morning?
In many schools and classes the children are set work as soon as they enter the room in a morning – but is this a good thing to do?
Amanda Spielman….right – wrong – or just misguided? (Part 2)
In continuing our look at the contents and opinions of the recent HMCI report (Oct 2017), let’s now turn our attention to the thoughts that are put forward as regards the perceived narrowing of curriculum delivery.
Amanda Spielman….right – wrong – or just misguided? (Part 1)
I was heartened to read the preliminary findings contained in the HMCI report commentary for October (2017).
As a coordinator; how much coordinating do you actually do?
So you coordinate a subject in your school – but to what extent do you actually do anything?
Teaching in subject blocks…how flexible is your timetable?
How’s your timetable looking?
Stamps, stickers and stars!
I like stickers – there you are, I admit it…there’s something tangibly satisfying about both giving and receiving a sticker – in short it’s a winner!
Using the latest 2017 scaled scores for pupil tracking in Primary Schools
Well we have had 2 attempts now at the “new” form of pupil tests in Primary schools – so just how have they fared and how can we look at the figures?