It’s one of those topics that splits opinion with some colleagues agreeing and some disagreeing – so what are the pro’s and cons of homework and what should we expect?
If you have a classroom in a newly built school you may find that your walls, although painted are simple breezeblock – totally faceless and quite cold looking.
We started to look yesterday at the challenges facing schools in assessing and tracking pupils progress and today we are going to look at how you can implement a simple tracking system into school.
A third of primary pupils ‘will fail new tests’: Almost 200,000 children will be told they are not prepared for secondary school after exams are introduced in 2016 .
Parents evenings are an integral part of the school calendar – will happen a couple of times each year and something you will have to get used to.
So how should you approach a Parents evening and what sort of things will happen?
Following on from yesterdays post we are going to try to find a way through the “minefield” that is being a CORE subject coordinator.
One of the great things about teaching is the interaction that occurs between the teacher and the class. Together we share the ups and downs of daily life both in and out of the classroom and there is a strong bond that develops between the children and the class teacher.
Let me start by saying that this does not happen very often – but it does occur and can occur and it helps if you know how to approach the situation.
Do you read to your class….do you read to your class every day or do you read to your class at all?
If you have never done so, then try giving your class a general knowledge quiz – no not with curriculum questions, rather with questions regarding the world about them.