I was in a school the other day and as I walked about I noticed a teacher sticking photographs into a very nice art ring bound book. The photographs were a record of some practical art that the class had done and were accompanied by brief descriptions of what was happening.
Isn’t that a relaxing picture to start the article and don’t you wish you were on that beach !
There is a lot of concern at the moment with regard to the drop out rate in new teachers – currently running at between 40 – 50% in the first 2 years. This is an alarming statistic…not only from an actual staffing point of view but from an economic standpoint of money invested.
Its a simple enough fact that all lessons should have a start and an end….except when I go to watch some teachers “in action” it is difficult to spot when either or even both of these happen!!
Schools have closed for the Christmas break – the nativity has been performed, Christmas gifts made in art lessons for parents and grandparents and the carol service went without a hitch.
Every classroom needs storage – but as obvious as it seems this is not necessarily provided !!
We’re going to start to pull all our thoughts together on this issue and come to some sort of conclusion.
Having outlined our premise in the first of these articles we can now look in more depth at vital outcomes that are so important in the education of primary children.
We are, in my opinion, in danger of losing our way in the teaching of Primary age children.
We are in a technological age and the pace of change seems to get quicker day by day!
But just how does this affect things in the classroom and how useful are these things?