Thursday evening saw the very first TM or TeachMeet at Wildern School in Hedge End. Kate Broadribb and I organised it, nicknamed after the lecture theatre on site, and were excited but a little unsure what to expect. We were blown away by the number of people that took time out of their Thursday evening (and for Wildern teachers, that was after a staff meeting too) to get some free CPD and have a chat with colleagues from other schools. We welcomed 20+ colleagues from near and far and heard a combination of nano and micro presentations (3 and 7 minutes long, don't ask me to remember which is which). The event kicked off at 5pm in the LRC and luckily we finished right on time at 6:30, our handy stopwatch beeping to warn those that dared go over their time limit! We used the hashtag #tmwave to collect tweets about the evening and will hopefully be using it next time round too.
Find below a summary of the presentations.
Find below a summary of the presentations.
Ben Bishop - Green Pen (pre)Marking
Students self assess their work in green pen, before submitting it. They then reflect in the usual way after teacher has marked.
Penny Langford - Talking like a book
Encouraging writers to talk aloud when forming sentences, rehearsing orally what they want to get down on paper.
Georgina Sculthorpe - Number Day
NSPCC Number Day hit Wildern this week - Georgina told us all about the numeracy starters, the number cake sale and the number hunt which raised over £200 for NSPCC.
Joseph Birch - Socrative (www.socrative.com)
Socrative is an online quiz website Joe uses with handheld devices in class to test pupils. You can also download results to see common errors.
Selina Plowman - Creative Design Ideas
Selina introduced us to how she encourages students to step away from 'drawing' in the design process and how she combines these techniques with snack learning.
Ali Gregory - What's the question in the room?
Ali's idea for a starter puts the students in control of guessing what the topic is using just a key word on the board. A student must hide outside first, whilst the class provide answers to any questions he asks when he comes in, but tailoring their answer so that the student can guess the keyword. Perhaps you have to see it in action for it to make sense from my explanation!
Javi Rodriguez - Flipping the MFL classroom
Javi and I introduced our new blog and explained our experiences so far with 'flipping' in MFL.
Helen Winter - PEEL (Point, Evidence, Explain, Link) paperchains
Pupils write a response in the usual PEE way, but using paperchains to write out their answers and linking them up for a visual way of developing answers.
Sophie Bullivant - Progress using Post-Its
Objectives are divided into colours - students work through colour by colour, encouraging them to aim for higher order responses. Post-Its become visual marker of progress made in their books.
Pam Rymill - Blogging (www.pamelarymill.co.uk)
Pam talked about how ICT are using blogging with teachers and students and introduced us to her site as a taster.
Lauren Vary - Doughnut Thinking Circle
Lauren's doughnut design was a clear way to show students how to link together and develop writing, by breaking it down in to manageable chunks. It was also good fun as Joe showed us by leaping up to help model an example!
Lauren's doughnut design was a clear way to show students how to link together and develop writing, by breaking it down in to manageable chunks. It was also good fun as Joe showed us by leaping up to help model an example!
Corinna Payne - Source Talk
Using sources in history but encouraging better engagement with the material through structured questioning. Source can be printed in middle of page with questions around it, pupils work their way through.
Using sources in history but encouraging better engagement with the material through structured questioning. Source can be printed in middle of page with questions around it, pupils work their way through.
Iggy Rhodes - What is the Whole Education Network?
Iggy introduced us to what the Whole Education Network is about and how we as teachers can engage with some of its ongoing project work.
Thank you for attending and making it such an enjoyable and successful evening. And thank you for the kind comments!
Iggy introduced us to what the Whole Education Network is about and how we as teachers can engage with some of its ongoing project work.
Thank you for attending and making it such an enjoyable and successful evening. And thank you for the kind comments!
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