TOP TEACHING TIPS Schools supporting schools Issue 11 September 2014 CPD NEWSLETTER
The Federation of schools exists to sustain and improve the quality, range and access to opportunities for all students within Wokingham secondary schools, academies and other settings, in support of improved student achievement
Contents Page The NQT Induction Programme 2 Emotional Literacy—Dominic Geraghty 8 School Direct Initial Teacher Training with the Federation 10
Chinese reciprocal visit. 11 Common INSET Day 23rd February 2015 12 WCTSP and ISSP update 13 NQT Induction Programme 22014—15 Delivered By Outstanding Teachers From All Our Schools Date Time Venue Title Provider 18/ 09/ 2014 4.00 -5.30 Blue Mountain Welcome Event Gillian Cole WBC
24/09/2014 4.00 –5.30 The Avenue in Reading Secondary NQT Information Event Gillian Cole WBC
2/10/2014 4.00– 5.30 Piggott School Positive Behaviour Management Brian Murphy
2210/2014 or 4.15 - 5.15 The Emmbrook School The Voice Ron Price 23/10/2014 4/12/2014 4.00 – 5.30 The Holt School Planning Challenge and Angela Kemp Differentiation Judith Weaver 22/01/2015 4.00—5.30 Highdown School Active Learning Andy Love
5/02/2015 4.00 – 5.30 The Forest School Classroom Control Netty Glatter
12/03/2015 4.00 – 5.30 The Bulmershe School Developing Inclusive Practice (SEN) Jill Maher
4/06/2015 4.00 – 5.30 Waingels College Literacy Across the Curriculum Alex Wainhouse
25/06/2015 4.00 – 5.30 St Crispin’s School Technology in teaching Mike Elward
Behaviour Management at the Piggott School Find out about the Behaviour Management children is all about your relation- Plan an interesting lesson. Have a seating ships with children’. plan
Use a strong starter and Know the systems in plenary. Praise and reward! your school and use them consistently Don’t talk for more than 10 minutes! The Voice at The Emmbrook School
Your voice is an essential tool. used effectively it can engage and motivate your students. Used incorrectly, it can be damaged.
Ron Price, AST for Drama and Training, Challenge and Differentiation at the Holt School
Remember Bloom’s taxonomy? Have a list of the words stuck to your desk as a prompt to ask challenging questions. Angela Kemp AST for G&T
Patchwork Thinking Generate sixteen words from the class on their current topic:
Write words on Post -It notes or cards
Arrange in a 4X4 pattern on desk Challenge 1: Arrange the cards so that each one is similar in some way to the card next to it on the left & right. Challenge 2: Arrange so that each is now linked also to the one above and below Challenge 3: (for most able) Arrange the cards so that they are all logically linked with the cards that touch their corners as well.
6 x 6 grid with key words from a topic and 2 dice.
Roll the dice twice to decide which two words you need to try to link
If the student can link the two words then they colour them in.
If they cannot link the words then they cannot colour them in
You can vary the task by creating the grid yourself or by asking the students to put their own key words
Gamma Big Black X-rays telescope Milky rays Bang hole Way Venus Galaxy Light Radio Saturn Rocket
Earth Star Gas Asteroid Uranus Moon
Sun Titan planet Pluto universe Ice
Jupiter Sun Crater Mercury Comet Rings Judith Weaver
Mars Oxygen Rocky Plough Eclipse Meteor AST for Science Classroom Control at the Forest School Well-planned lessons are the best tools to manage student behaviour.
Learners remember :
10% of what they read 20% of what they hear 30% of what they see 50% of what they see and hear 70% of what they discuss with others 80% of personal experience 90% of what they teach someone else Netty Glatter AST for Maths Induction Tutor, Forest School
Developing Inclusive Practice at the Bulmershe School
Top Six Tips for Helping Students with SEN.
Making the following your normal practice will make you a fantastic teacher for students with SEN: ‘Show and tell’ rather than just telling. Keep listening short Start with where the students are at. Break large tasks down into a series of short steps with a visual checklist which can be ticked off. Support reading and writing. (NEVER pick on a student with literacy Jill Maher difficulties to read aloud in class unless they volunteer.) SENCO Bulmershe School
Question generator Find as many questions as you can on a subject Use the Question Generator – select one word from each column to come up with a range of questions Top five questions from each group Swap questions with another group and prioritise them Identify a question to answer and work out as a group what the answer might be Spokesperson for each table stand up and share with the class Active Learning - Dr Andy Love Starters engage and motivate Arrival Activities Information retrieval: use a textbook to find the meaning of three new words List six subject-specific words met in the last lesson/topic or complete a word search Match five definitions to five words (on board) Make as many words as possible from just one long word Picture task: spot the mistakes/hazards/uses, etc. Graph task: describe the three sections of the graph to a neighbour Tell a partner about three things that are important about a particular topic Pick up a statement card as you enter the room and place on the most appropriately labelled board, e.g. statements about plants, animals or all living things Make up a question about the new topic and put on the notice board Sequence five statements (relating to a process) into the correct order
Base on a question from the last lesson? STARTERS are important because They influence early levels of engagement and motivation They help to inject a sense of pace and challenge They create an expectation that pupils will think and participate in the lesson
26/05/2014 The Question Generator Happen Change Cause Result Identify Why Is Affect Find Describe How Did Explain Same When Can Analyse Different Advantage Compare Where Would Disadvantage Evaluate What Will Improve Justify Who Might Agree Disagree Use one word from all or some of the columns Strength to come up with some great questions. Weakness http://classteaching.wordpress.com Pass the Buck A brilliant activity for groups of -3 4; lots of peer learning and assessment. Get 4 similar yet different exam questions and photocopy them onto the top of an A4 or A3 sheet. Arrange the class into groups of 4 and give each member of the group a question. They have however long you want them to answer the question where it says Student 1 answer. After time is up the student must fold over the answer and pass it on to the person on their right. They then answer in Student 2 answer. This goes on until all questions have been attempted and the original question has arrived back to the original student. This student unfolds the answer and sticks it onto some A3 paper. The student then highlights parts of the attempted answers that may be relevant to constructing the ‘perfect answer’. A mark scheme could then be provided to mark their answer and discuss the question with the rest of the group.
Recall on Demand In groups of 4 students , allocate each other a number 1-4 1 & 2 has an article and has to read it to 3 & 4 They hand over the texts to 3 &4 who askes them to recall on demand Student swap roles
An easy way to communicate what you would like the TA to do to support individual students Technology in Teaching at St Crispin’s
Give students the ability to see themselves perform by providing them with automatic, instant or delayed visual feedback. Start a dialogue with the support of the video images and make it easier for your students to understand your evaluation and comments Break down activities, compare video clips and highlight technique development.
Creative use of ICT tools when teaching SEND students
' There are a number of very exciting enabling technologies available to support students with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, (SEND). The tools support reading, writing and accessing information within the classroom.’
This is a very cheap recording device that can be used to record and play back in a wide range of environments! Emotional literacy We are entertainers ... We must 99% SMILE! What was special about of things the teacher who most inspired you? you worry It would be someone about, never with whom you had a good relationship... happen! Dominic Geraghty Headteacher Southfield School
Check the emotional temperature of the group
Students are very good at reading their teacher’s behaviour. You need to develop your self-awareness.
How much emotional literacy language have they got? Can they do self - awareness?
There is a speed camera … …...apply the brake ...
I have self-awareness and can apply self regulation
Motivation- ‘No points on my licence.’ My BehaviourMy My Attitude Effects
Emotional Infection
Effects
Your Behaviour Effects Your Attitude
What regulation skills do the students have?
Control, to a safe level, the emotional temperature in your classroom.
We can only see the tip! if you’re a ‘looked-after’ child you have more chance of going to prison than Actions going to University.
Thoughts and Feelings
Values and Beliefs School Direct Initial Teacher Training with the Wokingham Secondary Federation
We have successfully trained 42 School Direct teachers in a wide range of subjects, during the academic year 2013-14. 70% achieved the top grade for teaching and 70% found employment within the Federation What our trainees said about School Direct
I thoroughly enjoyed the programme - School Direct is a great way to go into teaching. I have benefitted from “Training to be a teacher has been challenging a lot of support at school and at University ‘. at times, but it has been the most rewarding experience. I have really enjoyed being involved in the school community from day one and being treated as another member of staff. Visit out website http://wsh.wokingham.gov.uk/secondary- federation/school-direct/
“I’ve really enjoyed teaching in two different schools. Emmbrook and Piggott are both very good schools and their English departments are highly supportive, always available to answer questions and offer feedback.” Madeleine Lloyd
“I was able to secure a salaried position, which is extremely helpful as the school covers my university fees and also pays me as a member of staff. Teaching is a uniquely fulfilling job, a gratifying role of responsibility, and I cannot imagine myself doing anything else.”
Deborah. MacGregor - The Holt School
As a mother with 3 teenagers and having worked in business and Industry for over 20 years, I nervously took up the challenge of teaching. Nine months on I am delighted I took the plunge!
Clare Sandels—The Bulmershe School Chinese Teachers’ Return Visit
12 teachers from Luzhou High School in Sichuan, China, visited schools from the Secondary Federation for 10 days in July. They were introduced to Teresa May, the Home Secretary when she came to open Charvil Piggott Primary School with Hilary Winter.
Do you know of anyone who may be interested in spending a few months teaching English at the Luzhou High School in China? Our Chinese visitors engaged enthusiastically with all the opportunities Please link on this link for further we provided for them. They were very happy to join in with the lessons information: they saw at the Piggott, Emmbrook, Forest and Polehampton Schools. http:// www.teachenglishinchina.com/ index.aspx?id=1376
Sampling English High Tea
Maypole dancing at Polehampton Primary School Debating with Emmbrook’s Student Ambassadors
What did the Chinese Teachers learn from us?
We gained a lot of inspiration from our visit to your schools: You combine entertainment and leaning so well that almost everyone I asked is happy to go to school. You make the learning practical; what’s more, you have a thorough method to help the students who have problems with study and you work hard to help them. Although it takes time and energy, it makes every student exploit his potential. You never give up any of them. You have a strict standard for people to get the qualification of being a teacher . This is very important because it allows students to receive the best education.
Li Shasha—English Teacher Luzhou High School Common INSET Day 23rd February 2015 Curriculum Change AQA, Edexcel and OCR have all agreed to send their subject representatives to our conferences. You will be asked to identify the areas of subject knowledge you would like to develop and to feed in your ideas to the subject network meetings that will be held this term. We look forward to working with you to develop a really useful programme. Wellington College Teaching School Partnership
The aim of the Partnership is to provide a leading role in the training and development of teachers, support staff and headteachers, as well as play a key coordination role in the raising of standards of staff and attainment of students. Please visit the website for the programme of courses that are available this term. http://wctsp.org.uk/ John Kinniburgh Director Wellington College Teaching School Partnership. ISSP Events for the Autumn Term
September 15 Oxbridge social evening Year 13 30-50 students
October 20&21 Future Pathways Challenge Year 9 120 students 22 HOLT/ISSP Languages at Work Day Year 10/11 125 students 23 Science/Technology in the workplace Year 10 120 students
November 11 Introduction to Oxbridge AM Year 10 Unlimited 11 Super curriculum Workshop PM Year 12 Unlimited 11 Oxbridge Mock interview evening Oxbridge applicants 50 students
Jane Lewis will make a Special presentation on applying to Oxbridge 7.00pm at the Careers Fair 24th September
Wokingham Careers Fair 24th September
We have 80 exhibitors including many of the biggest companies in the Thames Valley
4.00pm – 8.00pm is an open session, aimed at young people and their parents. It is useful for teachers to understand what is available to young people in their subject area, so they can give advice.