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Using Social Media to 'produce' the @RossettHistory School Trip
At the end of the October half-term we took 41 @Rossett students from years 9, 10 and 11 to Ypres and the Somme to gain an understanding of the trenches, cemeteries, museums and memorials of the First...
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Making My Solo Taxonomy Debut
Students working at the unistructural stageTwo weeks ago I started to use solo taxonomy for the first time. I had read several posts about the taxonomy on Twitter and felt it could work well with GCSE...
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Turning students into teachers - Socrative and student led learning
Over the coming weeks @Rossett iPads are being introduced on a 1-1 basis. As a teacher there I am obviously looking for ways to incorporate them into the learning (that said everything discussed here...
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Using Edmodo for anytime-anywhere formative assessment
Last Monday we had training @Rossett on Edmodo. It was not a tool I had used before but I had heard many positive things both on Twitter and around school from other colleagues. I was instantly struck...
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Reflections from the first week of 1-1 iPads @Rossett
At Rossett we have had 1-1 iPad scheme running for two weeks. That said it is only this last week that I have really felt that they are part of my classroom. Every student does not own an iPad and I...
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Improving A-Level essay and exam feedback
My AS students study the different feedback to work out which one is theirs.This year I have looked to develop the process of giving feedback to my A-Level classes. I have often found that the pressure...
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We are currently in the last week of our school term @Rossett. We teach GCSE options five hours a week for a year and then after the exams the students either leave (if they are year 11) or move onto...
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The Value of Independent Reflection
My GCSE class working independently in lessons.At Rossett our new timetable has started and last week I had my first lessons with my new GCSE class. This class is exclusively Year 9 students and I...
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Producing Tudor and Stuart 'Portraits'
This week I my year 7's have been producing pieces of work on different Tudor and Stuart Kings and Queens. The work has been produced in the style of a portrait. The aim has been to promote both...
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What makes a good staff training environment?
On Monday 3rd September I was asked to go and speak to staff at another school. Several staff members had witnessed the Teacher Learning Communities (TLC) that we have at Rossett (our vehicle for staff...
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Student Led Learning - The Power of YouTube
A students watches another group's video and completes her worksheetToday my lesson was completely student led. My GCSE students produced videos on one aspect of Intolerance in 1920s USA, having...
View ArticleClosing the Gap - developing efficient feedback techniques
Towards the end of last term and at the start of this I have been looking to develop my strategies for ensuring students make the most of their feedback and hopefully therefore make the most...
View ArticleFacilitating my first ITP
This week I will be involved in facilitating my first Improving Teacher Programme (ITP). I recieved the facilitation training for both the ITP and Outstanding Teacher Programme (OTP) back in July.I...
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Analysing GCSE History sources using Tellagami
Since we have returned from half-term I have been focussing much more on source analysis with my GCSE class. One of the trickier exam questions focusses on the reliability and usefulness of a source....
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Closing the Gap - Student Feedback on my Feedback
This year I have tried to improve the feedback that I give to the students in all of my classes. I have tried to develop efficient feedback techniques to aid all of my classes. I blogged about this at...
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Closing the Gap - Personalising Dedicated Improvement and Reflection Time...
For a number of years I have been setting aside DIRT after I have marked an assessment. This time has allowed students to re-write / re-draft their answers to show that they have understood the targets...
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Using Socrative to Connect the Learning and Develop Understanding
I have been using Socrative for two years. For the most part this has primarily been to Turn Students into Teachers by getting them to make quizzes and then test each other using them, this was...
View ArticleClosing the Gap - Reviewing my progress this year
At the start of the year I aimed to develop my students ability to close the gap between the work they were producing and their potential. In a post entitled 'Developing Efficient Feedback Techniques'...
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The Power of Collaboration and Digital Literacy - My Red Kite Day 2014 #RKD3
The ContextOn Friday 27th June I attended #RKD3 an event held in Harrogate for the schools in the Red Kite Alliance. The day started and ended with some inspirational Keynote addresses from...
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Using video feedback to increase the impact of sixth form marking
This is the video blog detailing my TLC focus and the impact it has had.Below are the feedback videos that I made:Below are some photos of the students DIRT. One student is targeted a grade A the other...
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The Impact of Personalised Video Feedback on Sixth Form History Essays
This year I have been working on videoing the feedback that I am giving to my sixth form students. My AS class produced an essay on the extent to which Hitler's consolidation of power was achieved in a...
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The Impact of my First Open Classroom - Using the Geography of the School to...
My students discuss tactics in my open classroomThis week we have begun an open classroom initiative in my faculty. The aim being for staff within the faculty to showcase their teaching and learning...
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The Best Type of Feedback - Students Reflecting on my lessons using Google Forms
I have recently been receiving and analysing feedback on my teaching provided by my last GCSE class. Using a GoogleForm I anonymously asked them several questions about my teaching. The questions...
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Developing the use of YouTube within the 'Classroom'– A PGCE Session
Last week I was privileged to spend a morning with the current cohort of history PGCE trainees at York University. The aim of the session was to show how YouTube could be used within the history...
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Creating Opportunities to Fail - Resilience and the Rossett 'Independance Day'
On the 3rd July we had an 'Independence Day' (#IDRossett2012) @Rossett. The aim of the day was to embed and showcase the Rossett 3R's: Responsibility, Reflection and Resilience. Below is a video of...
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