Month: February 2017

GoogleForms | noreply@blogger.com (Mr Lewis)

February 28, 2017

“[Dylan] Wiliam’s central point: multiple choice questions can be made to be extremely difficult and challenging, and they can certainly test higher-order learning objectives.” Daisy Christodoulou on Principled Assessment Design by Dylan Wiliam Since moving to a ‘Google school’, while already being a convert, I have been using GoogleForms extensively since they introduced their new ‘quizzing’ … More GoogleForms | noreply@blogger.com (Mr Lewis)

Forget Me Not: New GCSE Planning | noreply@blogger.com (Mr Lewis)

February 28, 2017

The new GCSE courses gives us an opportunity to implement more of what we know about how memory works. Even last year, the homework I set for Y11 were tests on Y10 material. A colleague commented that I never set homework based on the work they were doing currently. I asked how they proposed, that … More Forget Me Not: New GCSE Planning | noreply@blogger.com (Mr Lewis)

Not enough teachers part 2 – workload | chriseyreteaching

February 26, 2017

It is safe to say that there is an impending crisis in teacher numbers; it is likely to get worse. Recruitment targets have either been missed or just about hit depending upon whose version of events you believe. But more worryingly 30% of teachers are leaving within the first five years. The government’s response is … More Not enough teachers part 2 – workload | chriseyreteaching

Not enough teachers part 2 – workload | chriseyreteaching

February 26, 2017

It is safe to say that there is an impending crisis in teacher numbers; it is likely to get worse. Recruitment targets have either been missed or just about hit depending upon whose version of events you believe. But more worryingly 30% of teachers are leaving within the first five years. The government’s response is … More Not enough teachers part 2 – workload | chriseyreteaching

Not enough teachers – part 1 Money | chriseyreteaching

February 26, 2017

It is safe to say that there is an impending crisis in teacher numbers; it is likely to get worse. Recruitment targets have either been missed or just about hit depending upon whose version of events you believe. But more worryingly 30% of teachers are leaving within the first five years. The government’s response is to … More Not enough teachers – part 1 Money | chriseyreteaching

Low-level bad behaviour is the worst type of negative behaviour. | rsefton

February 25, 2017

I have been thinking about this for a while now and understand that low-level behaviour can be left unchallenged in many schools due to higher priority behaviour. There are usually ‘big hitters’ in schools who are classed as the ‘naughty’ students or there are classes whose behaviour is way worse than other classes and so these … More Low-level bad behaviour is the worst type of negative behaviour. | rsefton

Not enough teachers – part 1 Money | chriseyreteaching

February 25, 2017

It is safe to say that there is an impending crisis in teacher numbers; it is likely to get worse. Recruitment targets have either been missed or just about hit depending upon whose version of events you believe. But more worryingly 30% of teachers are leaving within the first five years. The government’s response is to … More Not enough teachers – part 1 Money | chriseyreteaching

CoRE: Evidence Presentation | noreply@blogger.com (Mr Lewis)

February 23, 2017

On Thursday 23rd February 2017, I was able to speak at an evidence gathering session for the Commission on Religious Education (see <here>). This is not the view of the Commission; it is my own personal view. Here is a copy of my script: 2017 sees an unprecedented moment of change for secondary RE teachers: New … More CoRE: Evidence Presentation | noreply@blogger.com (Mr Lewis)

Low-level bad behaviour is the worst type of negative behaviour. | rsefton

February 23, 2017

I have been thinking about this for a while now and understand that low-level behaviour can be left unchallenged in many schools due to higher priority behaviour. There are usually ‘big hitters’ in schools who are classed as the ‘naughty’ students or there are classes whose behaviour is way worse than other classes and so these … More Low-level bad behaviour is the worst type of negative behaviour. | rsefton