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Difficult standard to pin down, particularly with the two schools I’ve had. I was looking through IEP’s a couple of weeks ago, and a class I recently picked up, I found out, has a boy with EAL. He seemed to … Continue reading →

I had a boy in detention tonight, nicely arranged to coincide with a year 8 tutors meeting, but I got a letter from the boy’s mum asking if I could move it to a different night, so I had to … Continue reading →

Had last two year 9 sessions getting familiar with the test. I think they were all pleased to not have to go through that any more! Went through the feedback they recieved with small groups, but they’re largely not interested!! … Continue reading →

Sounds a lot more formal than it was. I had a boy in lunchtime detention, who forgot to turn up. Unfortunately for him, I bumped into him and his mum after school (on their way to another meeting) so we … Continue reading →

So taught the same lesson (roughly – some adjustments) to top and bottom sets this week. For our chocolate project, we were creating our financial model to work out costs and selling price of the chocolate bars. The top set, … Continue reading →

So it’s my week A cluster of year7 classes. Into control on all of them now. Had quite contrasting experiences in all of the classes. Monday’s class, I slightly overestimated how much they knew/had picked up about flowol’s workings and … Continue reading →

We were passed this guide, which basically goes through all the legal responsibilities, duties etc. of teachers. Bit scary. It’s duplicated in various documents sent by the many unions I seem to have joined. It’s important to know what’s required, … Continue reading →

Thursday was tutor review day, so 15 minute appointments with members of my form and their parents, going through the academic report, evaluating targets set last year, and setting new ones! Quite repititive really. I made a few contributions but … Continue reading →

Last day of term today. Just the one lesson – double year 8 before lunch. Had planned the unit so that this lesson was a “fun” lesson (I keep telling my classes, all ICT lessons are fun! but they’re not … Continue reading →