VETS

Writing Reports

Report-writing - what would you get?   Here's a helpsheet (c) JPM enterprises

Differentiation

Ask Mark Rome about this and he'll baffle you with all sorts of letters and formulae.

Ask Dave Bullock and he'll send you a pack of useful ideas. We hope you enjoyed Wednesday's session 

Here's a good video on the subject of Differentiated Learning. Stick with it - there's some valuable classroom footage. 

Classroom Management

have a look here for the standard tips presented, hopefully, in a more interesting way than usual.

Independent Learning Tips & Tricks

See 3 others before asking the teacher (Thanks to Dave Pebdlebury for this)

See Alistair Luxford in tech for his '4B' tokens: Brains, Books, Buddy, Boss.

Pupils are given a button token and have to answer questions using their brains, their books or their friends. They ask the teacher ('the boss' )  as a last resort.  If they ask a friend or the teacher. They have to hand their token over to a friend or to the teacher if they use them as a resource. The winner at the end is the pupil with the most buttons. 

Smileys for mini plenaries

Smiley kit  for pupils to indicate how they feel about a particular lesson phase. Staple it together to make a pyramid shape. One pyramid per pupil.

Smileys+ ABC letters for multiple choice answers. Answer D can be indicated by putting the pyramid a diferent way roubd so that none of the other letters are displayed. See JPM if this is not clear. 

Parents Evening Tips for new staff

Parents Evenings  slideshow with key tips and awkward parent scenarios.  3 slides.  (swf version)