A little while a go, a few teachers got together in Worthing in a pub. There wasn’t an agenda, just chatting, some food and some beverages. If you are a teacher in the Worthing area, it would be great to see you on Thursday 21st May at the Thomas a Becket Pub. Let’s aim for around 7pm, have some food, a natter and generally chat. There’s a lot going on in the area over the age of transfer, a new secondary school and all of that, so we’ll probably have something to talk about. If you’d like to come along, please fill out the form below so we can see if a table needs to be booked. Thanks! Any questions, get in touch.
Today I want to share some simple ideas that I have found to be very effective in the classroom. I can't say that they are my own original ideas, although I have played around with them. The first is the Banned word Board. This is a simple display in the classroom that lists a number of words that are not allowed to be used by pupils in their written or oral answers. The effect has been an increase in the quality of written work, and I have almost made comments such as 'Sir it's simple, the stuff just affects the thing and causes people problems'. Pupils are now more able to use specific language, something that is vital especially at GCSE. I have had to make a few modifications, such as the introduction of 'Heavenly Words' This is an additional display placed on the ceiling. I found this necessary as pupils needed some stimulus in finding replacement words. After advice received after posting the idea on the SLN forum , I have also introduced semi-banned words...
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