Not long home from the course and I can certainly say that the course was really worthwhile, I was sat amongst a few of the other Slough Partnership GTPers and all seemed to take a great deal from what was said.
Sue was so helpful and insightful, I am already itching to try a variety of techniques and tips she shared. I feel a lot of technques described will be really benefitial amongst particularly my key stage 3 classes, gutted I don't have any of them again until next Monday, I guess this gives me time to go out and buy my raffle ticket books and big pink fluffy pens!
I am already going through names in my head of particular students in year 8 of whom I will give an individual assessment too, to attempt to bring out the best of them. I will start with the year 8 class as I taught them all last year so am very familiar with them. I have one particular young man in mind who is always on the wrong side of problematic. I referred to that particular class in one of my blogs last week. After putting them in a seating plan this week most where well behaved with the exception of him and he was sat beside me!?! Possibly I could try avoiding his outbursts like she mentioned but this would lead to him being highly unproductive (as he was on Monday.) Maybe giving him some responsibility will work...let's see next week!
One of the other main things I took from the day was how to alter your teaching styles after lunch. I can honestly say, as I'm sure Aaron can too, that after a big lunch I wasn't feeling highly productive nor overly motivated. Introducing some hands on approaches is probably what is needed to re-engage students after switching off at lunch time. Something I will definitely bear in mind, particularly that year 8 class straight after lunch on Monday.
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