Pete’s Lesson Toolbox – July 2013
Pete’s Lesson Toolbox – July 2013 Ideas for using this tool box Add a tick to each activity when you use it so you increase the variety in your lessons If you find any new ideas please email them to...
View ArticleApps for Learning
I went to BETT 2014 recently and saw some amazing presentations from @theICTAdvisor, @rlj1981 and @danielharvey9 about the use of apps in and out of the classroom for learning. Since then I have been...
View ArticleTwitter Starter/Plenary
I made a Twitter starter/plenary activity today. Download the editable version here if you want to tweak it… https://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Twitter-Starter-Plenary-6451933 I have seen some...
View ArticleT = Target feedback system
A few weeks ago I visited Hinde House school in Sheffield to look at how they have been successful in raising attainment in Maths. One of the (many) great ideas I saw was a numbered feedback system...
View ArticleStudent Revision Toolbox
We are now well into “Silly Season” and students are coming to me with worries and stresses about revision issues and how to revise. I have used a student revision toolbox for a few years now to make...
View ArticleThe Smiley Game & The Frowny System
Teachers the world over have their own way of rewarding children for good questions, attempting answers, having positive attitude to learning and being helpful, happy and ambitious. It isn’t rocket...
View ArticleThe 5 Minute EAL Student Support Plan
I have been very lucky in my teaching career to work in a variety of schools in Bradford, Peterborough and Leicester. All these organisations have a diverse ethnic mix of students, and my experiences...
View ArticleEmbedding Coaching and Mentoring to improve Teaching and Learning
How does teaching and learning improve in your school? How open are colleagues to being coached to improve? Are teachers disengaged or anxious at the prospect of being observed? The following is an...
View ArticleTweet your learning (It’s all about the hashtag)
I have used a few Twitter-templates and exit tickets for students to summarise their learning. This one I made recently for students to write at the start, middle and end of a lesson or series of...
View Article“You can’t give us homework, we have to revise!”
How many times have you heard something like this? You plan a test, exam or assessment for your class, give them some homework or an independent learning activity to prepare them and a student in the...
View ArticleI have a cunning plan… (silly stories to make sense of the complex)
I originally chose the opening line of this blog as “I have a terrible memory”. On reflection the opposite may be true, I have an amazing memory, play any episode of Blackadder series 2-4 (series 1...
View ArticleTill roll ticker tape plenary
Till roll ticker tape plenary is an idea shared by Head of Humanities Carol Stobbs (@littlestobbsy) and involves asking students to summarise their learning in a headline and/or summary on till roll...
View ArticleScrabble letters
Scrabble letters used here to create key words shared by Mrs Cave (@MrsCGeog) who picked this up from a colleague at recent teach meet. @BGSTeachBetter says that Home Bargains store has letters games...
View ArticleAnnotated timelines
I have seen timelines used in lots of subjects, not just History, to great effect. They are effective ways to help learners grasp when events happen and how concepts and ideas have developed over time....
View ArticleBuzzing about Hexagons
Hexagons. Who knew that bees had the secret to understanding the connections between ideas, concepts and facts? I have been using hexagons with groups of children and teachers over the past year but it...
View ArticlePaper, pen and assessment triangles
Over the past couple of years, I have changed the way I record student progress. Previously I always recorded student homework and assessment data directly onto Excel spreadsheets. Unfortunately, this...
View ArticleNo end of term films
We all might be feeling “end of term fatigue” at this time of year, so what better way to celebrate all our hard work than to let students watch some films on the last day of term. They are an easy way...
View ArticleBlooms Snakes and Ladders
My blooms snakes and ladders has been quite popular on social media and has been viewed nearly 6000 times on my TES account (if you don’t have it click here). Like most of my ideas it was stolen from...
View ArticleHomeworkToolbox
Homework Menus have been around for a while in a number of forms and themes. I have attempted to collect my favourite versions below to inspire you to make your own. If you want to read more about...
View ArticleThe door game! (Possibly the best plenary game in the world…)
I think I have been playing this for as long as I have been teaching. Doubt that I came up with it, but can’t remember where I stole it from and I have definitely made it my own, so I am claiming this...
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