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📝 Weekly Report #3

👨‍🏫 Teaching:

At the end of my first full week of teaching after Summer I feel like a bus has hit me! It's been great seeing all my classes again and getting stuck into some maths but it has also been a challenge. My timetable has already changed and everyday seems busy with small little tasks cropping up. I know that next week wil be smoother though because we will be back into the swing of things and there shouldn't be anything major that needs fixing. Looking ahead, I've been given a brand new laptop! So after all of my issues with the battery failing on me on the last one, I can teach worry free now. We are also beginning to plan our Open evening to showcase our department to future students so any good ideas for us to do in Maths would be appreciated. 

🔊 Listen:

Tim Ferris speaking to Sir James Dyson, in particular the first half. Sir James Dyson talks through his challenges before starting the Dyson company we know now and the numerous failed vacuums he made. Its fascinating hearing his story and things he has learnt over time. You can tell even that he is incredibly passionate about what he does which is great to hear. Click here to have a listen.

📚 Read:

Have just started Mastery by Robert Greene. I have previously listened to it on audible and took a lot from it and so I felt that I needed to have the book too. This will be a longer read but I know there is lots to gain from it. I like how Greene describes the 3 phases of learning from Apprenticeship to Creative Active to Mastery. Grab your copy here

📺 Watch:

Take a look around my classroom and see what I do to promote learning in my room. Click here to watch. As a side note, I am hoping the videos are improving week on week as I learn and apply little tricks.

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