Finally at the end of what seems like the longest term so far! With staff absence, job interviews, mock exams it just seems like things have been non-stop!
I will definitely be using the 2 weeks off at Easter to rest up, not think about work at all and put myself in the right frame of mind ready for another tough term with GCSE exams right around the corner.
In the build up to the GCSE's we have provided students with lots of resources to help them to revise e.g. past papers, websites etc but one thing struck me that I hadn't thought about. A number of students aren't clear on the best ways to revise. I even had one student tell me that he just highlights the revision guide!
I spent part of my lesson this week going through exactly how I would like my Year 11s to revise. We spoke about retrieval practice, spacing the topics they are doing and ensuring thy are interleaving topics in the revision they are doing.
Hopefully now they have concrete strategies that they can use to best prepare them for next term.
📚 Read:
My latest post on teaching Literacy in Maths. It outlines some strategies a classroom teacher could use but also discusses questions departments could use to improve how Literacy is taught in Maths. Read it here.
🔊 Listen:
Dr Rangan Chatterjee on the High performance podcast talking about Happiness. He talks about always choosing happiness, being authentic to who you are and aligning yourself to your core values. Listen here
🔊 Listen:
I've listened to two podcasts episodes about trust. What's essential podcast talking to Stephen Covey where they discuss trusting and inspiring your team to perform.
High performance podcast with Rachel Botsman talking about trusting yourself to perform and getting others to trust you.