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My next step is to complete my Forest School qualification.

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Lesson Observation:

Teacher: Liam Reddy
Date: February 4, 2025

Exploring nature through sensory activities and team-building exercises in a Forest School setting.

Liam’s lesson began with a welcoming circle, followed by sensory activities and team-building tasks. Students engaged eagerly, exploring the area and using their senses to connect with nature. Liam adopted a hands-on approach, encouraging students to explore and ask open-ended questions to deepen their thinking. Teamwork was emphasized through a shelter-building activity, fostering cooperation and problem-solving skills.

Liam showed awareness of individual needs, supporting students with different levels of co\nfidence. The lesson was safe and well-managed.

Strengths:

Excellent use of the outdoor environment

Strong student engagement and participation

Effective teamwork facilitation

Areas for Development:

More opportunities for reflective discussion could help consolidate learning.

The lesson was engaging, well-paced and aligned with the Forest School approach, successfully nurturing both practical and social skills. Minor adjustments could assist reflective thinking and problem-solving. Overall, a positive learning experience.

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Leuven Scale 2K & Lesson Plan

The Wednesday Wisdom session that enjoyed the most was the one which focused on the importance of Play in learning process. It was a great reminder of just how many different types of play there are.

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I am currently reading the Outdoor Learning handbook & monthly editions of the Great Outdoors magazine. In preparation of finishing my Forest School qualification.

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At the start of each session. I asked each of the young people how they are feeling (thumbs up= good, thumbs middle= o.k.  thumbs down= sad. As a result of doing this & their responses to me. I have identified several young people who are/were being subjected to abuse at home.

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1. My 'Growth Target' is to complete the final section of my Forest School qualification (Level 3)

2. We are using the Leuven scale to monitor each young persons' well-being and participation in O.L.

3.  To continue to integrate Blooms into my teaching and learning.

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This section could include anything showing how you are taking charge of your own development and wellbeing. Eg.

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Details of external PD and takeaways

Internal PD takeaways

Any courses you are completing. eg. NPQ courses, Tellal courses, Masters courses

Any podcasts you are listening to

What you are reading about at the moment

Wednesday Wisdom Takeaways

Golden nuggets from peer observations

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Your termly Growth Meeting with your Performance Manager / Professional coach

Your next steps going into the next term

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evidence of the impact you have made each term towards your Growth Targets, and your personal growth throughout the year.

Add to this throughout each term and be ready to talk your Performance Manager through it in your termly Growth conversations.

Types of evidence could include:

Lesson plans/resources

Class trackers

PD sessions you have delivered / taken part in

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...an area that you are making an impact in at the Academy this year. This can be as big or small scale as you are comfortable with.

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Your career aspirations and what you want to achieve this year to help you to get there.
Include your targets for the year, decided in discussion with your performance manager.

As a minimum, you must have:

1. A target that contributes towards your department/year group action plan. This target should be SMART and should have been decided in discussion with your HOD (Secondary) / HOY (Primary), once your department/year group action plan has been complete

2. A class data driven target decided in discussion with your HOD (Secondary) / HOY (Primary)

3. A teaching and Learning target

You must be able to show how you have contributed towards these targets, over the course of the year.