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Google Classroom created for Maths Mastery sessions 

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Google Classroom created for Maths Mastery sessions 

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As part of my SSLT project I have created a Google Classroom for the Y6 children who are getting weekly Maths sessions in secondary with a Maths specialist.

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Character Strengths - Info video (suitable for primary school)

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-Maths books now have more development marking in them based on feedback from Pete during book scrutiny PD.
-More confident to use Nearpod within lessons
-HPL strategies embedded within lessons

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Met to discuss:
- Which VAA's I have highlighted and which areas I need to work on.
-Spoke about my LP course project.
-Adam shared my strengths and we discussed what my next steps for professional development would be.

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Met with Y5 and Y6 teachers to go through our books and discuss grading judgements before GEMS Review.

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Met with Scarlett to discuss my project ideas for LP course. Shared my vision and what I would like to do. She supported my ideas and we agreed on next steps.

Next steps: Speak with Pete and Director of Maths to put accelerated pathways in place for high ability Y5 and Y6 Maths pupils.

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This year I have helped new members of staff to settle into GWIS and become confident using some of the systems we have in place. I have always supported Adam as coordinator and been a team player - this is something he has also commented on.

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I have suggested focusing on accelerated pathways for Y5 and Y6 in Maths. The idea is for them to have one session a week (if all timetable constraints are solved) in Y7 and Y6 to allow them to work with different teachers. This will also be great for transition and will really to add to our provision for high ability gifted children in Maths.

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Session with Pete McLoughlin on ways to use Nearpod during Maths lessons to enhance learning and provide AifL opportunities.

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Nearpod: Foster a love of learning in every student

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Create active learning experiences students can’t wait to be a part of.

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Launch SSAT Lead Practitioner Online Session

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Launch SSAT Lead Practitioner Online Session

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Initial 2 hour session with a member of SSAT team from the UK where we were able to gain an overview of the LP standards. We looked at what potential experience and evidence we would need to support our submission for accredited LP status. Refined ideas for action research projects which support submission for LP accreditation. We also looked at the online course materials on the SSAT My Learning website.

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I have created Timetables for Group A and B for any children who will not attend Ecoventure. This timetable includes any specialist lessons they will attend during the 3 days. I have also created planning for the 3 days in school for these children whilst their peers are on the residential trip. I have also created planning for all classes for that week for the 2 days when they will be in class. I will be sharing this planning and timetables with Adam Edwards to share with specialist teachers and the rest of the Year 6 team.

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I created new timetables for the LSAs after Maths classes were regrouped. I looked at all class timetables and placing Michael, Myesha and Naureen in the classes with the greatest needs.

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Scottish Primary Teachers & Educators Facebook Page 

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Scottish Primary Teachers & Educators Facebook Page 

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I use this page to keep up to date with what is current within teaching in Scotland. I also get some amazing ideas and resources from this page that I use to enhance and 'jazz up' our planning.

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-Bringing resources and ideas to planning meetings
-Maintain positive professional relationships with all learners and all teachers
-Recognises the stresses and pressures of the team and leader and support them
-Willingness to take on new technology to explore ways to enhance learning and teaching
-Confidence to deliver PD to team or whole school

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For Parents Evening, we used a new system called School Cloud. I watched this training video to familiarise myself with the system to prepare for using it on Parents Evening.

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Skill Share session - HPL strategies in Middle and Upper School

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Skill Share session - HPL strategies in Middle and Upper School

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Skill Share session - Wellbeing in the Classroom

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Skill Share session - Wellbeing in the Classroom

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Key points covered in session:
-What we say to children in their most difficult moment matters the most
-Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
-Punishment doesn’t teach better behaviour, restorative conversations do
-Catch them being good
-Window of Tolerance
-Self-regulation
-Reading recommended

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I regularly use the WIS VAA document to enhance my planning and highlight the areas that are my strengths. This also allows me to identify the areas that I am not using as confidently within my teaching and can ensure I am more mindful of incorporating these specific attributes in lessons.

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I have been following @teachpal on Instagram and find her free resources extremely useful. Her website has a range of display resources that I have used within my class and her Instagram page is full of ideas that I regularly use within my own practice. For example, her well-being morning slides are great to use during CEP.

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I follow and regularly check various teaching Twitter pages such as Teaching Ideas for ideas and resources I can incorporate into my planning and the team's planning.

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Received a WIS VAA award for supporting and encouraging staff to meet their full potential.

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Showed team how to set up weekly tasks on Spelling Shed automatically to use time more efficiently.

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Teachers

Spelling Shed is made by teachers, for teachers and was developed in the founder's classroom. We have built a suite of tools to enable teachers and schools to manage pupils' data, including reporting on assessments. Spelling Shed tracks student game plays along with their responses. Teachers can monitor weekly activity in order to advance or remediate as needed.

Our platform enables learning to happen anywhere and everywhere giving educators the peace of mind that pupils can learn and get practice unhindered.

Our administration tools also allow groups of schools to manage school data centrally.

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Proudly powered by EdShed, Spelling Shed includes a whole-school spelling scheme, web & mobile games and a teacher hub with homework and data.

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Coaching and mentoring new staff members 

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Coaching and mentoring new staff members 

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Worked with new staff members Term 1 to show them systems we have in place at WIS and how to use them, e.g. Google Classroom, Google Drive, planning etc.

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Collaborated with Laura Glover who is planning Design & Technology. Showed her what I had planned for The Victorians as part of Humanities and then we mind mapped the D/T planning together ensuring many cross curricular links. She will be using these initial ideas to plan a series of 7 lessons for Term 1.2 D&T.

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Main takeaway:

-Although children should be making progress in lessons, learning is not a short-term process and it may not always be visible in one lesson.
“Checking what students know at the end of a lesson risks conflating learning and performance: learning is a permanent change in behaviour or knowledge, performance is a temporary fluctuation in behaviour or knowledge which can be observed and measured during and immediately after acquisition.” (Soderstrom and Bjork, 2015)

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4 outdated teaching trends we need to ditch

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Some of the classroom teaching practices that teachers learned during their training years ago have since been debunked by education research, writes Bhamika Bhudia

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MER within year group before SLT looked at books to give us an opportunity to discuss strengths and what we needed to work on as a team to ensure consistency in books.

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Use of data and class context sheets to inform planning. Opportunity to fill in class context using data from SIMS.

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Led by Michael Price. Organised to learn how to use the Fable Blockly app with children to provide engaging lessons on robotics.

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Lessons learnt from the Covid-19 pandemic - Dirk Van Damme

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Lessons learnt from the Covid-19 pandemic - Dirk Van Damme

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Take-away Points
- Invest more in the professional development an the skills of teacher and integrate them into every crisis scenario
-We should not aim by all means to return to the 'old normal' but rather, see what we can improve
-The Covid crisis is an opportunity to innovate and transform.

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Maths planning led by Pete to discuss how regrouping would work. No sets and more of a mastery and mixed developing/secure group approach. Discussed how to address parent concerns, the letter being sent home and what task children would take part in during their first lesson with new Maths teacher.