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SESSION ONE  - Please add resources here that ECTs can access during or after your talk to them

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SESSION ONE  - Please add resources here that ECTs can access during or after your talk to them

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The Head will speak first for 10 minutes with his top tips for surviving your first year.

Then each of the ISTIP / PGS colleagues will speak to each table (of 5-6 ECTs) in turn for 10 minutes before moving on to the next table.

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ISTIP help sheet #2 Evidencing the Standards

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ISTIP help sheet #2 Evidencing the Standards

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Please complete this surveymonkey before departure

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Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey. Your feedback is invaluable in the development of the meetings and the training ISTIP provides as a whole. Your feedback will help shape training for you and for future cohorts, it should only take a few minutes to complete.

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Portsmouth Grammar School Year 1 Regional Meeting : ECT Feedback

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6 scientifically proven work-life balance tips for teachers

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6 scientifically proven work-life balance tips for teachers

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Teaching naturally attracts conscientious people. That's not to say that teachers are saints, but they often have a tendency to put others' needs before their own. And when you are caught up in the daily bustle of school and home life, it is easy to get overwhelmed.

The enormous workload of the job is also a factor. The latest government survey [pdf] found that primary teachers are working in excess of 55 hours a week and secondary staff work around 53. And while some schools have started to implement the recommendations of the government workload review groups, many have not.

Staff are a school's most precious and expensive asset - they are uniquely placed to have an impact on students. But it's hard to be at your best, inspiring and motivating if you were working until 11pm the night before.

How to take control of your wellbeing

First of all, you must accept that you have some responsibility for your own wellbeing - you will have a long wait ahead if you're holding on for others to sort it out for you. The good news is that tiny changes can make a massive difference.

Start of by choosing just one thing to stop and one thing to start and see what impact it has on your wellbeing.

Here are some ideas to get you started - with expert advice from psychologist Bradley Busch on how they help.

Three things to stop doing right now

1. Stop writing your to-do lists on Post-It notes and plastering them all over your laptop. This creates a perception of a workload that is untidy and out of control. Centralise your to-do list into a notebook or device.

What the science says: Interestingly, one of the secrets of very productive people is that they don't use to-do lists at all - they schedule tasks. Try it and see if you feel more in control.

2. Stop taking home work that you don't have time for. A pile of books brooding in the corner will only spoil the evening you should be enjoying with your nearest and dearest. Your marking still won't be done and you will feel terrible. Leave them at school.

What the science says: Nurturing good relationships is key to enhancing your wellbeing, and being able to separate home and work life is central to this. In fact, evidence suggests that when you isolate yourself and feel disconnected from others, it is as bad for your health as smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day.

3. Stop reacting immediately to messages and emails. If you are checking your devices all the time, the line between work and home becomes blurred. Just because someone sends you an email at 10.25 pm doesn't mean you need to answer it at 10.27pm.

What the science says: A recent survey found that 81% of adults never turn off their phones (even when in bed). Recent research found that being on your phone within an hour before bed means you are almost three times as likely to get less than five hours sleep. The extra sleep will make you much more effective at your job - as well as feeling better while doing so. And if you reply to an email first thing in the morning, instead of last thing at night, it is almost certainly going to be of a higher quality.

Three things to start doing right now

1. Start checking your emails when you have time to respond to them, not when that thing in your pocket starts bleeping. Turn the notifications off. The key here is to distinguish between what is important and what is urgent. Importance relates to "does it matter?" whereas urgency relates to a time constraint. The constant beeping makes people confuse the two.

What the science says: Evidence suggests that constantly checking your phone can lead to forgetfulness and increase stress and anxiety.

2. Start getting outside for at least 15 minutes a day. Even if you can only walk around the block, notice what is around you.

What the science says: If possible, try to go to a park or somewhere that has green space. A quirky research study found that people who took a short break in a natural environment improved their subsequent performance by 20% compared with those who went for a walk in a busy urban area. This because natural environments replenish your brain, whereas urban ones require your brain to stay alert, further draining your mental resources

3. Start reading the #teacher5aday hashtag on Twitter. Search this hashtag to find positive teachers taking control of their own wellbeing and sharing their experiences.

What the science says: As well as having the added advantage of helping develop relationships with like-minded colleagues, it can be a great tool for learning. Learning has a significant positive impact on your mental wellbeing. This is because learning is often accompanied by a sense of achievement, is enjoyable and has been found to help people cope better with stressful situations.
This is an edited version of a blog by Sam Collins that was first published by EdComs Teachers - you can read the original piece here.

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6 scientifically proven work-life balance tips for teachers

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Don't wait for someone else to sort out your workload woes - take a scientific approach to better work-life balance

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Top ten tips on work-life balance (from Southampton University PGCE mentors)

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Top ten tips on work-life balance (from Southampton University PGCE mentors)

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Please find here the resources, links, activities for the TeachMeet session.

PGS colleagues will start the session by sharing one or two "quick win" activities / techniques that work really for teaching your subject area with the group of ~ 5-6 ECTs.

The ECTs will then share their ideas with their groups.

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DMLP and AWS will each present their advice about effective behaviour management in the classroom

Each Behaviour Lead will then join their table and ask ECTs for any behavioural challenges they have encountered this term (and perhaps overcome or not). Then, if time, work through some of the scenarios in the Google Doc in the website and attached here.

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Table 1 Maths /Science (PGS Lead: Joe Addyman)

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Table 1 Maths /Science (PGS Lead: Joe Addyman)

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Diagnostic Questions - fabulous for active afl in lessons or for homeworks

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Don't spend hours marking books Diagnostic Questions is a world leading assessment tool that provides detailed insights into student understanding in a fraction of the time, simultaneously reducing your workload and improving student results and confidence. In just three steps, assign a year's worth of assessments to your students created exclusively by AQA, OCR and Edexcel.

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Diagnostic Questions (Science and Maths)

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Diagnostic Questions (Science and Maths)

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Table 5 Humanities / Eng / Drama (PGS Leads: Louisa Burton & Stephanie Burkinshaw) 

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Table 5 Humanities / Eng / Drama (PGS Leads: Louisa Burton & Stephanie Burkinshaw) 

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Edpuzzle for engaging homework activities and quick data

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Easily create beautiful interactive video lessons for your students you can integrate right into your LMS. Track students' progress with hassle-free analytics as you flip your classroom!

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Mathsbot Maths Manipulatives - Free Resource (Jodi Scaddan ECT - MHS)

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Mathsbot Maths Manipulatives - Free Resource (Jodi Scaddan ECT - MHS)

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I use Mathsbot on the IWB. It is a great way to demonstrate how to use maths resources. They are an interactive resource so the children can come up to the front and use them to answer questions.

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I have found that using challenges, such as code breakers, work really well as a fun way to do retrieval practice.

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Applet for visualising and understanding criteria for triangle congruences.

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Test whether each of the following “work” for proving triangles congruent: AAA, ASA, SAS, SSA, SSS

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Table 2 KS2 (PGS Lead: Amy Wilson-Smith)

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Table 2 KS2 (PGS Lead: Amy Wilson-Smith)

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Scripting lessons and shaker - helps with staying on task, a plan so that I know as the teacher what I'm doing, and an egg shaker to keep the children on task.

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Alphabet Page - Starter and Plenary - add new terms in a different colour pen. 

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Table 3 PE/Dance (PGS Lead: Robyn Tourino)

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Table 3 PE/Dance (PGS Lead: Robyn Tourino)

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THEORY

Alphabet Page (above)

Dice recall starter

SOW with links (easy revision)

Purple pen exam marking

AO1, AO2, AO3 LAQ marking with highlighters

PRACTICAL

Sport Ed

3 in a row

Air hockey

Resource bank

Do email me if you have any questions: r.tourino@pgs.org.uk

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KS1 & KS2 resources

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The Bloom Buster: Improve Questioning in Lessons

The Bloom Buster helps with planning lesson objectives, questioning and activities. It provides definitions and question/task ideas for 90 key words related to Bloom's taxonomy of educational objectives.

The 90 words are split equally into 6 categories - knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis and evaluation, based on the original taxonomy. There are also suggested question stems and products. The Bloom Buster will help make your lesson planning easier. Enjoy!

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FREE Resources for Teachers | INSET & CPD Training | Mike Gershon

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Mike Gershon's FREE online teacher training resources have been downloaded more than 4 million times by teachers across 180 countries.

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Mike has appeared on numerous television shows and radio stations, written Body Language training manuals and has worked as a Body Language Consultant for well over 20 years. He is an inspirational speaker and presenter.

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Mike has appeared on numerous television shows and radio stations, written Body Language training manuals and has worked as a Body Language Consultant for well over 20 years. He is an inspirational speaker and presenter.

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 Classroom management talking points.docx

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For discussion during the table activity

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Session 1 - working smarter not harder - JMGA notes

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English Resource - War Poetry (Elmarie Messina) 

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English Resource - War Poetry (Elmarie Messina) 

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Table 6 Classics/MFL/DT (PGS Lead Mike Murray)

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Table 6 Classics/MFL/DT (PGS Lead Mike Murray)

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Presentation for Classics, MFL TeachMeet

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I have found that using gap fills to test vocabulary has improved long-term retrieval and also has many other benefits for language.

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A GCSE Quizlet set testing geomorphic processes - use one of 6 different methods to revise individually or play a Quizlet Live!

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Here are a few suggestions where the sessions link to the Teaching Standards and Early Career Framework. It is not an exhaustive list, you may think of some more that the sessions link with. This document could be useful for your Evidence Tracker.

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Junior School - behaviour management tips

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Junior School - behaviour management tips

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A handy A4 summary sheet of the Teacher's Standards

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A very useful summary of the ECF sections

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A-Level Classics drawing task - Exekias use of space.

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KS3 Latin - Introduction to plurals lesson

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KS3 Latin - Introduction to plurals lesson

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3 Plurals 3. 1.3 The kidnap of Proserpina - key language