How do you learn more about your student' identities? by Chesterfield Quality Team https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we Post your response to the discussion topic by clicking the plus button below. en-us 2025-06-17 18:59:34 UTC 2025-06-20 12:53:15 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4ac.png https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497108896 Free writing tasks

]]> 2025-06-20 09:59:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497108896 https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497108921 Chat to them!

]]> 2025-06-20 09:59:22 UTC https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497108921 https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497109006 Two truths and a lie (ice breakers)

Get to know me forms

]]> 2025-06-20 09:59:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497109006 https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497109021 Initial assessment - tell us about your experience of English

]]> 2025-06-20 09:59:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497109021 https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497109034 Share things about my own life - they generally share back x

]]> 2025-06-20 09:59:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497109034 https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497109080 Talk to them. Ask them questions in an empathetic way, usually in the corridor when addressing a behaviour issue.

]]> 2025-06-20 09:59:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497109080 https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497109090 Speed interviewing - move round room interviewing each other

]]> 2025-06-20 09:59:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497109090 https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497109151 Descriptive Writing: Ask learners to photograph a location/event they taken part in to use as inspiration for writing.

]]> 2025-06-20 09:59:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497109151 https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497109172 'Find someone who' activities

]]> 2025-06-20 09:59:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497109172 https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497109182 Starter tasks based on learning about their past/ambitions (added on to content based tasks)

]]> 2025-06-20 10:00:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497109182 https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497109235 Get round the classroom and speak to them during extended writing tasks - be interested

]]> 2025-06-20 10:00:11 UTC https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497109235 https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497109240 By listening humanly to their reasons for lateness or not-arsedness

]]> 2025-06-20 10:00:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497109240 https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497109347 Picking up on their mood/ mood change. Having a conversation. Noticing small things (e.g. nice new shows, item usually has a back story)

]]> 2025-06-20 10:00:26 UTC https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497109347 https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497109463 Listen to them.

Initial assessment -why are you here at college ? Can reveal some interesting points

]]> 2025-06-20 10:00:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497109463 https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497109492 Regularly discussing them and their daily lives - asking how they are, key events

]]> 2025-06-20 10:00:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497109492 https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497109559 Developing personal relationships in an organic way throughout the year

]]> 2025-06-20 10:00:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497109559 https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497109718 Show pictures of my dog 😂😂 great opener !!

]]> 2025-06-20 10:01:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497109718 https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497109830 Share something about yourself - they then open up about themselves

]]> 2025-06-20 10:01:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497109830 https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497109993 Random starters: third favourite animal and why… where they’d rather be right now and why… (except bed)

]]> 2025-06-20 10:01:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497109993 https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497110054 Adult interviews prior to course

]]> 2025-06-20 10:02:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497110054 https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497110443 Talk to them like grown ups

]]> 2025-06-20 10:02:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497110443 https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497141880 Asking questions and talking to them

]]> 2025-06-20 11:01:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497141880 https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497142149 Write about their five year future plan.

]]> 2025-06-20 11:02:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497142149 https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497142246 Talk to them about their interests, what they've been up to over weekend/break


Show interest in their lives outside the classroom

]]> 2025-06-20 11:02:46 UTC https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497142246 https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497142277 Our IA - they write their creative narrative in a posed setting asking about their journey to college - we learn lots about their life and educational PTSD which goes on to inform learning

]]> 2025-06-20 11:02:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497142277 https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497142293 9 grid activities with 1 random question, open to discussion

]]> 2025-06-20 11:02:51 UTC https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497142293 https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497142308 Asking a bunch of questions at regular intervals

Asking to see pictures of pets


]]> 2025-06-20 11:02:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497142308 https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497142784 Questions at induction, position in family, course they are doing and long term goals. Share anecdotes with them.

]]> 2025-06-20 11:03:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497142784 https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497143012 Remembering what they have said and asking questions in later lessons

E.g. if a learner plays football- how was your last match/when is your next one?

]]> 2025-06-20 11:04:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497143012 https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497143047 Conversations with learners both inside and outside the classroom.

Embedding broader topics for discussions and asking learners about their experiences.

Starting off small easy topics for example their voc course or hobbies, and then developing that over time.

Write a letter - tell me abkut your experience with English and tell me things you’d want your teacher to know (e.g a student said she’d been through a lot and needs her teachers to be patient with her when she gets angry - that led to further conversation)

]]> 2025-06-20 11:04:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497143047 https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497198129 I try to use quizzes and puzzles to work out some common threads.

]]> 2025-06-20 12:51:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497198129 https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497198419 Show three photos/pictures which mean something to you

]]> 2025-06-20 12:51:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497198419 https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497198702 I tell them about myself using "the inference game" to make them comfortable enough to share details about themselves.

]]> 2025-06-20 12:52:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497198702 https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497198704 Have a question of the day which students answer as we are doing the register.

]]> 2025-06-20 12:52:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497198704 https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497198776 Building rapport through conversation - English is about ideas, so giving learners a voice is essential.

]]> 2025-06-20 12:52:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497198776 https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497198847 Two truths and a lie, starting with me.

]]> 2025-06-20 12:52:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497198847 https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497199264 What have you done today on your course? This opens conversations.

]]> 2025-06-20 12:53:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497199264 https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497199757 Pen profile, things they like/dislike. Asking them how their evening was/how their weekend was. Showing a real interest in them.

]]> 2025-06-20 12:53:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497199757 https://padlet.com/ChesterfieldQEL/oa6975zt30tgx7we/wish/3497199807 Playing informal games and having regular little chats alongside working periods just about general topics, noting specific areas and then continuing the conversation e.g a series they’re watching, jobs, hobbies, music and also being willing to share with them in a more subtly boundaried way

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