At long last, I have finally mastered how to control a rowdy class of pupils. It has taken me 6 lessons of the same class to succeed in improving the behaviour in order for me to carry out my lesson smoothly. Last week I wondered if it was possibl...

The findings of this study reveal that although all educators and students in American state funded schools - public schools - have some access to computers and the Internet, there are few assurances that they are able to use technology effectivel...

This week I managed to take three lessons, year 10, 8 and 7. I also assisted in other lessons throughout the week. The year 10 lesson was a continuation lesson from last week where the pupils have been asked to produce a professional presentation...

Can anyone help me. I am using the evaluation section at the end of the Univesity of Brighton Lesson Plan, is anyone else using this and if so how much detail are you including in it? Thanks

This week has been a busy one. It started on Wednesday with my first year 10 class lesson first thing. I taught a starter for the lesson and assisted their teacher in supporting the pupils for the rest of the lesson. Period 2 was a lesson I took ...

Last week was a satisfying week for me in terms of seeing the strategies I was implementing make a difference to my progress with a class, in particular how much of an effect a little differentiation made. For context, consider the background of ...

I was wondering if anyone had task sheets already made for unit 20 OCR Nationals Penni and I have been given the task of creating them all and thought it would be a good time to collaborate and avoid duplication if anyone already has them???? Th...

Last week was pretty hectic one way or another. On Thursday I attended parents evening which was very beneficial. However it made me wonder how accurate the comments were. From the teachers point of view she was repeating herself to different par...

I am pleased to announce the arrival of Maurice John Barton who arrived at 3:10 pm on the 22nd November 2009. He weighs exactly 7 pounds. Mother and baby doing fine. Shall see you all in a week or so! Sean

Hi, I just wanted to blog about a project I am implementing as a bit of fun before Christmas at the school. It hopes to capitalize on the re-emerging of 3D technology. It is a two lesson project: Lesson one: involves the history of 3D some gene...