Get Them Drawing
johndabell If there is one active assessment strategy that is under-used and it is drawing. How often do we actually get children to draw their ideas out? Not often enough. Drawings…
Teaching and Learning
Drawing A Blank
How do we learn more about our pupils?
Getting Papped
Do you have a school papper?
Class Survey
If you want to find out what children really think of that lesson, ask them. How often do we ask for feedback from children. Probably not much and yet we…
The Round Robin
The Round Robin is one of the most effective cooperative learning strategies to use in the classroom and is brilliant for generating and developing ideas in a group setting. This…
Publish, Circle, Refine
If you haven’t yet come across Eric Frangenheim’s book Reflections on classroom thinking strategies then grab yourself a copy and dig in. It’s a wonderful book and full of some…
Top Trumps Assessment
Where would we be without Top Trumps?
Film Yourself And Be As Free As A Bird
How can you make life easier for yourself?
Time For A Snowball Fight!
At this time of the year in the UK it gets a bit chilly and we might even get some snow. But we don’t have to wait until winter to…
Mistake Of The Week
There are many ways to configure the physical environment of a classroom to support children’s learning. Display is often abused and there is plenty of research to say what we…