Monthly Archives: October 2013

Marking: Minimum effort for maximum pleasure

Posted on October 28, 2013 by classteaching

Towards the end of this half term, we have had a steady stream of DHS teachers writing blog articles, to share what they have been doing in their classrooms – which is fantastic to see.  The most recent addition to this is English … Continue reading →

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Student Led Plenaries in PE

Posted on October 25, 2013 by classteaching

DHS PE teacher Stuart Axten (@StuartAxtenDHS) has been looking at developing effective AfL strategies to use in his own lessons, but also more widely across the department – as a part of his Learning Innovator project.  At the start of … Continue reading →

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Developing Reading Strategies

Posted on October 24, 2013 by classteaching

The 15 minute forum tonight was led by our Literacy Leader, Lucy Darling (@DarlingDurr).  Lucy shared a number of reading strategies that can be used across a range of subjects. Reading Strategies Reading Strategies are ways in which you can … Continue reading →

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History & Geography do ‘questioning’

Posted on October 24, 2013 by classteaching

At a recent departmental meeting, the history and geography departments joined forces to discuss and share ideas about questioning.   What ensued was a lively discussion about what makes great questioning.  Thanks to @davidbrading for summarising the meain points of the … Continue reading →

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Marking Matters

Posted on October 14, 2013 by classteaching

Like most teachers in the autumn term, I have set myself a few targets, some of them to do with marking. I’m going to make sure that I mark student work regularly, make it useful and get students to do something with it.  In search … Continue reading →

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Using the ‘Learning Journey’ poster

Posted on October 10, 2013 by classteaching

The 15 minute forum tonight was led by Assistant Head Pete Kelly (@petek1974), looking at how he uses the ‘Learning Journey’ poster in his lessons.  The poster was introduced to DHS last year, after something similar was seen being used … Continue reading →

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Some thoughts on questioning…..

Posted on October 8, 2013 by classteaching

DHS drama teacher, Learning Leader and occasional blogger Lesley Graney has been thinking about questioning…… There is a lot of chat about the Big 4 in our school. It’s everywhere; if only the big 4 were sleep, cheese, red wine … Continue reading →

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Science do ‘The Big 4’

Posted on October 7, 2013 by classteaching

Tonight after school, at our department meeting, the science department at DHS gave some thought to these four key aspects of effective pedagogy – questioning, feedback, independence and challenge.  Working in small groups they thought about what best practice looks like … Continue reading →

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