Category Archives: Bright Spots

Bright Spots: 24.2.2020

Posted on February 24, 2020 by classteaching

Today myself and Andy Tharby spent some time visiting lessons, looking for  bright spots – examples of teachers implementing the 6 principles effectively in their classrooms.  This is what we saw: In maths, Shane Borrett had marked and handed back … Continue reading →

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Bright Spots – 4th December 2019

Posted on December 4, 2019 by classteaching

Today James Crane and I walked around the school and saw some fantastic practice going on in our classrooms.  Here is a summary. In science Fahim Rahman was starting his lesson with a retrieval quiz that included questions on their … Continue reading →

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Bright Spots

Posted on September 13, 2018 by classteaching

We have got off to a great start at Durrington High School and visiting lessons over the past few days made it clear why this has been the case. In all of the lessons that we saw, the students were … Continue reading →

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Bright Spots

Posted on June 12, 2018 by classteaching

There was a great deal of effective and engaging teaching occurring during P3 today at Durrington. In particular, it is increasingly evident that our classrooms are rapidly becoming vocabulary-rich environments. This explicit pedagogical approach will be invaluable for the learning and … Continue reading →

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Bright Spots: SPDS

Posted on April 17, 2018 by classteaching

One of our greatest successes at Durrington High School is our subject planning and development sessions (SPDS). These are fortnightly, subject-specific CPD sessions in which curriculum teams meet to develop subject and pedagogical knowledge and ideas. To ensure the most effective practice … Continue reading →

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Bright Spots – Memory

Posted on March 8, 2018 by classteaching

Over the past few days I have been visiting lessons attempting to uncover good practice in the field of memory creation and retention.  At Durrington we have made the use of memory strategies gleaned from cognitive science one of our three … Continue reading →

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Bright Spots: high ability

Posted on November 17, 2017 by classteaching

  This week Shaun Allison and I walked around the school and visited several lessons focusing on the teaching of high ability students.  We dropped into English, maths and science top sets, observing the teaching and learning strategies that were being employed.  Most teaching … Continue reading →

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Bright Spots: 9th November 2017

Posted on November 9, 2017 by classteaching

Today Fran Haynes and I walked around the school and visited a number of lessons.  It was great to see so much effective practice, that we will summarise in the ‘bright spots’ post.  We think it’s important to talk about … Continue reading →

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Bright Spots: STEM Week

Posted on March 19, 2017 by classteaching

Last week was British Science week and Durrington had its own STEM week led by the Science department and Steph Temple. The aim of the week was to raise the profile of STEM and to inspire Key Stage 3 students … Continue reading →

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Bright Spots – what can we learn from our Curriculum Leaders?

Posted on February 10, 2017 by classteaching

Curriculum Leaders play a pivotal role in developing teaching and learning at Durrington, as they work with their teams on a daily basis to ensure high quality teaching in their subject areas. Over the past week, I have visited each of our Curriculum … Continue reading →

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