Category Archives: General Teaching

2016-17 Reasons to be cheerful

Posted on July 24, 2017 by

Well that’s 2016-17 pretty much done – and what a year it has been.  Tough at times and very tough at others, but because we work in such an amazing team at Durrington, we get through and get stronger.  This … Continue reading →

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Using storytelling as an explanation tool

Posted on July 7, 2017 by

In today’s 15 minute forum, English teacher Russ Shoebridge talked about the power of storytelling and how it can be used to support explanation. * Russ began by reflecting on how students seem to listen to stories differently, and how … Continue reading →

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Growing a culture of great teaching

Posted on June 25, 2017 by

These are the slides that Andy Tharby and I talked through at the Wellington Festival of Education on Friday. Andy talked about how we used the wisdom of great teachers we had worked with over the years, alongside evidence from … Continue reading →

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Cleverlands

Posted on June 25, 2017 by

Last week, I was fortunate enough to listen to the fabulous Lucy Crehan talk about her book ‘Cleverlands‘ at the Wellington Festival of Education. As a teacher in an inner-city school, Lucy was exasperated with ever-changing government policy claiming to … Continue reading →

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Durrington TeachMeet 2017

Posted on June 24, 2017 by

Last Thursday we hosted our sixth annual TeachMeet.  We were delighted to welcome Bill Watkin as our key note speaker – Bill’s wry look at the current educational landscape got the event off to a brilliant start. The Proto food group provided superb paella … Continue reading →

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What is self-efficacy and how can we help our students to get more of it?

Posted on June 18, 2017 by

“If you think you can, you probably can.  If you think you can’t, well that self limiting and self-fulfilling belief might well stop you doing something you’re perfectly capable of doing.” Albert Bandura Last week I was fortunate enough to … Continue reading →

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Why Modelling?

Posted on May 18, 2017 by

Tonight’s 15 minute forum was led by our Director of Science, Steph Temple.  Steph started the session by apologising for her powerpoint and saying that she wasn’t much of a powerpoint person…which probably explains why she was leading this session! … Continue reading →

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