John Lamb (AHT) and I walked around the school today, looking for ways in which our teachers maintained a calm and purposeful classroom environment in their lessons. It was great to see how skilled our teachers are at doing this, … Continue reading
Andy Tharby and I took a first ‘bright spots’ walk of 2016 around the school today. As usual, there was some fantastic stuff taking place in our classrooms – summarised below. In geography, Ben Crockett was in full flow with … Continue reading
As the new school year is well underway, I went on a walk around the school yesterday, searching for bright spots. This is what I found. In science, NQT Josh Beckwith was addressing some identified difficulties with Y10. Director … Continue reading
It’s been a while since the last ‘bright spots’ walk around the school – so I did one today and as usual, I wasn’t disappointed! There was lots of fantastic teaching going on in our classrooms. Here are some of the … Continue reading
The first week back in a new school year and this morning I walked around the school looking for bright spots. I found plenty…read on! Down in science, NQT Eloise Tuck was doing an experiment with her new Y8 class. … Continue reading
As it was the last day of a short but busy half term, I thought I’d go looking for some bright spots today. The day started well, when I received a message on Twitter from Jason Ramasami. Jason had taken … Continue reading
Whilst walking around the school today, going in to classrooms, I came across the following bright spots, which I thought I would share. In Jane Squire’s RE classroom, I saw this stuck on every desk: This was a great way … Continue reading
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