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30 December

Splendiferous Resources

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ALL of Jamie Clark’s fantastic resources available here, for free!!

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04 November

Context Sheets

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Use these context sheets to set the scenes!

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27 March

Art Safari

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Resources:Willing volunteers and images!What to do:In order to spark interest and a love for art in and amongst your students try this… Go around the school and place images of a pieces of work by various artists. Get members of …

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04 March

I learn too!

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Resources:None!What to do:This activity was inspired by a senior leaders briefing I attended on the new SEND Code of Practice. The presenter, a HeadTeacher challenged to us to learning challenges to demonstrate to our students that we are learners too!So …

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04 October

Market Place

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Resources: Some question grids/prompts. What to do: Students are organised into groups and given a topic. (Max. of 5 students in a group.) They are then given various sources to prepare their ‘market stall.’ (Textbooks, computer/tablet, information sheets, exercise books, …

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20 September

Mystery Box

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Resources:A “mystery box” made of any material.A range of objects, pedagogical tools, resources, teaching ideas/skills, articles or teaching and learning books.What to do:Staff volunteer to take part in the ‘Mission T&L Possible’. Selected at random, an item/object/article is to be …

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12 September

Class (B)logs…

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Image from- http://www.knewton.com/flipped-classroom/  *UPDATED*Resources:Platforms such as www.edublogs.org What to do:We have all heard of flipped learning right? Click here for some information. However, this post isn’t about the flipped learning model as such. It is about doing something to help students in …

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08 June

Spin the table

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Resources: Sugar Paper, Glue, Revision questions. What to do: Students sit in groups of 3 or 4.Cover the table with sugar paper or a paper table cloth – anything that will spin.Each student sticks their question in front of them.Give …

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08 June

Bullseye

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Resources: 1 x A5 colour copy of Dartboard. Click HERE for editable word doc and HERE for PowerPointRevision equipment/materials eg. highlighters, flash cards, revision notes, a sheet of paper to keep their score/note of activities completed. Here is a GCSE PE version by @meesh_121 What …

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26 May

When/Venn

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Resources:Click here for an example venn! Guest post by twitter.com/@rondelle10_b What to do:The Venn diagram tool is a useful way to help extend student thinking.The simplest way is to have two aspects of a similar concept that are to b …

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24 April

Folding

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Resources:A4/A3/A2 paperWhat to do:Give your students a piece of paper. Ask them to fold the page in half. Then again. Then again! That will make 8 sections. (You can pick as many or as few sections as you like, I …

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22 April

Grid Learning

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Resources:Each pair will need a grid, a die and two green pens. Guest post by https://twitter.com/SLT_Kat adapting original idea on here- see below. What to do: Create your own learning grids which can be played in pairs.  Students use the dice to …

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08 February

Sabotage

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Sabotage! Resources: None What to do:   This is a strategy works extremely well with learners of all abilities.    Although it’s very simple to sabotage a lesson it does require a little thought and planning – and confidence!   …

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15 January

Hexagons/Flexagons

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Resources: Hexagon templates – either blank or filled in by teacher A3 (or larger) paper Glue/scissors How it works: Hexagons are an excellent tool for linking up learning and evaluating the end of a topic to see how ideas are …

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04 December

Quotation Hunt

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Resources: Post its/Stickers Felt tip pens Preparation: Take key quotations and key words from a text and write either half the quote, or half the word on to one post-it, and the second half on to another post-it. I used …

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02 December

Learner/New/Pass+/Instructor

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UPDATED- TO INCLUDE SOLO TAXONOMY.Resources:Images of: Learning Plates New Driver Plates Pass Plus Plates Driving Instructor SOLO Document- <–Download Here This link to SOLO is by www.twitter.com/JulieDavis  What to do: ‘Practice makes Permanent.’ We have been working on Triple Impact …

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