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Welcome to the NEW & IMPROVED Cheney Agility Toolkit. For teachers, by teachers. 

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#ThisTermIWill

#ThisTermIWill

23rd February 2015
target setting
Target setting is really important, both for your students and yourself as an educator.Yesterday, a day before English Educators returned Click to read more
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Web Learning

Web Learning

21st February 2015
applications, e learning, ICT, technology, websites
Resources: I have been developing two resources that will help teachers across any phase or subject to involve Digital elements Click to read more
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Class Tools

Class Tools

12th February 2015
AfL, elearning; independent learning, group work, ICT, pair work, plenary, starter
I rarely share one website as an individual post here- but this website by +Russel Tarr is incredible!Check it out. http://www.classtools.net…
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Text Graphs

Text Graphs

5th February 2015
Literacy, scaffolding, writing
Resources:None!What to do:I picked up this activity in a Year 8 English lesson. (Thank you to the my English Dept. Click to read more
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What/Who Am I?

What/Who Am I?

2nd February 2015
Literacy, Numeracy, starter
Resources:NothingWhat to do:Teacher can present a series of statements on the board or read them out loud. The idea is for Click to read more
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Back to Back

Back to Back

31st January 2015
Analysis, Literacy, pair work, starter
Resources:A description/a piece of text.What to do:Students should sit back to back with each other.One by one they should read Click to read more
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#TMBett15

#TMBett15

24th January 2015
teach meet
Yesterday I presented a 7 minute presentation to over 500 Teachers at the London Excel Arena. (Pretty much identical to Click to read more
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Spoken Word

18th January 2015
global, music, plenary, starter, technology
Resources:The below video clips.What to do:Share these songs/raps/music/spoken word with your students in a spare 5 minutes, or as a Click to read more
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Wall of Wonderful Words

Wall of Wonderful Words

15th January 2015
displays, keywords, Literacy
Resources:None!What to do:I have seen this in an English AST’s class here at my school.She has created a Wall Of Click to read more
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Walking Talking Mock

Walking Talking Mock

15th January 2015
exam, Literacy, revision, student engagement
Resources: PowerPoints x4 (AQA Higher, AQA Foundation, Cambridge IGCSE Core, Cambridge IGCSE Extended)  Past Papers x 4:  (AQA Higher: Jan Click to read more
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Plenary Placemats

Plenary Placemats

11th January 2015
plenary
Resources:Either a placemat per student / pair or you can project from the board.  Feel free to edit ones here. Click to read more
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Eureka Jar

Eureka Jar

5th January 2015
revision
Resources:An empty jarWhat to do:I noticed this idea on twitter thanks to @ActionJackson  MT: @Actionjackson Fill up a jar with notes Click to read more
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A-Z of Teaching and Learning

A-Z of Teaching and Learning

4th January 2015
reflection
Here is my blog post on my A-Z of Teaching and Learning. Let me know your thoughts? Why not create Click to read more
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Prompts

Prompts

4th January 2015
oracy, scaffolding, writing
Resources:None!What to do:There are a variety of methods to prompt students. These include: (Taken and adapted from here.) Instructional prompts Example Click to read more
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#TMReading

#TMReading

28th December 2014
teach meet
I am proud to be invited as opening keynote speaker for the upcoming #TMReading:  At Highdown School  RG4 8LR  From Click to read more
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#TMOxford PRESENTATIONS!

#TMOxford PRESENTATIONS!

18th December 2014
teach meet
Sign up for #TMOxford 2015 here!This post contains all the presentations from #TMOxfordHere is the storify of the hashtag #TMOxford- Click to read more
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TeachMeet SEND

TeachMeet SEND

15th December 2014
SEN, teach meet
TeachMeet SEND is an opportunity for those working with children with SEND, or those with an interest in this area Click to read more
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Marking Medley

Marking Medley

5th December 2014
assessment, feedback;, marking
Whatever your school’s marking policy is and whatever the expectation you have on you, this post contains a selection of marking Click to read more
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Positive Passwords

Positive Passwords

2nd December 2014
elearning; independent learning, ICT
Resources: Click here or a post about this from @TeamTait from a book called The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin. What to do: Click to read more
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Advent Time

Advent Time

1st December 2014
Literacy, reading
Resources:Click HEREWhat to do:Discover a new book every day with this literacy/reading based advent calendar by the Book Trust! 
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