NI Curriculum – Has it worked?
It has been three years since the introduction of the NI (revised) Curriculum into KS3. Since 2005 little else has been talked about when teachers meet. Terms like “The Big Picture” and “Minimum...
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Accidental learners.
Last year I decided to take my Geography class for a trip to see a wind farm. To be honest I planned the day because the weather was good and I wanted a day out of school. They would enjoy it, I would...
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Do we give our secondary school pupils time to learn? With the revision of the NI Curriculum and the introduction of new elements like Learning for Life and Work many schools have experience ‘timetable...
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Deciding on what’s important
I spoke to a teacher this week who complained that his GCSE students found it difficult to write extended answers to questions. What frustrated the teacher was he knew that the students knew the answer...
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Knowledge is fine but what can you DO?
photo © 2001 Michael Surran | more info (via: Wylio) Just what is it that we want kids to learn at school? I came up with this non-exhaustive list: be able to think for themselves and form valid...
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Learning in the snow
photo © 2008 John Talbot | more info (via: Wylio) On the radio today I heard a number of members of the public and a public representative calling for teachers to make up for the time lost due to the...
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Sharing information…facebook style!
This week I had to introduce a new historical character to my GCSE History class. Usually I would have a slideshow showing the person’s picture and giving some key biographical background information....
View ArticleNew term resolution…work less hours!
Any resolution at the beginning of a new academic year should focus on improvement. Necessarily it will mean doing something differently or better. My resolution this year is to work less hours. This...
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NI Tweeting Teachers List
The Northern Ireland Tweeting Teachers list aims to provide a useful starting point for teachers who are new to Twitter to make contacts. The list can be found here. Please add your name and join the...
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The Olympic Torch Mystery
On Monday last we ran what has now become our annual ‘CSI’ themed day in Year 8. The premise for the day was that the Olympic Torch belonging to one of our classroom assistants had been stolen from a...
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