PLEASE DO NOT JUST SCROLL DOWN TO THE RESOURCES - READ THE BELOW FIRST For the first time in a few years, I have had the chance this year to work on my booklets for AQA GCSE Chemistry. Everything I... Continue Reading →
Mr A is teaching his class about diffusion. Following the teaching, he asks them to define the term on their mini-whiteboards. He notices that a lot of them get it wrong, and he writes up on the board that the... Continue Reading →
Adam, I've been reading a lot of your behaviour stuff and have found it useful, but I'm really struggling with a particular student. He is deliberately rude and disruptive, and does anything to get a rise out of the others... Continue Reading →
Pete's PE class are learning about controlling a hockey puck and shooting it from a pass. They are beginning a drill exercise in pairs. One student runs towards the other student, who passes the puck to the first student as... Continue Reading →
David asks a multiple choice question to Nate, who answers quite quietly. David takes a step towards him and asks him to speak up. Nate repeats his answer at a similar volume and gets it right. David asks Nate a... Continue Reading →
Mr A’s class are doing some independent practice about cells. One of the questions asks them to draw and label an animal cell. While Mr A is circulating, he notices that a couple of students have drawn their diagrams in... Continue Reading →
Mike is teaching his class how to translate Spanish sentences about different types of transportation. Following his explanation, he has prepared a Check for Understanding (CfU) consisting of 8 slides, each one with a different sentence on it. The sentences... Continue Reading →
Mr B's students have just completed an exercise where they were stating and explaining the properties of solids, liquids and gases. Mr B was writing answers on the board, and Steph had just given him one of the properties of... Continue Reading →
Adam is in his PGCE year and is working on his portfolio of evidence to meet the teachers' standards. His mentor tells him that he does not yet have enough evidence to meet standard 1: Adam isn't quite sure what... Continue Reading →
A Chemical Orthodoxy 