Looking Ahead
Thursday, August 15, 2019
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So how was your 2015/16? Careers cause got their ups together with downs. This was the best yr of my didactics career thus far, thank you lot to a wonderful laid of colleagues.
I got my novel timetable on Fri which way I tin right away commencement thinking close what I postulate to do over summertime to fix for September. My schoolhouse has increased the fourth dimension allocated to maths for most yr groups, thus this is where nosotros right away stand upwards inwards damage of the set out of 1 hr lessons per fortnight:
Summer
I await forwards to spending to a greater extent than or less lineament fourth dimension amongst my household unit of measurement this summer. My eldest immature lady Maddie starts master copy schoolhouse inwards September.
I'm a Year 12 shape tutor thus volition cause got 32 personal statements to review together with 32 references to write over summertime (my tutor grouping is unusually large for Sixth Form). I've non done this earlier together with I cause got a feeling it volition cause got me ages, thus I definitely don't desire to move out it all until September.
Over summertime I'll likewise endure starting to excogitation my one-day dependent champaign cognition enhancement sessions for the SCITT, together with I've signed upwards for to a greater extent than or less paid proofreading run for an Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 flat textbook (just to brand ends meet). I'm non yet certain if I'll cause got my ain classroom to tidy together with decorate but if thus together with thus I'll do that when I larn into schoolhouse on GCSE results hateful solar daytime - thank you lot to Twitter I'm never curt of display ideas!
Lots to await forwards to! Do allow me know how your yr went together with what you've got planned for adjacent year. I know that to a greater extent than or less of you lot cause got already broken upwards but for those of us nonetheless going - relish the in conclusion days of the schoolhouse year! Nearly fourth dimension for a well-earned rest.
I got my novel timetable on Fri which way I tin right away commencement thinking close what I postulate to do over summertime to fix for September. My schoolhouse has increased the fourth dimension allocated to maths for most yr groups, thus this is where nosotros right away stand upwards inwards damage of the set out of 1 hr lessons per fortnight:
I remember this volition run well. It differs from allocations at other schools - discussions on Twitter this yr cause got shown that at that spot is piddling consistency inwards maths timetabling across the country.
The changed allocations at my schoolhouse hateful that most maths teachers volition endure didactics fewer classes adjacent year, but seeing their classes to a greater extent than often. This has clear advantages inwards damage of human relationship edifice together with instructor workload (eg a reduction inwards examine marking, parents evenings together with thus on). However it has come upwards at a toll - our flat sizes are right away real large (from what I've gathered on Twitter, nosotros cause got larger 'bottom sets' than most other schools) - this worries me.
Teaching Year vii (my solely Key Stage 3 class) volition endure my large challenge adjacent year. We're moving to a quasi-mastery curriculum and, without whatever proper preparation or guidance, I remember we'll all respect this difficult. Half a term of fractions, eek!
My other classes are Year 11, Year 12 together with Year 13. It's funny to remember that this volition endure the in conclusion yr that nosotros volition instruct C1 together with C2. Just when I was starting to larn the hang of it...
GCSE
I'll endure taking my overstep laid Year 10 through to Year eleven adjacent year. I intend to move along amongst regular depression stakes quizzes (as discussed here).
I nonetheless cause got a lot of GCSE content to larn through together with fearfulness that at that spot volition endure real piddling (if any) fourth dimension for revision together with examination preparation inwards lessons later Easter. This way I postulate to remember carefully close how to purpose lessons together with homeworks effectively throughout the year.
I intend to case using call binders instead of practice books amongst this flat adjacent year. It mightiness endure a disaster, but I purpose thus many worksheets that I'm no longer convinced that it makes sense to purpose practice books. I'll written report dorsum on how it goes...
I latterly delivered to a greater extent than or less preparation on the novel GCSE which I'll spider web log close adjacent week.
I nonetheless cause got a lot of GCSE content to larn through together with fearfulness that at that spot volition endure real piddling (if any) fourth dimension for revision together with examination preparation inwards lessons later Easter. This way I postulate to remember carefully close how to purpose lessons together with homeworks effectively throughout the year.
I intend to case using call binders instead of practice books amongst this flat adjacent year. It mightiness endure a disaster, but I purpose thus many worksheets that I'm no longer convinced that it makes sense to purpose practice books. I'll written report dorsum on how it goes...
I latterly delivered to a greater extent than or less preparation on the novel GCSE which I'll spider web log close adjacent week.
SCITT
My schoolhouse right away leads a SCITT, which way (with my Lead Practitioner chapeau on) I'll endure much to a greater extent than involved inwards instructor training. Next yr I volition endure a 'Lead Subject Mentor', important I'm inwards accuse of maths-specific preparation together with assessment for our cohort of maths trainees. I'm excited close this - it's precisely what I desire to focus on. It's a expert career evolution chance for me.
We cause got v novel teachers (of which 3 are NQTs) joining my division adjacent year, addition at to the lowest degree 1 trainee. That volition hold us all busy! I'll endure mentoring 1 of our NQTs together with assessing an NQT inwards to a greater extent than or less other subject.
Numeracy Initiative
I've been set inwards accuse of whole schoolhouse numeracy adjacent year. To larn an thought of where I stand upwards on numeracy, read Dani Quinn's first-class postal service Headaches Across the Curriculum: what’s the signal inwards whole-school numeracy?.
The way I see it, the best affair I tin do for my students is increment their fluency when working amongst numbers - from that flows the all-important confidence. So I'm going to purpose my numeracy budget to commencement a large force on times tables for Year 7. We volition subscribe to Times Tables Rockstars together with promote it through a launch assembly, an later schoolhouse 'Rock Gods' club, competitions together with prizes, together with dedicated fourth dimension inwards maths lessons together with afternoon registrations. If all goes good we'll cause got a large proportion of our Year 7s loving numbers past times the halt of the year!
I've been set inwards accuse of whole schoolhouse numeracy adjacent year. To larn an thought of where I stand upwards on numeracy, read Dani Quinn's first-class postal service Headaches Across the Curriculum: what’s the signal inwards whole-school numeracy?.
The way I see it, the best affair I tin do for my students is increment their fluency when working amongst numbers - from that flows the all-important confidence. So I'm going to purpose my numeracy budget to commencement a large force on times tables for Year 7. We volition subscribe to Times Tables Rockstars together with promote it through a launch assembly, an later schoolhouse 'Rock Gods' club, competitions together with prizes, together with dedicated fourth dimension inwards maths lessons together with afternoon registrations. If all goes good we'll cause got a large proportion of our Year 7s loving numbers past times the halt of the year!
Summer
I await forwards to spending to a greater extent than or less lineament fourth dimension amongst my household unit of measurement this summer. My eldest immature lady Maddie starts master copy schoolhouse inwards September.
I'm a Year 12 shape tutor thus volition cause got 32 personal statements to review together with 32 references to write over summertime (my tutor grouping is unusually large for Sixth Form). I've non done this earlier together with I cause got a feeling it volition cause got me ages, thus I definitely don't desire to move out it all until September.
Over summertime I'll likewise endure starting to excogitation my one-day dependent champaign cognition enhancement sessions for the SCITT, together with I've signed upwards for to a greater extent than or less paid proofreading run for an Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 flat textbook (just to brand ends meet). I'm non yet certain if I'll cause got my ain classroom to tidy together with decorate but if thus together with thus I'll do that when I larn into schoolhouse on GCSE results hateful solar daytime - thank you lot to Twitter I'm never curt of display ideas!
Lots to await forwards to! Do allow me know how your yr went together with what you've got planned for adjacent year. I know that to a greater extent than or less of you lot cause got already broken upwards but for those of us nonetheless going - relish the in conclusion days of the schoolhouse year! Nearly fourth dimension for a well-earned rest.