Mini TeachMeet 5

In the fifth Mini TeachMeet, FG and DO shared ideas.

1.       Differentiation by using song (FG)

·         FG shared how she uses an Irish folk song within English lessons. The students have certain skills that they have to apply to a text (in this case a Crime and Punishment text). The students find this difficult.

·         By using a song, and with the written verse, she gets them to apply the principles to the song and finds the students more able to develop the skills necessary before then applying them to the texts.

·         FG got us to listen to the songs ourselves and went through the exercise with us.

·         It was agreed that this would be a useful task for any subject that might have more generic skills that can be applied to other contexts.

2.       DAS Teacher Toolkit (DO)

·         DO shared his idea for developing a teacher toolkit for Dame Allan’s as at present it is difficult to know within T&L what is good and what is a phase

·         Teachers are often are re-inventing the wheel and making resources which in more generic forms would be useful to other subjects

·         Staff might be unsure what might work in our setting

·         It was resolved that we should try to develop a bank of things that work in Dame Allan’s (ideas for activities, generic resources) along with a small write up with contextual information – linked to a staff member who uses it, example of use in their subject

·         This could be held on the blog