We started the school year by having Solo Taxonomy training with Craig Parkinson. The day was amazing and really got us thinking about how we teach our children to think. We have been planning for deep thinking forever but the structure that Solo offers makes teaching meta cognition really easy. I've been very grateful to Pam Hook for offering support and advice these last couple of weeks as we plan to use Solo across all curriculum areas hopefully by January. Her Rubric Makers on pamhook.com has massively reduced workload.
We've had One World Week in school this week and it was brilliant to go into year 1 today and here them saying ' I'm relating' when comparing Senegal to Tanzania.
Also this half term, I've been asked to present at the Welsh Leadership Conference next month in Cardiff. I'm so excited and I'm taking Miss Coppack with me so she can talk about the impact as a class teacher. However the line up is as follows... Professor John Hattie, Professor Donaldson... Then me (definitely not a professor). no pressure there then 😐
Promoting our four Visible Learning strands has also been a very positive feature. Team time has really helped focus us in on where we are and what our next steps are. We visited the inspirational Bader Primary last month. The #vlnetworkuk collaboration has definitely helped us all. This alongside our own training has been so effective in raising all our games.
What I find fascinating is how social media has really had an impact on our school improvement. Yes, we bought into the Visible Learning intervention but being able to share with people on Twitter, for example Michelle at Pembroke Dock, Simon at Bader, all the Scottish VL family, Sarah Martin in NZ, Pam Hook, Craig Parkinson James Nottingham.........sorry if I've missed anyone
This is sounding like an Oscar acceptance speech
Happy half term everyone, we've got one more day with Craig tomorrow on Feedback.
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