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Can Lego bricks make low ability pupils want to build a sentence?
By Adeline Cordier (MFL)
How effective I thought this was:What I did:
Session 1:I put students in groups and gave each group a set of Lego bricks.
Students were told that they had to build the biggest structure they could, following the instructions below:Each Lego brick needs to have a French phrase written on it.
The completed structure needs to spell out a French sentence. Read More… -
Using Harkness to develop curiosity in discussion
By Rachel Thomas (RE)
How effective I thought this was:What I did:
Harkness overview: The Harkness method, or Harkness discussion is a teaching and learning method involving students seated in a large, oval shape to discuss ideas in an encouraging, open-minded environment with only occasional or minimal teacher intervention. Read More… -
Curiosity before entering the classroom
By Sarah Trott (Science)
How effective I thought this was:What I did:
As science is already a curious subject and pupils show curiosity all the time when exploring concepts and planning practicals, I wanted to get them into a curious way of thinking before the lesson started, so they would be more receptive to being curious in the lesson. Read More… -
Stimulating curiosity through classroom activities
By Rebecca Ashford (Mathematics)
How effective I thought this was:What I did:
Lesson 1Students had a couple of days to bring in an (appropriate) object from home
We took it in turn to discuss our objects and shared ideas of the maths we can involve the object in
This lead to us doing some of the maths needed for their exams, such as the speed of an orange
Lesson 2 – not thro Read More… -
Times tables – how can we improve knowledge and fluency?
By Tamsin Stratton (Mathematics)
How effective I thought this was:What I did:
I gave a timed mixed timestable test to 2 sets of low-ability pupils (one year 8 , one year 9), to test their both their knowledge and speed at completing the test. Then over the next 5 weeks, I focused on one timestable per week. Read More…