Author Archives: sallythorne

Reflection: Studying as an Adult

Posted on May 21, 2011 by sallythorne

This Friday saw the culmination of two years’ worth of Friday afterschool lessons, as I sat the Geology GCSE exam with another member of staff, Jonty, and about 20 year 10 students. The course was run by Tom, the Head … Continue reading →

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Classroom Kindles: part 5

Posted on May 18, 2011 by sallythorne

I finally got round to using these for the purpose I intended today: as a vehicle for giving worksheets to KS3. Year 9 are completing an assessment entitled, “Who was responsible for the death of JFK?” and they have been … Continue reading →

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GCSE Success Criteria – Wallwisher (now GoogleDoc)

Posted on May 13, 2011 by sallythorne

In January I wrote about putting succes criteria together for my year 10 class, as I taught them the Crime & Punishment unit. I have created a Wallwisher which I am editing to include all the criteria I have used … Continue reading →

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My Favourite Homework

Posted on May 7, 2011 by sallythorne

(Another draft I found that was waiting for pictures…) I have started setting my year 8 classes the same homework every Christmas holiday. The task is to talk to their oldest surviving relatives to find out what they remember about … Continue reading →

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Classroom Kindles: part 4

Posted on May 5, 2011 by sallythorne

(With apologies to my year 11s – here is a post I wrote with them in March and never finished!) Today I used my History lesson with year 11 to put the revision guide onto the Kindles and begin working … Continue reading →

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Classroom Kindles: part 3

Posted on May 5, 2011 by sallythorne

Over the holidays I used my own Kindle to help me with the year 13 coursework drafts that have been steadily dribbling in. I converted them to PDF and emailed them to my Kindle over my home WiFi, so I … Continue reading →

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More work with GoogleMaps

Posted on March 7, 2011 by sallythorne

I managed to get a block of two lessons in the ICT rooms with two of my year 8 classes before half term, which enabled me to do further work with GoogleMaps. I set up a blank map and asked … Continue reading →

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Classroom Kindles: part 2

Posted on March 4, 2011 by sallythorne

In the first instance I’m using the Kindles with my year 11 class. My year 11s being generally trustworthy, and also extremely flattered to be given the chance to try the Kindles first, I gave them two hours to play … Continue reading →

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Don’t ask me for a pen

Posted on March 3, 2011 by sallythorne

In my first year as a teacher, a colleague from another school told me she’d been to an inset where the presenter had suggested we help kids too much. He suggested we don’t hand their books out for them, as … Continue reading →

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Should we allow children to fail?

Posted on March 3, 2011 by sallythorne

I saw this question flash across my screen briefly from Twitter yesterday, but lacked the time to follow the responses. I’ve been watching the growing #purpos/ed debate with acute interest, but unsure of what voice I had to add. Until … Continue reading →

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