Author Archives: sallythorne

Setting HW on Moodle #1

Posted on February 15, 2011 by sallythorne

School’s VLE of choice takes the form of Moodle. I have been looking at setting homework through it, particularly for my year 10s, who I think are finding the jump in the amount of HW they get this year quite … Continue reading →

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GCSE Success Criteria in History

Posted on January 31, 2011 by sallythorne

I’ve been studying for a Geology GCSE with some year 10s after school for the past year and a half. As you might imagine, what amounts to a weekly observation of a teacher from another faculty has had a big … Continue reading →

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Classroom Kindles: part 1

Posted on January 11, 2011 by sallythorne

In the autumn term I started to think about Kindles in the classroom. I was getting tired of photocopying the same sheets every year and having them ripped, graffitied or thrown away by the students using them. If I had … Continue reading →

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End of term activity: Candy Castles

Posted on December 15, 2010 by sallythorne

I think pupils do a lot of passive lesson activities this time of year. Mindful of this, I went to the supermarket last night and purchased cocktail sticks, bamboo skewers, sponge fingers, marshmallows and a variety of other sweets, and … Continue reading →

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Using Google Maps with a class

Posted on December 13, 2010 by sallythorne

When I posted the link to the Google Map I made of the homesteaders’ journey west on Twitter, a few History teachers tweeted back something along the lines of, “Great – did the students collaborate?” to which the answer, unfortunately, … Continue reading →

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#tmbristol

Posted on December 2, 2010 by sallythorne

In a very belated post, I want to talk about #tmbristol, which took place at the Grange School, Warmley, on November 10th. Vital kindly sponsored the event, and Clare was very helpful when it came to publicising it to schools, … Continue reading →

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Feedback: WB

Posted on October 27, 2010 by sallythorne

WB is text talk for “Write Back”. I learnt this from reading scribbles in the corners of exercise books or screwed up bits of paper I had confiscated, and last year I started using it when I was marking exercise … Continue reading →

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This week’s wins #5

Posted on October 17, 2010 by sallythorne

1. Wider reading with Y10 I mentioned in wins #4 that I was intending to use extracts from the Prairie Traveler with my year 10s; this happened over a week ago now, turned out to be very successful. I was … Continue reading →

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This week’s wins #4

Posted on October 4, 2010 by sallythorne

Week 4. Traditionally a week thin on the ground with wins. The kids are starting to tire and it’s dark when I get up. Added to this, the week was bookended by miserable weather which led to the annual sponsored … Continue reading →

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This week’s wins #3

Posted on September 26, 2010 by sallythorne

1. Creativity Learning Community Post-Ofsted, we are all part of different learning communities. I picked one on creativity. People think I’m already creative, but they don’t know about all those lessons involving a worksheet, a text book and 15 minutes … Continue reading →

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