Category Archives: Reflections

Nurture 16/17

Posted on December 31, 2016 by sallythorne

Time to review the past year and look forward to the new one. 1. Teaching I began the year as Head of History at the school where I had worked since I was an NQT, a post which had been … Continue reading →

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The Knowledge

Posted on December 13, 2016 by sallythorne

I’m coming clean now and admitting I thought the knowledge vs skills thing a false dichotomy (and an enormous distraction, but that’s for another time). This is a conclusion I came to after spending a great deal of time mystified as … Continue reading →

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2015: That was the year that was

Posted on January 9, 2016 by sallythorne

2015 was an exceptionally busy work year, even for me. At school, I completed my first calendar year as Head of History. I oversaw a rise in the number of students opting for History GCSE, nearly launched a new A-level … Continue reading →

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What’s still good about SOLO

Posted on July 18, 2015 by sallythorne

I recently read this blog by Toby French, in which he shares the tale of his adventures with SOLO in the classroom and how he came to decide, at the end of it, that it was all castles in the … Continue reading →

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#12JoysofTeaching – Day 2

Posted on December 2, 2014 by sallythorne

There’s a nice thread of positivity going on Twitter at the moment, tagged the #12joysofteaching, and brainchild of Claire Lotriet. There are daily prompts; today’s is inspiring, memorable teachers. I couldn’t squeeze that into 140 characters, so here are mine. … Continue reading →

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Behaviour Management Musings

Posted on March 25, 2013 by sallythorne

I responded to a tweet from @GuardianTeach about managing classroom behaviour today. I got a lot of retweets and several disagree-ers, most of whom seemed to read my tweet and make enormous generalisations about my other views on behaviour at … Continue reading →

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New Marking Methods #2

Posted on June 18, 2012 by sallythorne

This was for KS3. I had a go, in February, at an oral assessment with my year 9s for the Holocaust. I used this blog post as my inspiration and Richard was kind enough to look over some of my … Continue reading →

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New Marking Methods #1

Posted on June 17, 2012 by sallythorne

I have been trying out some new assessment methods with my classes in the last couple of terms. This is partly a result of changes in the way I have taught some things, and partly due to wanting my feedback … Continue reading →

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New Challenges

Posted on December 22, 2011 by sallythorne

Last year I made resolutions for the new school year and reviewed them at the end of it. This year’s resolutions look a bit different; I received such an avalanche of quality, inspirational insetin July that I had a list … Continue reading →

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End of Year Reflection

Posted on July 6, 2011 by sallythorne

In September I made some new year’s resolutions for school, and now seems like a good time to review my progress against them. 1. Less writing I think this was a win. It didn’t look like I expected, but my … Continue reading →

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