Category: Habits & Goals
Individual Goal Setting
Following on from establishing a class Essential Agreement I invited students to provide me with feedback on how they felt I was going as their new teacher. Some key questions…
Y13 Coping with study stress
Daniel Hansson and I are running 6 sessions on study and revision skills in the 6 weeks leading up to their mock exams. Sessions cover time management, coping with stress,…
TI : Introduction paragraphs in Y12
Tania Pickett spent this years Teacher Inquiry concentrating on the teaching of how to write a good introduction paragraph with the Y12’s during DP history. The year 12’s structure within…
LDT Positivity Portfolios
The idea for this came from a Professional Development day led by Kristy Elliott ‘ Positive Education & Restorative Practice – A symbiotic approach to wellbeing in schools’. This year…
Reflective Learners
Most afternoons in 1NKH, we roll the dice and use these questions to reflect on our day. This has had a major impact on how students talk about their…
LDT Character Strength Flowers
Using Character Strengths to support IEP SMART targets – the process included conferencing the student to develop their understanding of their IEP targets and co-construct these into the student’s…
LDT student ‘check in’
One-to-one LDT intervention sessions often begin with a ‘check in’ activity; e.g. the student drawing their facial expression or an emoji, body map, completing a Y-chart, or drawing an animal…
Habits & Goals
Shannon Carleton As part of their first LT Unit, “Preparing for Success”, Y8 learning teams created visual presentations of an average weekday. During this lesson we discussed how students spend…