Half-day sessions for Active Learning March 7, 2008
Posted by Stephanie Gilhooly in : Active Learning, Assessing Active Learning, Blogroll, Events, Planning for Active Learning, Resources, Workshop Ideas , add a comment On Thursday the 13th of March at Stoneyhill Primary and on Wednesday the 18th of March at Gullane Primary we will be working with teachers throughout the authority on Active Learning. The half-day sessions are split into four different workshops. The following is simply a brief description of what to expect.9.00 - 9.05am or 1.30 - 1.35pm - Welcome and introduction
First session (9.05 - 9.30am or 1.35 - 1.55pm)led by Mhairi Stratton centres around the question of “What does Active Learning mean to me as a practitioner?”
The second session (9.30 - 9.55am or 1.55 - 2.15pm) led by Jen Macaulay will focus on “How active is your space to learn in?”
We will then have the opportunity to visit classrooms to see active learning then the whole group will meet to have a feedback session and plenary on arising issues.
Next we will have the opportunity to have tea and coffee.
The third session will be led by Stephanie Gilhooly (10.40 - 11.10am or 2.50 - 3.15pm) on “Planning and Assessing Active Learning”
The final session (11.10 - 11.30am or 3.15 - 3.30pm) to complete the half-day workshops will be led by Claire Lavelle and the focus there will be “Active Learning Teams”.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Early Years Head Teachers’ Meeting March 5, 2008
Posted by Mhairi Stratton in : Active Learning, Assessing Active Learning, Literacy, Numeracy, Planning for Active Learning, Resources , 1 comment so farToday the Early Years Strategy Group were invited to share their progress on Active Learning with the Early Years’ Head Teachers. Here are our PowerPoints:
Claire started by describing how Active Learning is evolving in East Lothian:
Stephanie talked about assessment & planning implications:
Mhairi outlined the impact that active learning had on numeracy and described how MR Tracker CPD was supporting this:
Jen described the literacy study that the EYSG carried out and how this influenced the Active Learning Literacy Guidelines:
Developing Literacy at Haddington Infants February 6, 2008
Posted by jmacaulay in : Assessing Active Learning, Planning for Active Learning, Workshop Ideas , add a commentYesterday, the Primary 1 staff at Haddington Infant School and the Early Years Strategy Group got together to plan an approach to teaching literacy.
The first question we asked ourselves was, “What would a literate child look like?” In pairs, we made mindmaps of our ideas, then went on to develop these further by adding the skills a child would need to have to become literate.
From this, we then went on to think about the key elements in literacy and how they could be tracked. The system the group came up with was relevant to Haddington Infants, as it took into account the shemes of work used and the resources available. The tracking grid was developed to include the milestones that a child would need to reach on their journey to literacy.
Obviously, the next step was to make the system legible!
Here is the tracking grid, although it is still work in progress! There are still a few things that need to be considered eg.which common words list will be used. Hopefully, when it’s all finalised it will enable the teachers to track where the children are and identify next steps for teaching and learning.
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From the tracking grid, we were then able to put together a couple of possible long term planning formats. Again, these are work in progress, and will need to be tried and tested to make them relevant and manageable for the teachers and management in this school.
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