Teacher Planning Podcast

Senior Leader and author, Kat, speaks passionately about the use of workbooks in the classroom, including the design and use. Kat emphasises the importance in tailoring workbooks to your school and your curriculum instead of downloading from elsewhere for them to really be used successfully. We also discuss the effect that this can have on teacher wellbeing, ranging from the experienced to the trainee.

Kat has produced colossal amounts of material for practitioners, including 2 book publications. This can all be found at https://saysmiss.wordpress.com/ and her latest book, Symbiosis is available on Amazon

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Symbiosis-Curriculum-Classroom-Kat-Howard/dp/1913622088

Follow Kat on Twitter at @SaysMiss

Nicola, winner of multiple teaching awards, talks through her 2-part lesson on Circle Theorems in the lead up to the Christmas break. The first lesson is focused on the ‘learning and understanding’, with the second part giving students the opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge in a creative and artistic way, using paper plates as a basis for the inspiration. She even gets boys to be creative! This lesson is the perfect combination of learning and enjoyment to lead students in to the holidays before recapping upon their return.

Follow Nicola on Twitter at @whisto_maths

Follow Nicola’s Maths Department on Instagram at @oha_maths

Well-travelled, experienced History Teacher, Andy, talks through his year 9 lesson about the 1920s boom, ranging from reasons for the cause of the boom to evaluating the positives and negatives of the boom. Andy uses a couple of methods that make the lesson relatable for students, including reference to well-known books, films and photographs.

In this episode, former Teacher of the year nominee, Kishore, discusses his use of a particular questioning technique that not only nullifies the opportunity for students to hide, but to also ensure that students have the chance to provide an answer of high quality instead of the first thing that comes in to their head. He discusses his use of this whilst being observed and also how he plans to utilise it with other classes.

Follow Kishore on Twitter at @MrKishoreVyas

Australian-based Business and Economics Teacher, Janelle describes her lesson which ultimately aims at getting students to pitch a business idea to their class. The concept is built through tasks in which students identify/describe/analyse what makes a good pitch. The lesson also includes ‘The Perfect Pitch’ game (created by Janelle) in which students randomly select tasks which form the basis for their business and pitch. This game can be used to challenge students of all abilities.

All resources can be found at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nav-CT6a8zGP8zg4fsLijRAS1jDv8nZN/view?usp=sharing

Follow Janelle on Instagram at @missh_educationstation

BBC Bitesize content contributor Claire talks through a lesson she uses that can be taught to any student in any language between the ages of 11 – 16. Claire has over 12 years of teaching experience and has used this proven method numerous times, including in front of Ofsted inspectors. She details how the lesson can be altered to cater for the younger ages or the less able, making this accessible to teachers across the world.

Follow Claire on Twitter at @LeoLanguages or Instagram at @_leolanguages

Jonathan gives us a brilliant insight into teaching a group with such wide-ranging abilities. His systems and processes make this a seamless task whilst facilitating outstanding progress from every single child in the group. He details excellent use of a TA as well as methods to keep children engaged and helping them understand the ‘why’ to this lesson

Follow Jonathan on Twitter at @GeogLaw

This episode explores some fun ways in getting children to engage with content being delivered using (some could say) risky methods. These include the use of mobile phones in the lesson, writing on their tables, standing on chairs and races around the classroom. The higher the risk, the more engagement!

IT resources used include Kahoot!  https://kahoot.com/,

Gimkit   https://www.gimkit.com/, 

Quizlet   https://quizlet.com/en-gb,

Quizizz  https://quizizz.com/

Follow Rachel on Twitter at @MissCla69730557 or Instagram at @miss-clarkteacher

This episode brings together Geology expert Pete and Geology ‘bringer to the classroom’ Hafsa. Pete discusses some of his ideas and Hafsa details how these can be used within the classroom, whether it be Geography or Science. Listen for a fascinating off-topic discussion between 31.30 and 42.23 where Pete provides his perspective as an examiner and divulges common misconceptions and exam application in relation to factually incorrect information from books, Bitesize etc. All ideas can be found at:

www.earthlearningidea.com

https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/

Follow Hafsa on Twitter at @HafsaBobat

Follow Pete on Twitter at @peteloader1

Bruno uses this platform to discuss one of his literacy lessons with a group of year 7s at school and how he manages to get facilitate them in creating more complex sentences. The main strategy to this particular class is creating short, sharp tasks to keep them engaged. This lesson shows the importance of the use of scaffolding so students aren’t afraid of pieces of writing.

Follow Bruno on Twitter at @MrRusse48556275