Wilson Waffling

his week I have just completed sessions within university on planning for mathematics within primary schools. However, the process of producing a weekly or session plan is to me only one part of the process. There exists a more hidden part of planning, what I call 'invisible planning'!

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A while back I waffled about displays. While gaining an hour today I thought it was time for a follow up. In the last waffle I looked at the planning and preparation part of my displays. In this waffle we grab the scissors and the staple gun and set to work!

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Last week when I was waffling about techniques for giving instructions, I realised that a follow on post could be to do with questions and questioning. Now before you start to look through the waffle for Bloom's taxonomy and DeBoo's enquiry mind, can I tell you that you won't find them. Why? well I thought I would focus more on the practical application of questioning within the classroom and detail the techniques I used and continue to use when promoting learning and teaching.

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I once read an article that claimed that everyone can only remember 7 +/- 2 things in their head at any one time. This would mean, if you were one of the lucky people who could remember 9 things, that once one more event/task/memo came into your head, one would leave and you would forget to complete it. I think children can remember even less, mainly because they are remember more important facts like the lastest football scores, the tour dates for One Direction and the latest cheats for Pokemon. So here are two techniques which I used in the classroom that helped the children remember instructions.

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n this week's waffle I'm going to attempt to do something I haven't done before - although people often ask me about it. Whenever I go into school to observe a student teacher teaching, I always look for two things - their rapport/relationship with the kids and their behaviour management. I consider that if these two are in place, then anything else can be worked on. The latter of these two is definitely something that can be learnt and, through my very first initial teaching practice, I was lucky to work with an excellent practitioner who demonstrated effective behavioural management techniques which I have successfully adopted throughout my career. This waffle is about the techniques I use.

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When I was working within the primary sector I had the privilege to work with a steering group for able, gifted and talented pupils. This became a focus of mine and continues to be so even into higher education. What follows is an idea which I 'magpied' - yes a nice work for nicked - from a colleague at one of the steering group meetings. Here is how to create and the concept behind the purple book.

With everyone starting something new, whether that's a new job, a new year or even a new university, you might find yourself with either more or less available time on your hands. The demands on this time may also have increased and I was reminded, by a recent article I read, that long hours can not be sustained .So this week I'm going to waffle about working with time.

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Last Monday, I attended the Westminster Education Forum seminar on the emerging new technologies in education, including primary, secondary and higher education. I have decided to base this waffle on the discussions from this seminar but also to link these to my own thoughts about the use of technology within education. With this in mind, I would like to reinforce that this waffle represents my own personal opinions and views. So...lets waffle about technology.

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This week's waffle is all about staying creative and using the outdoors for mathematics. The complete transcript and links can be found by following the link to my Wilson Waffling blog below.

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This is a waffle about using KWL sheets to help make your topic planning more personalised for the children within your class. The complete transcript and links can be found by following the link to my Wilson Waffling blog below.

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