Twenty Sixteen

The overarching PES goal for 2016 is “How to get formative practice in reading and writing to improve acceleration". 

My focus of interest, with this goal in mind and with the work we have already done as a staff in identifying GATE students (Gifted And Talented), is how do we cater for these students' strengths both in the classroom context and extra specialised activities while ensuring their continued improvement in academic achievement?
PES - GATE ID 2015

Great teachers improving on excellence.

What an inspiration it was listening to colleagues sharing their journeys of practice change. Kinda made me jealous of the current pedagogical shifts they are pioneering and makes me reflect on how far removed the digital classroom is from the chalk and talk of my early years in education. That being said I am, however, enjoying the challenge of learning new skills in the digital environment. At this point I have reached the end of my Google Site knowledge and consequently I am not able to help Lorene progress to the next step with her site so the suggestion has been that I shift my focus over to experimenting with the construction of my own site based around the current School Production "Cindy In Da House". Hopefully from this experience I will gain inSites (see what I did there?) that I can pass on to Lorene. Watch this space! 

Well known in Mac-ademia!

Inquiry rubric

Big ups to Matt for his "free" lunchtime tutorial. A reworking of the Y5&6 Literacy site is now taking shape.