Professional Portal for Donna Rudduck

What? The SLT have decided to review our current Big Ideas for Inquiry Learning and there was much discussion and debate about this at staff meeting. Using the PLD days for this was fantastic and I really valued the opportunity to discuss our teaching and learning with my colleagues. We have some incredibly talented staff and I can learn a lot from them. Having the opportunity to listen and discuss with them was invaluable. So What? After much discussion as a staff we need to collate this information and make some decisions moving forward. I have joined the team who will create a few different models to be presented to the staff. Our initial discussion was about PYP which Rachel and Barb gave an overview of. PRIMARY YEAR PROGRAMME   To recap Duration decided-One Big Idea Term 1 & 2. One Big Idea Term 3 & 4. No limit to starting in Term 1 or finishing in Term 4 (other than the end of the year!!) PYP  is a trans-disciplinary system. During the last te...

What? Due to the issues with spelling in the school our Professional development is on creating a new spelling programme using Learning Matters. My Teaching as Inquiry question is: How can I implement the spelling programme into my classroom and build up resources for teaching the rules.? So What? I have analysed the testing I have done on my class so I know what I need to teach. I have begun teaching some of the simple concepts such as CVC and adding -ing, -ed to words. At this stage I have found resources online to support my programme/teaching. Our syndicate is making up boxes for each concept and we will share them between the classes. Now What? Monday 30th July Staff Meeting:Takeaways: Spelling Tips/Ideas Use the planning template to create effective lessons. Carla observed me teaching the Silent 'e' concept. Her suggestion was to now challenge myself and try and link several concepts together. the lesson went well and after staff meeting in my next ...