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Category: Resources
Reflections
I have been using reflection exercises regularly in my classroom, to help students look back on what they’ve done, and set goals for where they’d like to go. Throughout my teaching degree, we were asked to do regular reflections, and understand how important reflection is to developing our teacher practice. The danger, however, is always…
Free Lockdown Diary
A Christchurch artist, Stephen McCarthy has created a free, printable lockdown diary for kids. This generous gesture was shared on a stuff news article, where he said “Everyone’s at home because of Covid-19, so I figured there’s all these moments now that would be good for us to look back at … like a time…
Pixar short Film
The exit pass linked in this post has proven to be a popular download from my Teachers Pay Teacher Store so I thought I had better do a quick post and share it on here. Below is the video link to the Disney Pixar animated short ‘Piper’. It’s a lovely coming of age story about…
Growth Mindsets and Neuroplasticity Lessons
Growth mindsets can be pivotal in developing who we are and what we can achieve. We continue to explore these ideas with our class. After our discussions around our backgrounds and where our mindsets and ideas come from,(see previous post ‘Unpacking me and my mindset) we moved on to the actual mindsets and how the…
Persuasive Writing Plan
This writing plan is based on the classic persuasive essay structure. This plan can be used as a tool to help students plan and research their topic. When they have completed this sheet, they can use it as a reference as they write their essay according to whatever structure they use. I used this plan…
Unpacking Me & My Mindset
Recently we began a unit around mindsets, and self identity. In this lesson we began to discuss where these mindsets come from, how different influences affect our mindsets and identity. We used the model of Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological systems theory. The diagram on the resource reflects this model. I first demonstrated the circle diagram on the…
You are a poet too!
A while ago, I was asked to make an ‘Englishy’ activity for a school open night. I made this poster, printed it on A3 and stuck it to the wall behind a desk. On the desk were sheets of coloured paper and pieces of magazines that had been cut out and laminated. The poster instructed…
Evergrowing Education 