Today was the first of the new style Parent/Teacher/Student interviews. They went well. It was great to be able to speak to them at length and make some detailed plans for the future. I was able to explain what we were doing in class and I think that they appreciated what we were trying to achieve. It was only the first two but it was a positive beginning.
Had a great exchange of ideas with Danielle - her classes will also be doing the rubbish unit. She said that her previous school had a big "thing" about writing genres and those in particular to do with Science and Maths - expository and report styles seemed the most appropriate. She had some great resources for overheads and student work and it looks like we will make a useful beginning to this unit. I feel at this stage that I need to give a lot of direction for this unit but I will attempt to give the students a lot of choice in what methods we use. I will also try to introduce the different aspects of the unit so that they can help plan the next one. My head is in a spin at the moment - not just because it is near the end of term and there is a lot going on, but also because each of the pillars of my teaching experiences is slowly crumbling and being replaced by a new teaching paradigm. This is scary but I feel as though I am finally teaching not just schooling.
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