Bulletin - 10th January

This week

- Tues: College Meetings after school
- Weds: TBo absent (funeral)

Poetry Live
- Please continue to push Poetry Live with students and get them to bring their money in! If you need spare letters, let me know.

Classroom redesign
I've emailed around a proposal for the redesign of C5. I know that it's very difficult to find space to think about anything other than the day to day at the moment, but do have a look if you get a chance, as the idea is that we create a space that the whole department will benefit from and have ample opportunity to use. Liz and I will be off to IKEA in the near future, so if you, or students in your class, have any thoughts about what we could include in the room, do let me know. Basically, let me know your thoughts if you want to and if you get a chance!
UPDATE: after writing this, I have adapted a creative thinking lesson which I did the other day, which gets them to use the 6 thinking hats idea to think about the redesign. Had great fun doing this with mine, and it's a really nice easy and fun lesson if you need a breather at KS3! Do have a go, and send the students' plans through to me!



Careers Event - Year 11
I've been informed that year 11 will be out of school periods 4 and 5 on January 26th, thereby missing two English lessons (11Y). It is likely that C/D borderline students will be kept in school for intensive, small group revision - watch this space for further details.

YouTube
Just a heads up that YouTube is now unblocked for students (but isn't yet working on the department netbooks - trying to get that sorted). This gives access to an incredibly powerful resource and tool for self-directed learning, so please do explore.

GCSE Mocks
Results from the mocks look encouraging - thanks to everyone for their hard work. Do let me know when you want to do the feedback lesson, although I'm intending to sort out the ppts on Monday anyway - I'll save them back into the shared area.

Thanks everyone and have a great week.
Tom