Variety of possible revision strategies with examples

easy to include strategies for teachers to help children develop particular behaviours, broadly based on Costa's Habits of Mind. So far, strategies posted for Metacognition, Managing Impulsivity, taking a Responsible Risk and Persistence (including thinking flexibly) jan 2012 - communication added april 2012 - curiosity added

DOESNT PROVIDE GRADES OR NATIONAL CURRICULUM LEVEL DESCRIPTORS AS IT IS AN AFL SHEET. OF COURSE TEACHERS CAN RECORD ANY MARKS THEY LIKE IN THEIR MARKBOOKS, THIS IS FOR STUDENTS, TO ENGAGE THEM IN A DIALOGUE ABOUT THEIR WORK. EASY TO MODIFY

Tells you what is tested and what the scores mean.

Range of activities which I have in envelopes on the wall, from which students can self select when they've completed the core work.

ppt for an inset on differentiation

Pecha Kucha is a Japanese powerpoint competition format. It is based on 20 slides auto timed to last 20 seconds each. I have reduced this to 10 slides for KS3. My reasons for doing this are: 1) It allows for personalised learning 2) it gives homework more of a meaningful structure than a 'finish off...&' homework, which is always tempting under pressure 3) it should help students develop research and presentation skills they will need later 4) it should preclude &';reading from slides' presentations 5) it should help to develop constructive criticism as a skill

Some interesting research on how the brain responds to the appearance of text, increasing or decreasing motivation.