Humanities Update
Week Beginning Monday 17th March
Introduction
It's another busy week, details of which are below. I hope everyone has a good week and let me know if I can help in any way.
Thanks,
Ian
This week in Humanities. . .
All Week
Writing Year 7 reports
Post 16 review week 2 (data and work scrutiny check) - please can I have a sample of marked work from all Post 16 classes at some point this week.
Sunday - Wednesday
LB accompanying Tillie Buxton and Keely May to the Battlefields of WW1
Tuesday
George Hamblin & Sasha Weeks (Post 16) visiting Auschwitz.
Post 16 Observation p1 of CS.
Wednesday
Year 8 visit to Dartmoor Zoo with JSP, JS, CB, MJS and AMW plus TA support.
All Year 12 A level students taking part in HE conference (part of the day)
Thursday
Humanities Faculty Meeting - discussion of exam group progress before department time.
Friday
Geography department contributing to the Primary Science day.
Last day for the Exeter PGCE students.
Upcoming Dates
Week Commencing Mon 24th March
-Data entry for Go4Schools (all classes to have at least 2 sets of meaningful data in them)
Week Commencing Mon 31st March
-Year team meeting on Monday.
-BPCPD on Wednesday
-End of Term on Friday
Quick and Easy Revision Ideas
There are a lot of good ideas being used to help students to revise, but it is always nice to have some new ideas to add to your repertoire. Here are some quick and easy ideas that can be adapted across the three Humanities subjects.
Business Cards
http://cheneyagilitytoolkit.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/mind-your-own-business.html
Using ipads to make word clouds
http://ukedchat.com/2014/03/10/wordcloud-ipad
Making own crosswords (also literacy based)
http://jivespin.wordpress.com/2014/03/09/make-your-own-crossword-a-quick-and-easy-plenary
Make printable worksheets including fill in the blanks with wordbanks & match ups
UK EdChat March Magazine
http://issuu.com/ukedchat/docs/uked_magazine_mar_2014?e=0/7101205
featuring articles on interactive whiteboards made easy; unhomework and various pedagogical ideas.
Previous issues can be found here