Reading PLD

Panmure Bridge and Glen Taylor school had the opportunity to work with the fabulous Sheena Cameron and Louise Dempsey on providing a balanced reading programme. 

It was great to be able to have the time to step back and reflect on the components of the reading programmes we are providing for our students.

My main takeaway from the sessions was to plan for more shared reading opportunities. This is usually done 'on the fly' as we look at a text. This teaching strategy allows for students to: explore more difficult texts, work in social groupings, encourages discussion on the text, and the strategies used to comprehend. 

Maths Coaching and PLD

Really enjoyed the Maths PLD session this week with Marie Hirst. A great range of activities was shared and we all had a fun time working on these. 

I enjoyed the coaching session too, it is always nice to get a different perspective on what we are doing in our classrooms. Being able to discuss learning progressions and next steps for individual students is valuable learning.

Sheena and Louise - Retelling PLD

During lockdown Sheena Cameron and Louise Dempsy ran a workshop on using the retell strategy for reading comprehension. This was a great session with lots of practical ideas to implement in the classroom with students. Two of the ideas I was able to implement once lockdown ended are excellent for my TAide to work with some of my ESOL, high needs students on.

Stick puppets to retell Traditional tales

Copying Nursery Rhymes onto ice cream sticks for organising and retelling.

High Leverage Practises

Love listening to Aaron Wilson about how we can best get shift in reading with our students. Starting with a provocation and making sure we provide lots of opportunities to read and discuss texts. Thinking about the activities I use in the classroom and how to get my students engaged in the text enough to talk about it in a discussion.

Appraisal PLD

Recently Chantal and I did some Appraisal PLD with Evaluation Associates.
A very worthwhile day and good to know we are doing the right things for teacher attestation.