Victoria Hewett
Resource – Exploration and Adventure
Whilst I did a lot to make the lessons suitable for my students, the resources were brilliant informative and engaging. I liked the...
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Victoria Hewett
Jan 26, 20151 min
Revision activities for history teachers
lovingthelearning It’s that time of year again when the nights get lighter, the Premier League season gets to ‘squeaky bum time’ and...
Victoria Hewett
Jan 24, 20153 min
Humanities in the News – Edition 3
Towards the end of 2014 the BBC published this article suggesting that 2014 was set to be the warmest year on record. It initiated the...
Victoria Hewett
Jan 18, 20151 min
Resource – DIRT Sheets
Saturday was a good day, I relaxed a lot and by the evening felt rather creative so I decided to make some DIRT Sheets for Directed...
Victoria Hewett
Jan 12, 20152 min
Update – Interactive Plenary Display
UPDATE 2 – Almost finished the interactive plenary display; KS3 have started using it and have really engaged with the choice available....
Victoria Hewett
Dec 29, 20144 min
Resource – Dangerous World (Natural Hazards and Disasters)
I wanted to put the learning into the pupils hands and I’ve decided to try out project based learning. Since this is rather new to me I...
Victoria Hewett
Dec 27, 20141 min
Are you MAD?! – Using An Assessment Idea by @Mroberts90Matt
I saw a similar technique recently on another blog… but this MAD idea might be more effective to start DIRT off with. Pupils could write...
Victoria Hewett
Dec 27, 20141 min
Please Help With The UK Education Bloggers Spreadsheet Version 4.0
Quite a collection of Education Bloggers. The Echo Chamber The latest version of the spreadsheet of bloggers can now be found here....
Victoria Hewett
Dec 22, 20141 min
Resource – The ‘insert topic’ Spinner
After using this this resource The Rainfall Spinner , I’ve decided I need to find other uses for the ‘insert topic’ spinner. I used the...
Victoria Hewett
Dec 11, 20141 min
A closer look at ‘weather bombs’
Enjoyed the opportunity to teach about this in a recent weather ans climate lesson fitted in perfectly with the lessons topic of air...
Victoria Hewett
Nov 2, 20140 min
Victoria Hewett
Oct 30, 20142 min
Resources – Weather and Climate- The Rainfall Spinner
One of my favourite topics has to be Weather and Climate. I find it fascinating and really want the pupils to see how much there is to...
Victoria Hewett
Oct 7, 20141 min
Resources – Battle of Hastings Learning Grid
After trying this out in the classroom I’ve realised the potential of discussion. This task helped deepen the thinking of even the lowest...
Victoria Hewett
Sep 21, 20141 min
Resources – Chronology and Timelines
I firstly carried out a baseline test to establish their skills and abilities. The results were interesting. None of the pupils had a...
Victoria Hewett
Sep 14, 20142 min
Resources- Scale of Issues
In my experience so far I’ve found that teaching students about the different scales of local, national, international and global to be...
Victoria Hewett
Sep 5, 20143 min
Resources – Battle of Hastings Learning Grid
I love research and as a result I’m very much a skim reader. I tend not to read fictional books, if I do it really has to be something...
Victoria Hewett
Sep 3, 20142 min
Resources – Weather and Climate
In the UK we regularly experience the passage of a depression. Those pesky low pressure systems can often create havoc such as the Winter...
Victoria Hewett
Sep 2, 20142 min
My Top 3 Geography Resource Sites
The resources provided by a large number of the teaching community are essential for new teachers, without inspiration from others I...