Victoria Hewett
Resource – The Hydrological Cycle
It’s quite an engaging activity and my students have taken a lot of the key terminology from it in the past. This version is for higher...
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Victoria Hewett
Aug 31, 20163 min read
Experiences in Long Term Planning
Planning lessons, is probably one of my favourite parts of being a teacher. If I’m honest it wasn’t until half way through my NQT year...
Victoria Hewett
Jul 29, 20162 min read
Developing Independent Learners – The ‘Help Yourself’ Resource Station Â
I tried several approaches which I’ve documented in other posts, including seating plans, GCSE help yourself display and attempts at...
Victoria Hewett
Mar 12, 20164 min read
Developing Independent Learners
This term I’ve been using independent learning projects with some of my classes in year 7 & 8. At the start of the topic I discussed with...
Victoria Hewett
Oct 3, 20152 min read
Life after Levels – Taking GCSE grades into KS3
Dropped GCSE grades into KS3, introduced them this week. Needs development, lots of it. #feedbackgrid #history pic.twitter.com/ZqqALfWOrr...
Victoria Hewett
Aug 19, 20151 min read
Homework Points
Last year I trialled numerous homework approaches with KS3 from booklets to takeaway homework. It was a fair bit of trial and error. The...
Victoria Hewett
May 16, 20154 min read
Resource – Rainforest Role Play Game
Rather happy with the #educationalRPG I’ve created on surviving in the #rainforest. Which level of #geek am I now?...
Victoria Hewett
Apr 7, 20152 min read
Word Walls
Originally posted on http://staffrm.io/ Original Post – Word Walls One of my classes really seem to struggle to remember and use key...
Victoria Hewett
Mar 14, 20152 min read
Resource – UK Population Distribution
I was booked in to be observed teaching a low ability year 7 class. The topic of the lesson was UK population patterns. I’ve taught the...
Victoria Hewett
Feb 15, 20152 min read
Antarctic Exploration – The Shackleton Vs. Scott Debate
Next time I teach the ‘Exploration and Adventure‘ topic, I’ve decided I’m going to lose a lesson on a modern adventurer and instead teach...
Victoria Hewett
Jan 31, 20153 min read
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...
Victoria Hewett
Jan 24, 20153 min read
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
Oct 30, 20142 min read
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 18, 20141 min read
Humanities in the News Classroom Display
Some pupils and I have created our Humanities in the News display. We’ve started with a profile on the recent Nobel Peace Prize winner...
Victoria Hewett
Sep 23, 20143 min read
Humanities in the News – Edition 2
1// Scotland voted NO! Following from Edition 1Â the Scottish Referendum had an interesting turn out, 55% of the Scottish population that...
Victoria Hewett
Sep 21, 20141 min read
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 read
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...
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