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Deep learning - Why your students should 'be more sea sponge' - Teachwire

May 24, 2024 | teachwire.net | Carol Atherton |Phil Mathe

Secondary We can find pedagogical inspiration in the unlikeliest of places, insists Phil Mathe – including multicellular organisms beneath the waves… by Sea sponges are the most quirky of ocean life forms. Like that laid-back friend you love but can’t help chuckling at, they simply float around, soaking up the ‘vibes’ while everyone else gets themselves caught up in underwater drama. However, sea sponges are also fascinating for how they feed.
Win at all costs: why too much competition is a concern

Apr 16, 2024 | tes.com | Phil Mathe

Recently I attended an intra-school basketball tournament. Over two days, 16 teams, 200 pupils and 40 teachers ran, threw, dribbled, instructed, supported and coached their way through groups, semi-finals and finals. So far so standard. Yet the event I attended felt different - the competitive element was more overt, winning at all costs seemed to be at the fore, and the notion of “it’s the taking part that counts” seemed to have been forgotten by most. It was all a touch unpleasant.
DSL supervision - Are you doing enough to look after your safeguarding leads?

Apr 5, 2024 | teachwire.net | Phil Mathe |Geoff Baker |Craig Lomas |Sarah Cook

Secondary Sarah Cook outlines the pressing need for better supervision of designated safeguarding leads within secondary settings by Designated safeguarding leads were already under pressure before the pandemic. In the years since then, those stresses have really started to show. At Judicium Education, we’ve heard from a number of DSLs who tell us that the quantity of daily reports they respond to has almost doubled since the pandemic.
Differentiation in PE - How mixed ability classes can benefit from adaptive teaching

Apr 5, 2024 | teachwire.net | Adam Douglas |Tom Corker |Phil Mathe

SecondaryPE Phil Mathe explains why there’s a better way to ensure that every student gets something out of your PE lessons by DOWNLOAD A FREE RESOURCE! PE worksheets KS3 – Fitness booklet SecondaryPE I have a habit of telling things as they are. Of being blunt and direct. And when it comes to differentiation, I’m particularly narrow-minded. I don’t like the term, and don’t believe we should still talk about it – or do it.