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Day 2

G11 OM class Anna Williams and Head Teacher

  • quiet
  • working at task
  • interact with teachers
  • variety
  • fun
  • like equipment
  • like 3 hrs- not too many changes
  • unclear on competences- some v. clear though- competency
  • “not much work”
  • focused on info, research - when I couldn’t answer- student sought answer from other
  • like technology of lessons
  • listening needed for work in class
  • far more disciplined than students yesterday- shouting out not accepted
  • 2 staff members- switch between running class
  • some students hands up during main session- not amazed
  • 3 Asus notebooks per table- used by students for research
  • chatting about skills needed for group work
  • immediately start talking
  • student keeps forgetting what he thought
  • student day videos- turn of when teacher says
  • many students try to open door when one outside
  • one child continually used for class help- board writing- handing out sheets
  • class expected to face front
  • activity- values, choose 10 values for group, try to go on internet, need to agree
  • children told to shut laptops- distractiing
  • one student somewhat disillusioned
  • don’t like last hr of 2nd lesson- hardly unusual
  • students divided on difficulty of work
  • questions raised in my mind
  • are yr 8  more rowdy?
  • do yr 8 have more of an idea of +ves and -ves of OM?
  • Issues of group work
  • 2 fallouts of groups
  • teacher tries to get people to share ideas and work together
  • students listening to students
  • one student tries to eat pen lid- stopped by teacher
  • boys randomly moving around- teach, notices, chastises moves to intervene
  • Blaine told off
  • told to stop silliness
  • bits thrown at each other
  • what happens in class
  • what researched countries
  • colour in map of asia
  • watch buddha clip
  • 8 wheeels of buddhism
  • deciding 10 values
  • picking most important
  • students at one pt crowd round a laptop
  • one student tries to get another back to task
  • open up class- previous lesson work together- presentations of apprentice style product
  • student complains of having to wear tie.
  • dodgy door
  • suspect staff neglected my table believing i would assist them with their work as ruth was doing
  • when student admits to not doing work-teacher talks of managing time, breaks of chat
  • students volunteer links to competences
  • staff seek to mix people up- get to know everyone, so groups with wide skills can be set up
  • Lingo
  • www- what went well
  • ebi- even better if...
  • students writing how things could have been better in lessons
  • then- surge forward to world map before test
  • each week competition
  • this week- funding countries, next week flags
  • to create public speaking skills, confidence of work
  • attempted - cheating
  • creates rowdiness
  • group research orientated learning, not systematic knowledge, eg. hinduism etc
  • F10 Patrick Hayes
  • doesn’t want backs to him in the classroom
  • traditional pedagogy- enforces no talking
  • lots of noise yr 9 growing up
  • teaches from board
  • teacher doesn’t allow correction- students shout out to correct
  • puts students up on the board- doesn’t yet know names
  • students starting a mexican wave- much amusement
  • students shout out answer- teacher sets task for class to complete
  • louise- gets it done quickly- asks me- i miscorrect her
  • liam seems generally competent
  • class expected to pass- higher tier paper
  • 2nd set
  • cameron- bored and disruptive in digital communications v. good in maths!
  • problem of board being obscured by teacher standing in front of projector
  • reminder of rules of class- no clicking pens, talking to “cameron”- disruptive
  • makes witty comment on banal title of lesson
  • students demand use of laptops for lessons-teacher explains slow ICT issues
  • tension of copying competency off neighbour- people talking
  • teacher complains about students going to loo in lessons- says don’t in lesson- students shout about running tap and urinary infections
  • students have competition to get “on board” for a detention
  • teacher liberal in use of “board”
  • some confusion/disbelief of board- student claims hand up
  • questions to class- Liam and Louise correct
  • Teacher mouths answer to 1 student
  • (Louise Lunch- feel behind- concern of having to start later and no time to revise it
  • but finds work fine)
  • students admonished for lack of rulers
  • teacher engages confused students who answers boards to corrects, explains, complete
  • 2 girls playing games together at bk
  • liam filled in part of table already
  • louise goes along with class- only doing just before said
  • liam turns around and gives me a look i interpret to mean “i am bored- this is far too easy,”
  • student doesn’t understand “have I been talking like gibberish” can’t help immediately
  • Louise answers questions quickly and correctly- gets others wrong for dp- seeks to explain to me she made an error
  • Louise engaged, Liam seems bored
  • student complain of doing stuff again
  • lots of info- video-activity- chill- more work
  • liam and louise both get sfs wrong
  • teacher races through stuff a bit quickly
  • teacher feels he has to tie a competence based system of learning
  • students convinced behind- need to catchup
  • liam only deals with disruptive students- not good students
  • louise- cares more of detentions than work.
  • teach- unofficial chillout
  • all work and no talk
  • OM- work and talk
  • plenty of time
  • liam feels ignored
  • has to ask to get a +ve on the board (on board)
  • Louise- shock
  • (Mr Hayes- 3rd week- new to OM- got to include, NQT, yrs 7,8,9)
  • students not sure OM, helps with life- problem of not having needed to live that
  • activity- bills- Liam gets on
  • LIAM
  • Debatemate, spanish, triple science, humanities, music
  • feels work too easy- resents people with worse grades being higher- feels have harder work
  • sees use of competency for life- example of brothers band not being in Love music hate racism gig due to EDL
  • competences randomly linked OM
  • competences linked better KS4
  • enrichment seems as a payback for 3hr lessons
  • doesn’t know what humanities
  • not bothered by transition
  • tell people to work hard, don’t leave last minute
  • Maths teacher- says supposed to be OM guys- enquiring
  • Qs of what child maintenance and NI are
  • “extended learning projects”
  • feedback farms given out
  • staff person comes in- asks for volunteers for friday no volunteers, stigma from students
  • students start misbehaving more in last half hr
  • louise doesn’t know what an integer
  • boy dropping calculators repeatedly on floor
  • liam messing with stuff of katy
  • www and EBI connection with competence
  • liam v. bored
  • before lunch- had due test
  • whole class stay behind- threat test- have to give constructive comment to partners work when marking
  • boys try to impress katy and louise
  • Mr Hayes not followed through with punishment
  • Mr Hayes- NQT, excited, functional maths 30% of grade- hard for yr 11 all exam, trouble
  • bad teaching before- no full maths in OM- now 20 mins at the beginning
  • See assembly, what being told to students
  • disparity between om preparedness and how they feel about exams
  • maths taught poorly- often not specialists