St. Joseph of Cluny

ST. JOSEPH

OF CLUNY

K I LL I N

E Y

FIRST STEPS…

Formation of an Interdepartmental

Steering Committee

Discussion and Analysis

of Framework and Toolkits

Key Skills Selected

Methodologies Adopted to embed Key Skills

Feedback Shared

FOCUS AREAS

Managing MyselfManaging Information and

ThinkingLiteracy

SUBTHEMES INVESTIGATEDBeing Curious

Setting and Achieving Goals

Using ICT to manage Learning

Reflecting on and Evaluating my LearningGathering, recording and organising information

Thinking Creatively and Critically

BEING CURIOUS

Webquest Wordle Walking Debate

SETTING AND ACHIEVING GOALS

Sharing learning

outcomes

Sharing the criteria for success –

What does a model answer

look like? Full – Part –

Full (Scaffolding)

Providing the students with an exercise

checklistKWL Chart

REFLECTING ON AND EVALUATING MY LEARNING

Turn to a partner and discuss 3 things you learned in the lesson

One minute presentation at the end of class / end of topic

Comment only marking where possible

Giving a full class to providing feedback after class tests

Students making a note of their most common mistakes

3 Things I learned

2 Things I found

Interesting

1 Question I am left

with

COMMON CORRECTION CODEParagraph

Spelling

Grammar

Development

Punctuation

SELF – EVALUATION - MONITORING MY PROGRESS Date What Went

Well?Even Better if?

PEER ASSESSMENT Group Members:

The best aspect of this group’s performance was…

One thing this group did differently was….

One way this group could improve is….

GATHERING, RECORDING AND EVALUATING INFORMATION

Graphic Organisers

Order Line

WWW Technique

USING ICT

Blog (Literacy)

Video Clips with accompanying worksheets (Literacy)

Images

Reading tasks from online news sources (Literacy)

Online Revision Games – setting aside one class per unit as a ‘Laptop’ class

Apps – Random Name Selector

THINKING CREATIVELY AND CRITICALLY

Making learners aware of different styles of questioning

Learners developing their own questions

Designing a Worksheet

CONCLUDING REMARKSInterdepartmental Approach

Step by Step

Blending a traditional curriculum with a modern pedagogical approach

Time Management

Paper Heavy

Enhances the learning environment

Learning to Learn

Move away from rote learning

Teacher self-reflection

“I am not a teacher, but an awakener.”

Robert Frost