Friday 5 October
What a great day - well worth spending a day of my "holidays". Each part of the day was very motivating, with a lot of practical ideas ready for use in the classroom.
The keynote speaker - Dr Jannie van Heiss - was an interesting speaker, she spoke about bring back the magic into classrooms by using practical experiences, particularly using oral language, writing and reading. It was pitched more at Years 1- 2, but I can see how it could be adapted for older years.
The first workshop was about using big books effectively. This is something that I have struggled getting my head around since I started teaching.
Louise Dempsey was the facilitator, and was brilliant. All of her ideas made so much sense, and were very practical. This will help immensely. I can see how this format could also be used in a guided reading group situation as well.
Louise Dempsey was the facilitator for the second workshop as well. This one was focussed on writing. Again this workshop was packed with practical ideas. This was aimed mainly at lower primary, but again I can see how the ideas could be adapted for higher levels. Also it gave me some great ideas to use with the student preforming below expectations.
The last workshop of the day was taken by Lucie Cheeseman, and was about using Modelling books in maths to gather evidence. Again, this is something I have struggled with for a long time. The way Lucie described how she used modelling books made a lot of sense, and by using a few of her tips I can see how evidence could be gathered easily. I could also see the bits that I already do - I was on the right track :)
I can't wait to get back to school to start practising some of the great ideas and tips that I have gotten from attending this mini conference. I am very pleased that I was given the opportunity to attend and that I made the time to go.
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