Team Work

This week we have been focusing on the importance of working together as a team and being kind towards others. As we have gone further through the term students are getting tired and finding it hard to co-operate with each other and have developed some negative attitudes towards others in the class.
In response to observing students and seeking advice from colleagues we have been focusing on the importance of co-operating and having a positive class environment. We have developed a system where students are looking for the positive things that others are doing, We are reflecting on this during the day and pointing out and celebrating the positives with a tick chart system and positive praise. I have increased the number of team activities we are doing during all times of the day. .
I have noticed by the end of the week that students are beginning to look for the positives more often and that I am hearing less complaints about others from students. Independently displaying co-operation it the next step.

Staff Meeting- 10/2/2016
Transferred from previous blog (Written on 20/2/16)
Last week at our Staff meeting Madeline a facilitators form the Toki Pounamu project came to discuss the idea of rewindable teaching using technology. I found this to be valuable for my practice as it made me more aware of ensuring there are ways for students to be able to go back and revisit their learning. 

This I have been incorporating the use of the active board in most lessons to record student ideas and things we have been learning. In the past week after our meeting I have been encouraging students to go back and view what we have done while working independently, some are beginning to do this of their own accord now. 

I am in the process of setting up modelling books for group work. I have been considering ways in which I can ensure these are used effectively in the class and how I can develop routines for students to regularly look back at learning on their own.