Primary Dramaworks: Comments wanted by Nicola

Hi Nic, I think that sound really good. What a good idea! You could even then compare each strategy against each other. Plus accross subjects....does it suit one/some subjects more than others. Just wondering how you'd capture data. Go for it. Sounds fascinating.

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Hello all Nicola couldn't open the CPD list so here is the link
http://www.leicester.gov.uk/your-council--services/lc/leicester-city-museums/learning/cultural-ambassadors

If you take up NQT posts in Leicestershire and the school is not involved in the scheme offer to be the Ambassador, you get loads of freebies!

Kirsty's assignment ideas for comment

TE2 has well and truely started. Enjoying things so far. Fingers crossed all goes well!
Anyway, this drama thing. The more I think about it the more I think I'd like todo something around Dorothy Heathcote and examining my thresholds and how that impacts on a series of lessons.

My assignment would be something like, identifying my own thresholds on noise, physical proximty etc and looking at the children's learning in those lessons and then pushing those thresholds over another series of lessons and evaluating the output. It might be evaluated through AfL, worksheets, output of lessons, or it might be through my relationship with the children. I could do a questionaire for the children on their view of my lessons and then giving them the same questionaire once I'd challenged my thresholds.

Wot do you reckon?

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Hi all Sign in and as I have listed you as authors you can add posts, books and other reading, even put on a poll if you go to customize

Get on it! I'm sure you've all seen some good practice so get sharing

Comments wanted by Nicola

I have been thinking about how to put my action research into action and have had an idea. I was hoping to use drama to consolidate learning. I was thinking about using hotseating, role-on-the-wall and freeze-frame at the end of lessons to see if this helps consolidate what the children have learnt throughout the lesson. I saw this used on Thursday although my mentor does not ordinarily use drama in her teaching. Any ideas/comments would be greatly appreciated.
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What do you think? I really like the idea- you should all look at the Learning2Learn stuff Kate Wall is doing She uses freeze frame cartoons with speech bubbles and thought bubbles to help Primary kids develop metacognitive skills See the links on her webpage
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ecls/staff/profile/kate.wall

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Hello fellow authors!

The reading list I promised you is under good stuff to read I can't seem to make links to the articles so I will put them on Blackboard in the Specialisms folder for you to download

Get blogging & sharing all the good ideas you have been emailing- Cheers

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This is the first posting on our new blog to share ideas seen and used in the classroom and keep up to date on what we are reading and doing related to good practice in using drama within the Primary National Strategy

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