100 Ideas For Primary Teachers: Outstanding Teaching

Description

Haunted by the fear of teaching the same lesson twice, Stephen Lockyer always makes sure he has lots of ideas up his sleeve! In this exciting debut book, this highly regarded primary teacher shares 100 of this very best. The pressure to teach outstanding lessons and to be prepared for no noticed inspections can sometimes be a little overwhelming, but in this book Stephen's creativity and experience in the primary classroom shine through and he provides primary teachers with quick, practical and easy to implement ideas to help achieve outstanding teaching. His highly creative approach will also help you to create a positive, inspiring and exciting learning environment for every child. Every idea includes step by step instructions, teaching tips for putting activities into practice and links to online resources and useful websites. From literacy initiatives like 'DEAR' ('Drop Everything And Read') and marking motivators like 'Microticks' to essential playground survival tips, this book is a compendium of originality that will consistently take your lessons that extra mile.

Promotion info

Brand new title in the 100 Ideas series offering primary teachers quick, practical and highly original ideas to help achieve outstanding teaching in the classroom.

Reviews

Ten punchy chapters each with high impact but low maintenance teaching tips to make primary teaching outstanding. Stephen Lockyer's 100 ideas for Primary Teachers: Outstanding Teaching is a must-have for any teacher focused on learning with a desire to streamline their workflow. Rachel Orr, primary head teacher, @RachelOrr Powerful, punchy, primary focused ideas that all classroom teachers can implement immediately. Ross Morrison McGill, @TeacherToolkit

Author description

Stephen Lockyer is Deputy Head of The Mead School, Tunbridge Wells. He has been teaching for 14 years in a variety of schools and age-groups. He has a very low boredom threshold which drives him to make lessons exciting, stimulating, engaging and filled with learning opportunities! He set up SLT camp - a CPD training weekend for teachers and has spoken at many Teachmeets. He has a blog and is very active on twitter with 4800 followers, growing rapidly. Follow him @mrlockyer.

Table of contents

Part 1: Collaborative work/ Part 2: Independent work/ Part 3: Inquiry learning/ Part 4: Developing mindsets/ Part 5: Grit and flow/ Part 6: Culture/ Part 7: Presentation/ Part 8 Classroom setup/ Part 9: 999 lessons/ Part 10: Nextperiments