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Head of Year http://www.teachingexpertise.com/job-role/head-year The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en Evaluate your behaviour management systems http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/evaluate-your-behaviour-management-systems-10387 <p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves /> <w:TrackFormatting /> <w:PunctuationKerning /> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas /> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF /> <w:L<p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/evaluate-your-behaviour-management-systems-10387">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/evaluate-your-behaviour-management-systems-10387#comments Behaviour Management Behaviour Matters Classroom Teacher Head of Year Self-Evaluation Fri, 03 Dec 2010 12:14:01 +0000 scameron 10387 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Exploring pupil voice in primary schools http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/exploring-pupil-voice-primary-schools-10116 <p>On 25 March an article appeared in <em>The Independent</em> newspaper under the headline ‘Pupil power: the children who chose their own head'. The article concerned the involvement of primary age pupils in the interview process leading to the appointment of a new headteacher at their school. This practice, which is becoming increasingly common, highlights the growing involvement of pupils in strategic developments within their school.<p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/exploring-pupil-voice-primary-schools-10116">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/exploring-pupil-voice-primary-schools-10116#comments Assistant Head Deputy Head Head of Year Headteacher Leadership and Management Student Voice Teaching and Learning Thu, 11 Nov 2010 16:23:48 +0000 scameron 10116 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Making connections across the curriculum http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/making-connections-across-curriculum-10115 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-content"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><p>Many of you will be intrigued as I am by children's questions. Questions are a sign of thinking - a very healthy sign, as they suggest that connections are being made between previously unconnected items of knowledge. Some of my very recent favourites from school and family sources are: Why do we have a skeleton? What causes global warming? When does your memory start? Why was Tutankhamun afraid of dying?</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/making-connections-across-curriculum-10115">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/making-connections-across-curriculum-10115#comments Classroom Teacher Curriculum Development Curriculum Manager Head of Year Teaching and Learning Thu, 11 Nov 2010 16:16:45 +0000 scameron 10115 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Keeping control when faced with challenging behaviour http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/keeping-control-when-faced-challenging-behaviour-10091 <p>Faced with a confrontation, it is widely accepted that we have an inbuilt, automatic response mechanism – the old ‘fight or flight’ scenario. Whether the confrontation is real or perceived, the response system is there to protect us. However, for adults working with pupils in an educational setting, whether it be the classroom, the dining room or an outside space, an uncontrolled fight or flight response is unlikely to be appropriate!<p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/keeping-control-when-faced-challenging-behaviour-10091">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/keeping-control-when-faced-challenging-behaviour-10091#comments Behaviour Management Behaviour Matters Classroom management Classroom Teacher Head of Year Fri, 05 Nov 2010 11:57:09 +0000 scameron 10091 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Putting behaviour theory into practice http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/putting-behaviour-theory-practice-9425 <p>As emotionally literate adults we should be able to manage our feelings and emotions, but how have we learnt these skills? How are we able to use them in a variety of social environments? How can we effectively provide teaching and learning opportunities with students?</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/putting-behaviour-theory-practice-9425">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/putting-behaviour-theory-practice-9425#comments Behaviour Management Behaviour Matters Classroom Teacher Head of Year Mon, 13 Sep 2010 14:03:56 +0100 scameron 9425 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Sharing good teaching practice http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/sharing-good-teaching-practice-9302 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-content"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><p>‘Sharing good practice' is one of those phrases that has slipped into the everyday language of school leadership. We think that most schools, if asked, would say that they share good practice. Would any school say that it does not share practice, or indeed that it shares bad practice?</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/sharing-good-teaching-practice-9302">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/sharing-good-teaching-practice-9302#comments Classroom Teacher Coaching CPD leader CPD partnerships Head of Year Teaching and Learning Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:55:05 +0100 scameron 9302 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com New team at the Department for Education http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/new-team-department-education-9297 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-content"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><p>The Tory MP Nick Gibb has taken over the job he previously shadowed to become Minister of State for Schools.</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/new-team-department-education-9297">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/new-team-department-education-9297#comments Assistant Head Classroom Teacher Deputy Head Head of Year Headteacher Leadership and Management NQT School Governor Teaching and Learning Thu, 12 Aug 2010 15:19:02 +0100 scameron 9297 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Secondary Assembly: Where do we make the cuts? http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-where-do-we-make-cuts-9158 <p><strong>Engagement</strong></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">[The following are delivered loudly, as news headlines]</span></p><p><strong>Reader 1: </strong>‘Coalition Government proposes massive spending cuts to bring down the debt’</p><p><strong>Reader 2:</strong> ‘Police chief claims terrorist threat will rise if budgets are cut’</p><p><strong>Reader 1: </strong>‘Don’t hit the elderly, the vulnerable or the disadvantaged, pleads social services head’</p><p><strong>Reader 2: </strong>‘Protect the Olympics from cash drain’</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-where-do-we-make-cuts-9158">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-where-do-we-make-cuts-9158#comments Assemblies Assistant Head Classroom Teacher Deputy Head Head of Year Headteacher Leadership and Management Secondary E-assemblies Teaching and Learning Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:26:29 +0100 scameron 9158 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Secondary Assembly: Really, truly, sorry? http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-really-truly-sorry-9110 <p><strong>Resources: </strong>A Leader and two Readers.</p><p><strong>Engagement</strong></p><p>England are out of the World Cup and that has left a lot of people feeling sorry. Some fans, who had spent a lot of money - wanted someone to say sorry to them – and striker Wayne Rooney did just that. He didn’t like being booed after the Algeria game and said so to the TV cameras. But later on he did issue an apology: ‘I said things in the heat of the moment out of frustration at our performance and the result... I apologise for any offence caused by my actions.’ (1)</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-really-truly-sorry-9110">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-really-truly-sorry-9110#comments Assemblies Assistant Head Classroom Teacher Deputy Head Head of Year Headteacher Leadership and Management Secondary E-assemblies Teaching and Learning Tue, 06 Jul 2010 10:28:41 +0100 scameron 9110 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Secondary Assembly: Only human http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-only-human-9027 <p><strong>Resources:</strong> Four readers and a leader</p><p>You may also like to show any images which are likely to be around of those appearing downcast who have not managed to rise to the expectations others have had of them. By the time this assembly is delivered it’s likely that such images will exist of eg World Cup and other sporting ‘failures’ etc.</p><p><strong>Engagement </strong></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">[Two teachers sitting in a staffroom</span>]</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-only-human-9027">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-only-human-9027#comments Assemblies Assistant Head Classroom Teacher Deputy Head Head of Year Headteacher Leadership and Management Secondary E-assemblies Teaching and Learning Tue, 29 Jun 2010 10:55:29 +0100 scameron 9027 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Secondary Assembly: Being a supporter http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/being-supporter-8989 <p><strong>Resources</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/being-supporter-8989">read more</a></p> Assemblies Assistant Head Deputy Head Head of Year Headteacher Leadership and Management Primary E-assemblies Teaching and Learning Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:53:48 +0100 clong 8989 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Secondary Assembly: Meanwhile… http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-meanwhile-8877 <p><strong>Resources</strong></p><p>4 readers, a leader and a narrator</p><p><strong>Engagement </strong></p><p>A pupil is walking around the school trying to engage other pupils in important conversation…..</p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">[NB Any of the opening lines can be amended to reflect any locally important news events or world events which have just taken centre stage]</span></p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-meanwhile-8877">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-meanwhile-8877#comments Assemblies Assistant Head Classroom Teacher Deputy Head Head of Year Headteacher Leadership and Management Secondary E-assemblies Teaching and Learning Fri, 18 Jun 2010 10:40:22 +0100 scameron 8877 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Secondary Assembly: Chariots of Danger http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-chariots-danger-8772 <p><strong>Resources</strong></p><ul><li>A Leader</li><li>A Reader, who plays the part of Gaius Appuleius Diocles, a champion charioteer. He should wear a red T-shirt</li><li>A clip-art picture of chariot racing may be useful</li></ul><p><img alt="" src="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/files/CHariots.jpg" /></p><p><strong>Engagement</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-chariots-danger-8772">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-chariots-danger-8772#comments Assemblies Assistant Head Classroom Teacher Deputy Head Head of Year Headteacher Leadership and Management Secondary E-assemblies Teaching and Learning Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:52:55 +0100 scameron 8772 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Secondary Assembly: For those who are left behind http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-those-who-are-left-behind-8642 <p><strong>Resources: </strong>4 readers and a leader</p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">[Presenters of this assembly should obviously be aware of the sensitive nature of some of the readers’ words, and their possible impact on those who are listening, and should therefore take this into account when delivering the assembly]</span></p><p><strong>Engagement </strong></p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-those-who-are-left-behind-8642">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-those-who-are-left-behind-8642#comments Assemblies Assistant Head Classroom Teacher Deputy Head Head of Year Headteacher Leadership and Management Secondary E-assemblies Teaching and Learning Fri, 04 Jun 2010 10:45:08 +0100 scameron 8642 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Secondary Assembly: A rainbow people http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-rainbow-people-8419 <p><strong>Engagement</strong><br />Which colour of the rainbow will you be supporting in the World Cup?</p><p>Will it be red, the colour of the cross on the England team’s flag? Or perhaps you think the red of Spain will end up as champions through the goal power of David Villa and Fernando Torres?</p><p>Will it be the orange of the Netherlands, always top performers at international level? Van Persie is back to full fitness and raring to go after a long lay-off.</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-rainbow-people-8419">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-rainbow-people-8419#comments Assemblies Assistant Head Classroom Teacher Deputy Head Head of Year Headteacher Leadership and Management Secondary E-assemblies Teaching and Learning Thu, 27 May 2010 15:43:51 +0100 scameron 8419 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Not disruptive, but not on task http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/not-disruptive-not-task-8381 <p>This issue looks at the problems caused by pupils who are constantly off-task, but not overtly disruptive: how, if not proactively addressed, their behaviour can have a negative effect on peers, be the source of constant frustration for you, and if not dealt with can quickly disengage the pupil from the learning process.</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/not-disruptive-not-task-8381">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/not-disruptive-not-task-8381#comments Behaviour Management Behaviour Matters Classroom management Classroom Teacher Head of Year Wed, 26 May 2010 17:19:47 +0100 scameron 8381 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Secondary Assembly: ‘Not Angles, but angels’ http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-not-angles-angels-8341 <p>It concludes with the tale of Pope Gregory’s punning comment about the slave boys from Britain, as recorded by Bede. Pupils are encouraged to consider ways in which the insights revealed in these puns may be applied to our own times. The theme coincides with the commemoration day of the Venerable Bede and St Augustine of Canterbury (May 26th and 27th). (1)</p><p><strong>Resources</strong></p><ul><li>A leader and a reader.</li><li>A copy or PowerPoint slide of Thomas Abel’s rebus.</li></ul><p><strong>Engagement</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-not-angles-angels-8341">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-not-angles-angels-8341#comments Assemblies Assistant Head Classroom Teacher Deputy Head Head of Year Headteacher Leadership and Management Secondary E-assemblies Teaching and Learning Tue, 25 May 2010 14:31:38 +0100 scameron 8341 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Summer Term FUNd Raising, Social and Community Events http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/summer-term-fund-raising-social-and-community-events-8245 <p><strong>Green Day – 4th June to 2nd July</strong></p><p>By 2020 the aim is for every school to be a sustainable school, meeting the challenges of the eight Sustainable Schools’ ‘Doorways’ to achieve a carbon neutral footprint. The doorways are:</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/summer-term-fund-raising-social-and-community-events-8245">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/summer-term-fund-raising-social-and-community-events-8245#comments Assistant Head Deputy Head Extended Schools Extended Schools eBulletin Head of Year Headteacher Leadership and Management Wed, 19 May 2010 09:32:39 +0100 scameron 8245 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Are your school’s pupils safe online? http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/are-your-school%E2%80%99s-pupils-safe-online-8244 <p><strong>What are the key risks?</strong></p><p>Pupils using the internet may be exposed to inappropriate material which they find distressing or embarrassing. They may also be made vulnerable by posting their personal information on the web. Children could be led into cyberbullying, anti-social behaviour or even criminal offences through their use of the internet.</p><p><strong>What are schools’ legal duties?</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/are-your-school%E2%80%99s-pupils-safe-online-8244">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/are-your-school%E2%80%99s-pupils-safe-online-8244#comments Child protection Child Protection Coordinator Classroom Teacher Head of Year Headteacher ICT and learning ICT Manager Leadership and Management Legal Expertise Wed, 19 May 2010 09:26:51 +0100 scameron 8244 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Secondary Assembly: Team Earth http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-team-earth-8221 <p><strong>Resources<br /></strong></p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-team-earth-8221">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-team-earth-8221#comments Assemblies Assistant Head Classroom Teacher Deputy Head Head of Year Headteacher Leadership and Management Secondary E-assemblies Teaching and Learning Mon, 17 May 2010 14:40:53 +0100 scameron 8221 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Dealing with the ‘significant minority’ of poorly-behaved students http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/dealing-significant-minority-poorly-behaved-students-8153 <p>To try to get a clear perspective of the problem affecting the significant minority, it is easier to think in terms of teaching groups rather than the school population as a whole. Within a typical class group of approximately 25-30 students, individuals tend to fit into the following categories:</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/dealing-significant-minority-poorly-behaved-students-8153">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/dealing-significant-minority-poorly-behaved-students-8153#comments Behaviour Management Behaviour Matters Classroom management Classroom Teacher Head of Year Tue, 11 May 2010 09:37:37 +0100 scameron 8153 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Secondary Assembly: A PC world http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-pc-world-8124 <p><strong>Engagement </strong></p><p><strong>Leader: </strong>Kim and Choi are a married couple from South Korea. Like most couples they share an interest. For Kim and Choi the shared interest was the Second Life-style game Prius, which they regularly played at their local internet cafe. Their carefully chosen avatars lived out an idealised life onscreen. The perfect couple.</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-pc-world-8124">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-pc-world-8124#comments Assemblies Assistant Head Classroom Teacher Deputy Head Head of Year Headteacher Leadership and Management Secondary E-assemblies Teaching and Learning Wed, 05 May 2010 14:16:38 +0100 scameron 8124 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Secondary Assembly: The Many Meanings of X http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-many-meanings-x-8118 <p><strong>Resources</strong></p><p>A Leader and two Readers: a question-and-answer format may be used if appropriate.</p><p><strong>Engagement </strong></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><em>(Adapt as necessary)</em></span></p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-many-meanings-x-8118">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-many-meanings-x-8118#comments Assemblies Assistant Head Classroom Teacher Deputy Head Head of Year Headteacher Leadership and Management Secondary E-assemblies Teaching and Learning Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:59:38 +0100 scameron 8118 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com How to improve behaviour during lunch break http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/how-improve-behaviour-during-lunch-break-8099 <p>Much time and effort is spent by schools on providing appropriate space, equipment and supervision for students at lunchtime. Timetables may be altered to accommodate a longer morning session, short lunch breaks and varied afternoon sessions. In spite of this, many students find it difficult to cope with the change from the structure of the classroom to the greater freedom, social interaction and changed supervision of the lunch break.</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/how-improve-behaviour-during-lunch-break-8099">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/how-improve-behaviour-during-lunch-break-8099#comments Assistant Head Behaviour Management Behaviour Matters Classroom Teacher Deputy Head Head of Year Headteacher Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:35:36 +0100 scameron 8099 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Secondary Assembly: Rescue me! http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-rescue-me-8094 <p>It refers to the recent events following the eruption of the volcano in Iceland and examines our reaction to needing to be ‘rescued from our holidays’ compared with people elsewhere in the world who do not have the rescue infrastructure that is available to us.</p><p><strong>Resources </strong></p><p>Five readers and a leader</p><p><strong>Engagement </strong></p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-rescue-me-8094">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-rescue-me-8094#comments Assemblies Assistant Head Classroom Teacher Deputy Head Head of Year Headteacher Leadership and Management Secondary E-assemblies Teaching and Learning Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:15:18 +0100 scameron 8094 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Child protection training: new staff and support staff http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/child-protection-training-new-staff-and-support-staff-8092 <p>The matter of child protection training during staff induction can be easy to overlook. The recruitment process can be time-consuming and it is easy for senior leadership members to hand over the new recruit to another member of staff without following up the next stage in their appointment. These difficulties can be even more acute with supply staff. The pressures of the school day can leave them isolated and without the most basic guidance they need.</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/child-protection-training-new-staff-and-support-staff-8092">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/child-protection-training-new-staff-and-support-staff-8092#comments Child Protection Coordinator Continuing Professional Development CPD leader Head of Year Leadership and Management Protecting Children eBulletin Mon, 26 Apr 2010 11:13:44 +0100 scameron 8092 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com A quick roundup of the main political parties’ school manifesto points http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/quick-roundup-main-political-parties%E2%80%99-school-manifesto-points-8082 <p>With the 2010 general election looming, if you want to know more about what the main political parties want to do with education should they get the chance, this <a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/files/CPD Week Info Sheet - Election Special.pdf"><strong>information sheet</strong></a> excavates the relevant sections of their manifestos for an at-a-glance guide.</p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/quick-roundup-main-political-parties%E2%80%99-school-manifesto-points-8082#comments Assistant Head Child Protection Coordinator Classroom Teacher Continuing Professional Development CPD leader CPD Week Curriculum Manager Deputy Head Early Years Professional Head of Year Headteacher ICT Manager Leadership and Management Leading teacher for gifted and talented NQT Parent School Business Manager/Bursar School Governor SEAL Coordinator SENCO Teaching and Learning Teaching Assistant Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:58:34 +0100 scameron 8082 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Secondary Assembly: Listen to me! http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-listen-me-8070 <p><strong>Engagement </strong></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">[Choose the appropriate tense for the Readers’ comments, depending on the Key Stage addressed in the assembly]</span></p><p><strong>Leader:</strong> On Thursday May 6th a crucial event in the life of our country will take place. Millions of people will go to ballot boxes in churches, schools, community halls and other venues to vote in a new government. Yet I suspect that, for many of you in this assembly, the event will simply pass you by.</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-listen-me-8070">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-listen-me-8070#comments Assemblies Assistant Head Classroom Teacher Deputy Head Head of Year Headteacher Leadership and Management Secondary E-assemblies Teaching and Learning Tue, 20 Apr 2010 09:45:21 +0100 scameron 8070 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Secondary Assembly: An epidemic of affluenza http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-epidemic-affluenza-8009 <p><strong>Engagement </strong></p><p><strong>Doctor: </strong>Next patient, please.</p><p><strong>Patient:</strong> Doctor, doctor, I’m afraid I’m not feeling at all well.</p><p><strong>Doctor: </strong>Could you please describe your symptoms to me?</p><p><strong>Patient: </strong>I get very anxious and it’s making me feel depressed.</p><p><strong>Doctor: </strong>What do you feel anxious about?</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-epidemic-affluenza-8009">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-epidemic-affluenza-8009#comments Assemblies Assistant Head Classroom Teacher Deputy Head Head of Year Headteacher Leadership and Management Secondary E-assemblies Teaching and Learning Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:05:25 +0000 scameron 8009 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Secondary Assembly: Responsibility http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-responsibility-7983 <p>It links to a number of recent news items where an important question underlying the story was personal responsibility contrasted with the ability to blame someone or something else.</p><p><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><strong>Due to the nature of some of the stimuli it is suggested that this assembly is more suitable for senior pupils.</strong></span></p><p><strong>Resources: </strong>10 readers and a leader</p><p><strong>Engagement</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-responsibility-7983">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-responsibility-7983#comments Assemblies Assistant Head Deputy Head Head of Year Headteacher Leadership and Management Secondary E-assemblies Teaching and Learning Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:48:39 +0000 scameron 7983 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Developing approaches to manage self-harming behaviours http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/developing-approaches-manage-self-harming-behaviour-7960 <p><strong>What is self-harm?<p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/developing-approaches-manage-self-harming-behaviour-7960">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/developing-approaches-manage-self-harming-behaviour-7960#comments Child Protection Coordinator Emotional wellbeing Head of Year SEAL Coordinator Social & Emotional Learning eBulletin Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:26:32 +0000 scameron 7960 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Secondary Assembly: ‘Patrick, come back!' http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-%E2%80%98patrick-come-back-7949 <p><strong>Resources</strong></p><p>A Leader and two Readers. One plays the part of a young TV interviewer, while the other appears as St. Patrick – a person of wide experience, solemn yet good humoured.</p><p><strong>Engagement</strong></p><p><strong>Leader: </strong>Here’s the name of a well-known person from the past. Let’s see how many questions it takes to work out who he is.</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-%E2%80%98patrick-come-back-7949">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-%E2%80%98patrick-come-back-7949#comments Assemblies Classroom Teacher Head of Year Headteacher Leadership and Management Secondary E-assemblies Teaching and Learning Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:34:03 +0000 scameron 7949 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Secondary Assembly: Cheap at half the price http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-cheap-half-price-7923 <p><strong>Engagement</strong></p><p><strong>Leader:</strong> If you had £200,000 to spend, how would you use it?</p><p><strong>Reader 1:</strong> I’d buy a bright red Ferrari sports car with all the added extras and drive it on my own private race track.</p><p><strong>Reader 2:</strong> I’d have an indoor heated swimming pool built at my house so I could have a pool party every weekend.</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-cheap-half-price-7923">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-cheap-half-price-7923#comments Assemblies Assistant Head Classroom Teacher Deputy Head Head of Year Headteacher Leadership and Management Secondary E-assemblies Teaching and Learning Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:24:44 +0000 scameron 7923 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Secondary Assembly: Through alien eyes http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-through-alien-eyes-7901 <p>He asks listeners to consider the world humans have made and the part each of us plays in maintaining or challenging it. It refers to the recent release of information by the Ministry of Defence about reports of UFO sightings across the UK</p><p>(<a target="_blank" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8521868.stm"><strong>News items</strong></a> and <a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=235aSLz08eE"><strong>ITN news cast</strong></a>)</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-through-alien-eyes-7901">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-through-alien-eyes-7901#comments Assemblies Assistant Head Deputy Head Head of Year Headteacher Leadership and Management Secondary E-assemblies Teaching and Learning Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:45:19 +0000 scameron 7901 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Secondary Assembly: Cheats never prosper? http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-cheats-never-prosper-7892 <p><strong>Resources: </strong>A Leader and two Readers - playing the part of ‘Cheat’ and ‘Anti-cheat’.</p><p><strong>Props:</strong> A mobile phone, a ball-point pen an old exam paper.</p><p><strong>Engagement </strong></p><p><strong>Leader: </strong>Today’s topic is a tricky one: cheating in exams. Let’s begin with a short drama. We are outside the examination hall.</p><p><strong>Reader 1:</strong> Come forward please<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> [Reader 2 does so]</span> Place your mobile phone on this table.</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-cheats-never-prosper-7892">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-cheats-never-prosper-7892#comments Assemblies Assistant Head Classroom Teacher Deputy Head Head of Year Headteacher Leadership and Management Secondary E-assemblies Teaching and Learning Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:25:19 +0000 scameron 7892 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Mobile phones, MP3 players and student behaviour http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/mobile-phones-mp3-players-and-student-behaviour-7890 <p>In spite of increasingly clear rules, boundaries and expectations regarding their use, phones and MP3 players remain among the most popular and prized of all personal possessions and students continually bring them into, and try to use them in, school. School and classroom rules range from a complete ban while on the premises to guidance asking that they are switched off, left at the office or handed in when entering the classroom.<p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/mobile-phones-mp3-players-and-student-behaviour-7890">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/mobile-phones-mp3-players-and-student-behaviour-7890#comments Behaviour Management Behaviour Matters Classroom Teacher Head of Year Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:33:00 +0000 scameron 7890 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Primary Assembly: He felt he might be needed http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/primary-assembly-he-felt-he-might-be-needed-7884 <p>The recent ceremony held to honour the memory of Reginald Earnshaw, who at 14 and 152 days was the youngest serving casualty of World War Two, reminds us that in fact over 500 boys of sixteen or under died serving in the Merchant Navy in that war. We pay tribute to them here, and tell the story of Boy First Class John Travers ('Jack') Cornwell, who, at sixteen and a half, gave his life at the Battle of Jutland in 1916 in heroic circumstances, and was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross. We remember also the plight of child soldiers in today’s global conflicts.</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/primary-assembly-he-felt-he-might-be-needed-7884">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/primary-assembly-he-felt-he-might-be-needed-7884#comments Assemblies Classroom Teacher Head of Year Headteacher Leadership and Management Primary E-assemblies Teaching and Learning Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:48:24 +0000 scameron 7884 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Secondary Assembly: Sceptical at a cost? http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-sceptical-cost-7873 <p><strong>Engagement</strong></p><p><strong><strong>Leader:</strong> </strong>Are you a sceptic?</p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><em>(Pause)</em></span></p><p>Maybe you don’t even know what it means. Sceptics sound like this:</p><p><strong>Reader 1: </strong>I don’t believe what you’re saying. You’ve got to show me the proof before I’ll change my mind.</p><p><strong>Reader 2:</strong> I’ve got to suspend my judgement about that. Give me some time to commit myself.</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-sceptical-cost-7873">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-sceptical-cost-7873#comments Assemblies Assistant Head Classroom Teacher Deputy Head Head of Year Headteacher Leadership and Management Secondary E-assemblies Teaching and Learning Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:19:59 +0000 scameron 7873 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Secondary Assembly: Hope http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-hope-7847 <p><strong>Resources: </strong>Six readers and a leader</p><p><strong>Engagement </strong></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">[Two pupils at the end of a school day]</span></p><p><strong>Reader 1:</strong><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><strong> </strong>(Brightly) </span></em>What’s up with you, you look miserable? Fail another test did you?</p><p><strong>Reader 2: </strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><em>(Gloomily) </em></span>Thanks for that; some friend you are. No, it’s just the end of another school day that’s all.</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-hope-7847">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-hope-7847#comments Assemblies Assistant Head Classroom Teacher Deputy Head Head of Year Headteacher Leadership and Management Primary E-assemblies Teaching and Learning Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:29:25 +0000 scameron 7847 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Secondary Assembly: Groundhog Day http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-groundhog-day-7837 <p><strong>Summary</strong></p><p>This assembly is timed to be presented on or near February 2nd, also known as ‘Groundhog Day’, which is held annually in the United States and Canada. It discusses the meaning of this strangely labelled tradition and asks how it reflects our attitudes to life.</p><p><strong>Resources </strong></p><ul><li>A leader and a reader.</li><li>Perhaps a brief extract from the song Groundhog Days by the Manic Street Preachers?</li></ul><p><strong>Engagement</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-groundhog-day-7837">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-groundhog-day-7837#comments Assemblies Assistant Head Classroom Teacher Deputy Head Head of Year Headteacher Leadership and Management Secondary E-assemblies Teaching and Learning Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:17:56 +0000 scameron 7837 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Improve your behaviour management with pupil evaluation http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/improve-your-behaviour-management-pupil-evaluation-7833 <p><strong>Pupil evaluation and feedback</strong><br />School councils and pupil voice have become established and effective aspects of pupils’ ability to contribute their views to school development plans. How can this same model be used to shape behaviour management in the classroom?</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/improve-your-behaviour-management-pupil-evaluation-7833">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/improve-your-behaviour-management-pupil-evaluation-7833#comments Behaviour Management Behaviour Matters Classroom management Classroom Teacher Head of Year Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:34:44 +0000 scameron 7833 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Secondary Assembly: When your chewing gum’s lost its flavour http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-when-your-chewing-gums-lost-its-flavour-7823 <p><strong>Engagement</strong></p><p><strong>Leader: </strong>Didn’t the area where we live look different under all that snow over Christmas and the New Year? Each time there was a fresh fall it covered everything in pure white. Every ugly building and piece of wasteland, probably even the town waste disposal site, looked like a scene from an Alpine holiday promotion. There it lay, deep and crisp and even as it says in the Christmas carol. As far as the eye could see there was an unending, even covering of white. It was perfection.</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-when-your-chewing-gums-lost-its-flavour-7823">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-when-your-chewing-gums-lost-its-flavour-7823#comments Assemblies Assistant Head Classroom Teacher Deputy Head Head of Year Headteacher Leadership and Management Secondary E-assemblies Teaching and Learning Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:55:35 +0000 scameron 7823 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Secondary Assembly: We are all ‘Time Lords’ http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-we-are-all-time-lords-7764 <p><strong>Resources: </strong>Three readers and a leader. The video clip of Dr Who’s regeneration may still be available on the BBC iPlayer.</p><p><strong>Engagement </strong></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">[Two pupils chatting on the first day back at school after the Christmas holidays]</span></p><p><strong>Reader 1:</strong> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">[Grumpily]</span> Hi. We’re back again…</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-we-are-all-time-lords-7764">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-we-are-all-time-lords-7764#comments Assemblies Assistant Head Deputy Head Head of Year Headteacher Leadership and Management Secondary E-assemblies Teaching and Learning Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:30:43 +0000 scameron 7764 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Secondary Assembly: We are all 'Time Lords' http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-we-are-all-time-lords-7745 <p><strong>Resources: </strong>Three readers and a leader. The video clip of Dr Who’s regeneration may still be available on the BBC iPlayer.</p><p><strong>Engagement</strong></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">[Two pupils chatting on the first day back at school after the Christmas holidays]</span></p><p><strong>Reader 1:</strong> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">[Grumpily]</span> Hi. We’re back again…</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-we-are-all-time-lords-7745">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-we-are-all-time-lords-7745#comments Assemblies Classroom Teacher Deputy Head Head of Year Headteacher Leadership and Management Secondary E-assemblies Teaching and Learning Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:12:31 +0000 scameron 7745 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Secondary Assembly: What’s the point of advent calendars? http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-whats-point-advent-calendars-7683 <p><strong>Resources </strong></p><p>A <strong>Leader </strong>and a <strong>Reader </strong>(who should speak in the style of a TV commercial) plus a chocolate advent calendar.</p><p><strong>Engagement</strong></p><p><strong>Leader:</strong> How many of us have got one of these?</p><p>It’s an advent calendar - with a window to open every day in the run-up to Christmas. Does anyone know what is behind each window?</p><p><em>(Answer: chocolate) </em></p><p>Has everyone been opening their windows regularly? Or has anyone cheated and eaten the lot?</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-whats-point-advent-calendars-7683">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-whats-point-advent-calendars-7683#comments Assemblies Assistant Head Classroom Teacher Deputy Head Head of Year Headteacher Leadership and Management Secondary E-assemblies Teaching and Learning Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:17:14 +0000 scameron 7683 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Secondary Assembly: Violence amongst teenagers http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-violence-amongst-teenagers-7638 <p><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><strong>Key Stage: this assembly is suitable for use with Key Stages 4 and 5</strong></span></p><p><strong>Engagement</strong></p><p>Teenage years are the time when most boys and girls, or men and women as some of you already are, enter into their first relationships.</p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><em>(Pause)</em></span></p><p>A good relationship involves mutual respect, support and love. However, unfortunately not all relationships are built on these essential qualities.</p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><em>(Pause)</em></span></p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-violence-amongst-teenagers-7638">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-violence-amongst-teenagers-7638#comments Assemblies Assistant Head Classroom Teacher Head of Year Headteacher Leadership and Management Secondary E-assemblies Teaching and Learning Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:29:39 +0000 scameron 7638 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Secondary Assembly: Speaking out against injustice http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-speaking-out-against-injustice-7610 <p>This assembly challenges listeners to consider possibly scenarios where they should speak out, even if the cost of doing so seems high. It links to the story of a nurse who had been struck off the nursing register for secretly filming what she saw as failures in patient treatments on an NHS ward. The nurse has since won a national award for nursing.</p><p><strong>Resources</strong></p><p>8 Readers and one Leader</p><p><strong>Stories at:</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-speaking-out-against-injustice-7610">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-speaking-out-against-injustice-7610#comments Assemblies Classroom Teacher Head of Year Headteacher Leadership and Management Secondary E-assemblies Teaching and Learning Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:18:26 +0000 scameron 7610 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Secondary Assembly: Which side of the wall? http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-which-side-wall-7517 <p><strong>Engagement</strong></p><p>Leader: Walls can be useful.</p><p>Walls can give support. There are walls holding up the roof above our heads in this hall. Without those walls the roof wouldn’t stay up.</p><p>Walls can be a background for display. On the corridor walls of this school<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> [mention other areas if appropriate]</span> we have displays of artwork, photographs and information posters. The walls provide a large surface that makes them visible at just the right height.</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-which-side-wall-7517">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-which-side-wall-7517#comments Assemblies Classroom Teacher Head of Year Headteacher Leadership and Management Secondary E-assemblies Teaching and Learning Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:35:50 +0000 scameron 7517 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Secondary Assembly: You’re worth it http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-youre-worth-it-7441 <p><strong>Engagement</strong></p><p><strong>Leader: </strong>This year the African Award for Good Governance (officially called the Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership) has not been awarded to anyone (1). You may not be familiar with this award but it’s actually the most valuable one in existence, in financial terms at least. The beneficiary receives a total of $5 million over the next 10 years and $200,000 a year for the remainder of their life. But before you all rush out to apply, let’s look at the qualifications…</p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-youre-worth-it-7441">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-youre-worth-it-7441#comments Assemblies Assistant Head Classroom Teacher Deputy Head Head of Year Headteacher Leadership and Management Secondary E-assemblies Teaching and Learning Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:39:01 +0000 scameron 7441 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com Secondary Assembly: The show must go on http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-show-must-go-7376 <p>This assembly explores the ideas of determination and perseverance. It challenges listeners to examine how easily they give up, or how determined they are. It is linked to recent news stories about one of the stars of the Harry Potter movies</p><p><strong>Resources</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-show-must-go-7376">read more</a></p> http://www.teachingexpertise.com/e-bulletins/secondary-assembly-show-must-go-7376#comments Assemblies Assistant Head Classroom Teacher Head of Year Headteacher Leadership and Management Secondary E-assemblies Teaching and Learning Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:35:51 +0100 scameron 7376 at http://www.teachingexpertise.com