Planet Mad

Today has been a good teaching day. First was one of my learning support groups, focusing on electricity equations in physics. We practised saying and writing the equations (with a wee bit of NLP in there too!), then played with equations cards until they were all conversant with the four fomulae. It was one of those lessons that just clicks: it all worked, the kids learned a lot, and it was good fun too. My Upper Sixth group followed, making posters and presentations: chalk-and-talk can be too much all of the time. We ended up with five different pictures of aeroplanes stuck up above the board, plus a selection of paper planes blutacked to the lightshades. Needless to say, the latter have since been taken down to reduce the fire hazard - pah, I'm such a boring teacher! Lesson three was an extra support lesson for two of my Lower Sixth, who have been struggling to get their heads around price elasticty of demand. Although I think that a challenging exam question on the topic will throw them, it has made them feel more confident about asking for help: let's hope that it pays off. After this free lesson, it's off to the IT centre for a coursework lesson, and then lunch in the House, tutor group time, then I'm helping at a volleyball session. It's shaping up to be a good day!