Well I’ve done it. I have survived my first lesson observation of the new academic year! As someone who always shied away from any kind of performance-based activity when a pupil myself, I cannot say I find the idea of my professional competencies being judged on a 50-minute snapshot terribly appealing. Now that the event is over though, I have to say it was really not that bad. In fact, it was quite fun.
The class was year 7 “bottom” set. I began the lesson with a routine speedy settler, all pupils were engaged and banging out their “times tables super stars” like there was no tomorrow. We recapped on decimal place value, before moving on to some fun AfL with the mini-whiteboards involving lots of higher level questioning aimed at addressing some key misconceptions.
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