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A Flying Start!


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How can teachers get lessons off to a flying start? And how can you do this and what does it look like?

On Friday, December 4th 2015, I delivered a keynote at the SSAT National Conference: Leading Learning.

Cut through the waffle, reduce workload

During my mainstage presentation at the SSAT National Conference 2015, I raced through one-hundred-and-fifty slides in just forty minutes. Throughout, I gave answers to the question ‘How would you reduce the burden of marking, planning and teaching for teachers?’

This week, the SSAT are sharing five short films taken from my presentation. They are:

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    2 thoughts on “A Flying Start!”

    1. Vick97 says:
      27th October 2020 at 9:12 am

      Hi I really like this innovative way of the hook. I teach in a primary school. Can this method be used with students in for example Year 2 and if not, how can this be adapted for their age group? I really like the idea and I am looking for innovative ways to interest students and how to use MFL across my lessons. Thanks

      1. @TeacherToolkit says:
        27th October 2020 at 10:30 am

        Only one way to find out 🙂

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