Worked in two science classes today. One was with a “low performing” year 7 class, the other with incoming year 5s. I’d like to know how they define low performing here. From what I’ve heard, students are assessed regularly on their ability to gain information in a short period of time, often as short as fifteen minutes. My guess is that the low performing kids are the ones that require hands on activities or individual instruction in order for things to sink in, teaching methods that just aren’t practical in fifteen minute chunks. It really is unfortunate; some of the kids seemed perfectly capable right up until the lesson shifted from tangible experiments to worksheets.
After school, my hosts took me to the local freerunning gym, had a great time there. Almost managed to do a front-flip, but I need more practice.
After school, my hosts took me to the local freerunning gym, had a great time there. Almost managed to do a front-flip, but I need more practice.
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