LEARNING FEST

The Professinal Learning Teams from different departments

Match strategies to your students' learning
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Karl is from Ireland and a music teacher

Receiving my certificate from the superintendent

I created the ambiance for the Learning Fest

The iceberg is used to connect to our
teaching of students

We are the Number 1

Hands-on lessons are a way to win students

Our school staff coordinator, Victor

Our young staff whom I work with



Curricullum planning to gauge students' progress



We work and play together

3F:  Food, Fun and Friends

The mamas and the daughters they mentor



Anu, another young teacher who is close to me




Kelly, my daughter in school



Karl hates prawn



Eat your food boy



Carmaderie amongst us is observable

My mentee who is doing Geography and English

The clover leaf is associated with Ireland

Saying good bye to Karl

One more for the road, guys

SHARING OF GOOD PRACTICES

It is an annual affair for the school to organise the Learning Fest. I was part of the team putting the session in place. We had it last week and it was a day of sharing on Jon Saphier's Skillful Teacher area of performances amongst the staff. The whole school had prescribed to the book and also identified some moves that we would carry out as a whole school approach.
Saphier's book entitled 'The Skillful Teacher' has become a staple book of reference in many colleges and schools for studying generic pedagogy. I find the book like a treasure trove, filled to the brim with research-based strategies for improving learning and teaching. The book crackles with the author's passion and the belief that teachers have the power to help all students learn and perform at high levels.
The moves of the teaching pedagogy mentioned in the book are useful for a new teacher and the experienced; catering to the novice and the expert educator. The book which is packed with powerful tools would help the young educators to have a positive impact on their teaching.

The learning teams shared the projects which they had undertaken on a move of the Skillful Teacher. The book is a powerful resource they can turn to when members have taught a unit the very best way they know how, yet students continue to struggle. They carried out the moves with their students, did some form of action research, deepen their understanding by reading literature on it and analysed data to study the situation further.
However, I think what is more powerful is the peer observation did by the team to give effective feedback on the move which they had chosen to try out. The Learning Fest showed the teams focussing their efforts and commitment on curriculum planning, assessment, models of teaching, clarity, expectations, attention moves, learning experiences and principles of learning.

As usual I found the morning enriching where the staff picked up new ideas, made suggestions to the teams and also seized opportunities how the practices could be collaborated among departments. Everyone gave a thumb-up to the non-formal atmosphere and the abundant sharing done by the staff and for the staff. Our common goal was to improve our students' achievement.
The teachers' day effort ended with a farewell barbeque lunch for some staff who would be leaving the school.