Yesterday I was told about an upcoming timetable change that would mean I have the Y9&10 Tihi kids on Monday Block 2 as usual and Y9&10 on Friday Block 4 as usual, however I would now have the Y9s during Wednesday Block 1 and a colleague would have the Y10s on Friday Block 3.
At first this timetable change confused me and I was unsure how this would affect 1) the dynamics of the class and 2) the programme of learning.
At the crux of it though - this means I can properly focus on the Y9s Wednesday mornings and get them prepped in a few ways.
* Building their reading capacity
* Practicing their writing
* Building their confidence without the Y10s to help them
* Developing more skills in English overall
This will also help me figure out who's Y9 and Y10 😂
Plus having that time with the Y9s will give me more time to get to know them individually and build them up.
Next thing to work out is how Fridays will work as my colleague will be taking the 10s Block 3 before they reunite as Y9&10 on Friday. I need to have a sit down with my colleague to figure this out asap. Because I now don't have a double block to teach them it makes it tricky (but also better too in some ways) to get full assessments completed - like the recent 'Sad Joke on a Marae' illustrative narration posters.
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