Day 336 - Mr Nichols 1, Year 9 1

Thursday March 18th

And so it came to pass that I tamed the mighty Year 9. I took them out of the class room and down on to the rugby pitches. We were learning about time distance graphs so I got them to record their very own journey of walking, running, standing still etc. and then back to record it all on a graph.

The naughtiest boy of all decided he wanted to partner me and he was good as gold the whole lesson. Everyone else followed his lead and the time flew by. They actually learnt something. It felt a little chaotic and out of control at times but as all the theory states - we are all more likely to remember things if we are learning by doing as opposed to reading or listening. We are definitely more likely to remember if we are enjoying ourselves. I know I was.

Did I mention this was one of my formal observations? Thought so.