Wednesday, May 19, 2021

RINGING THAT BELL

 

 We are at the last bell for 2020-21 Season and what a year it has been


What were the things you used to do? When you were young!! And, how is it now? Is there anything positive about these times? Or is it all negative? And the future, what are your expections for how things might / could be five years from now? You will have finished your studying time [maybe] and be getting ready to launch yourself onto an unsuspecting world . . . . . . . . what might happen?


FROM BIRMINGHAM TO EXETER TO BIRMINGHAM TO EXMOUTH TO WINCHESTER [UNIVERSITY] TO EXMOUTH TO SOUTHAMPTON TO LONDON TO POLESWORTH TO TAMWORTH TO LONDON TO WEYBRIDGE TO BRIGHTON TO EAST GRINSTEAD TO CROWBOROUGH TO FOREST ROW TO CARRICK FERGUS TO BELFAST TO LURGAN TO EXETER TO HENLEY TO LITTLEHAMPTON TO VENTSPILS!!!! WHO KNOWS WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS . . . . . OR WHERE WE WILL BE.


I REMEMBER SITTING IN THE SUNSHINE CUDDLING MY BLACK RABBIT, MY MUM NEXT TO ME - PERHPAS i WAS 3. I HAVE A PHOTOGRAPH.


FAST FORWARD MAYBE I WAS 7 AND WITH WITH GRANDAD, I HAD SEEN THE DISNEY FILM 'ALICE IN WONDERLAND' AND HAD DECIDED TO PAINT MOMMA'S PINK ROSES BLUE - MY GRANDDAD HELPED ME :-) NO PHOTOGRAPH.
so that's the past....

What about now?

Hmmmmm - know the original version?

I AM NOT SURE I LIKE BEING AN EDUCATIONAL DJ ON ZOOM, I MUCH PREFER BEING ABLE TO GIVE HELP FACE-2-FACE. ZOOM PUTS PRESSURE ON STUDENTS TO BE SELF SUFFICENT AND SELF-MOTIVATED OTHERWISE THEY SLIP BEHIND.

Looking ahead - can we do that these days?

BACK IN A GARDEN SOMEWHERE. FROM A DECKCHAIR, WATCHING THE BUSY WORLD GO BY AND REMEMBERING A TIME WHEN I KNEW YOU ALL AND WONDERING HOW YOU ARE DOING.

Over to you ...... what is your story


Write a short piece of text 12 - 15 sentences IN TOTAL perhaps covering then, now and also maybe -  from your personal VIEWPOINT - you can put it in COMMENTS or EMAIL it and you can include links to images or selfies if you wish to be more creative [I live in hope :-) ]


FROM MY HOME TOWN - THE MOODY BLUES SING DRIFTWOOD





Monday, August 31, 2020

2021 - NEW SCHOOL YEAR - NEW LEARNING PLAN

TAKING OWNERSHIP OF YOUR LEARNING

LEARNERS ACROSS EUROPE ARE STARTING TO TAKE MORE CONTROL OVER THEIR LEARNING AND THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS. PART OF THIS IS TO IDENTIFY WHERE YOU FEEL YOU NEED TO PUT IN EXTRA TIME AND EFFORT AND WHERE FORMATIVE MONTHLY ASSESSMENTS REVEAL AREAS THAT NEED YOUR ACTION.

WE START THIS PROCESS HERE WITH THIS SELF-REVIEW [AKA ASSESSMENT] FORM  . . . . 

Tuesday, August 25, 2020

English Language @ V2V : Level 10 

Here you will find materials that support the sessions we have - homework briefs and support documents as well as general materials found by the teachers that will help your growing awareness of real English and Commercial / Business English. The work you do will be a bit more advanced as you are becoming adults! An exciting time in your lives and we hope that the English we do will capture some of that excitement.


You will be able to contribute your own work for review assessment and feedback (which will be given individually).

ENGLISH LANGUAGE @ V2V YEARPLAN


Homeworks
All homeworks are listed on eKlase - this BLOG provides extra information about the homework to help you complete the tasks.