Had the pleasure (and it was a pleasure!) of observing a few interview lessons last week, so I thought I'd put some tips together for anyone job hunting as we approach the main recruitment season! #mfltwitterati
💪 Start strong but with minimal faff! "Je suis ... (write your name on the board), copiez le titre et la date, who can translate? Off you go!"
Sep 10, 2022 • 17 tweets • 5 min read
Following on from this, here's how I approached the 150-word question
I feel like the biggest issue here for pupils and teachers is just getting 150 words out of 2 bullet points, so that's what I focused on
First, I went back through all the past papers, and found a pattern...
(sorry for the clickbait! Just where the tweet cut off)
EVERY past question I saw (2022 papers continued this) had bullets like this: 1. OPINION (e.g. your opinion of, pros and cons of, positives and negatives of) 2. PAST/FUTURE (e.g. a memorable event, your plans for next time)
Sep 4, 2022 • 19 tweets • 5 min read
Just doing some Sunday afternoon results analysis, and my class have absolutely blown me away by how well they smashed the writing paper, esp the 90-word question:
- 6 out of 8 Hgr students got 16/16! (plus one 14, one 13)
- Fdn students all 10+/16
Here's what we did... 🧵
I only picked up the class last year, and they were really struggling. Lovely kids, but lockdown and staffing issues had meant they were very far behind where a class should have been at the end of Y10. We're talking not knowing what "je" means, in some cases.
