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DR VIVIEN MCNAMARA, BIOLOGY TEACHER
AYLESBURY GRAMMAR SCHOOL
HOW TO GET ORGANISED
- TOP TIPS FROM AN RQT
Consider colour-coding material
Teaching 7 different courses, 10 different classes
and 22 lessons each week, it is easy to get
paperwork and resources muddled. Shuffling
paper wastes time!
I use one colour per year group:
- Trays for work / resources
- Large A4 zip folders for the current topic
resources, easy to take home etc
- I also lay these out on my desk, in order, for the
day ahead
- A4 paper, laminated with adhesive magnetic
stickers, for my front board
- Stickers in my teacher planner for each class
Medium term planning made easy
I find flicking back and forth in a diary can be timeconsuming and it is difficult to see the bigger
picture over many weeks.
Try these tips:
A. Use a sheet of A4 paper for each year before
filling in your diary:
- One page per term / half term
- Two columns for 2 classes in the same year (if
you teach more than one class in the same year
group), otherwise one class per page.
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