Our Top Five Vlogs from 2018

​It has been an exciting year for Literacy WAGOLL. The website is growing in popularity every week and we have been receiving great feedback. 2018 also saw the introduction of our teaching and learning vlogs which have begun to be noticed by teachers from all over the world including some educational magazines. In fact, 2018 saw Literacy WAGOLL featured in the 'Teach Primary' magazine as well as on the 'Teach Wire' website with articles focused both on this blog and our Youtube Channel videos. We are now proud to introduce to you the rebranded blog and vlog, WAGOLL Teaching! All the same content and a little bit more... Our aim is simple - to create high quality vlogs which share practical ideas for your classroom. But for now here are our top 5 vlogs from 2018! Enjoy!

​#5 How to Plan a Learning Adventure!

The Learning Adventure is a simple scaffold for teachers which allows you to plan an exciting and engaging unit of learning for the children in your class. It follows an inquiry model followed by many creative and tech businesses when developing new products. This is a chance to deliver the curriculum in a modern and fun way that engages children and builds key skill that they will need for future success

​#4 Lesson Cogs - Planning Simplified!

Do you often find yourself stuck when planning a lesson? Do your lessons run over or lose direction? Teachers often have these struggles when planning lessons. Lesson cogs is a simple way of looking at lesson planning. by understanding the cogs that make up a successful lesson, you can easily use them to sequence activities and tasks to make great learning happen. Each cog links to a type of child or teacher-led activity that plays a part in learning. But what are the cogs and what do they look like in a lesson? In this video, we break down each cog for you - enjoy!

#3 Six ways to develop Reasoning Skills!

Getting children thinking for themselves is so important in the modern world where not everything you are told is necessarily correct. children need to be taught how to evaluate, be critical, share opinions and evaluate information. Learn how to challenge children's thinking through 6 simple reasoning tasks that can be used in any subject!

#2 Behaviour Management Tweaks!

Behaviour is influenced by how engaging lessons and learning are. However there will always be those low level disruptions that need dealing with. What behaviour management strategies do you use? Learn how to ensure your behaviour systems work for all children and how simple tweaks can support children in making the right choices in lessons.

#1 Five Things You Should Say More In The Classroom!

Small changes to the things we say to the children in the class can have such a huge impact on their mindset, attitude, and learning! Whether it be the way you ask questions to the body language you give off to their suggestions. Start 2019 with some new classroom interactions. Time to make a change

2019  is set to be an exciting year for LiteracyWAGOLL and WAGOLLTeaching! Don't forget to subscribe to our channel in order to access more teaching and learning vlogs coming soon!