On Monday of this week, a Tweet was posted:
Ahead of meeting new class, I got my current class to write to my next one. Simply stunning outcomes!
— Liam (@ThisIsLiamM) June 30, 2014
At the time of writing, that Tweet has 14 ReTweets (even one from Brian Moses) and 19 Favorites. That's a lot for Liam: he's convinced most of his Tweets don't get read by anyone! Lots of interest out of the blue, and to something we though everyone would be doing. Wrong!
It's my 8th year of teaching and this is something I've done every year. Two weeks before 'Transfer Day', I give the children a home learning task to write a letter to a pupil in my next class. Here's how that was worded:
The results were very impressive. Here are some extracts:
"Finally, you do lots of literacy and maths, but the teachers make it fun!"
"The Isle of Wight is really worth all of the five hours it takes to get there."
"The more time you spend in this year group, the more you will love it!"
"If you get my teacher, you're lucky: he's awesome!"
"The homework's not difficult if you listen in class."
There's a trip to the National Space Centre (not Space, in Leicester) and it's fun."
Your new class get to hear from those who have just experienced a year in your year group, classroom and presence. They tell it how it has been. Good points, not so good points and, at times, pick out aspects of the teacher's personality. They're useful for the teacher to evaluate the year too.
Most of all, it's impressive to see the time taken by many of them to produce something that shows real empathy with the child who is going to be reading the letter:
Earlier this week, @thisisliamm Tweeted about current class writing letters to next class. Here’s a picture of some: pic.twitter.com/PbrGbOHWZ4
— PrimaryIdeas (@PrimaryIdeas) July 2, 2014
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