Hi all,
I’m an NQT about to start in September. I’ve worked as a TA for three years previously so I have quite a bit of experience in classroom management, different teaching strategies etc, but this will be my first time planning everything myself.
Now I know that with Covid, we’re not really going to be having “group work” anyway. I’ve got them all sitting in rows, but there should still be opportunities for partner work and discussion with the children immediately around them.
I am pretty strongly against ability grouping because I think it’s shit for the LA children and I also don’t think it’s necessarily the best for HA kids either. I had tons of parents having a go on another thread saying how terrible this was for their child who is so clever (etc etc).
I’m interested in what those of you who have been teaching for years think.
As an NQT I am not exactly in a position to consider myself a fountain of knowledge and experience on these matters so - what do you all think?
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year5teacher · 18/08/2020 12:16
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