Another great trip with my cluster colleagues. We have become a tight bunch!
We visited three schools, Newmarket Primary, Halsey Drive Primary and ??????? will have to come back on that one.
Halsey Drive was the most impressive. The walls were plastered with evidence of SOLO teaching and learning examples from both children and the teachers. They ensured that the teachers were implementing and teaching SOLO examples when we observed in the classrooms. Classes from new entrants through to year 6 were fully engaged in SOLO Taxonomy pedagogy, using the language, HOT maps and rubrics. I would definitely recommend this school to any other schools thinking of taking on SOLO Taxonomy.
All teachers would benefit from visiting other schools like the above, especially junior teachers who feel SOLO is too hard to teach to new entrants. That's a myth after visiting Halsey, the babies were c0-constructing ideas using the Cause and Effect HOT map, not a Define map.
Lovely trip, both for learning opportunities and bonding with the cluster :)
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