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The Student-Led Classroom Blog - Join me as I explore the creation of self-autonomous, primary school learning environments
Daniel R Wilson
May 31, 20223 min read
The Student-led Parents' Evening
It's been a while since I last blogged in relation to student-led learning. Along with Covid, came a hundred-and-one barriers that have...
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Daniel R Wilson
Nov 13, 20212 min read
The most productive way to start your day!
Back in 2019, I had a brainwave. I had been developing my own morning resources, for the previous five years, and wanted to share them...
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Daniel R Wilson
Nov 28, 20202 min read
Morning Challenge goes Full-Screen!
Hi everyone - thanks for your continued support and usage of the site. I'm really happy that I've been able to help save you some time...
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Daniel R Wilson
Oct 27, 20202 min read
Non-contact Peer Editing
Sharing resources has been outlawed and the peer-editing of work had become a thing of the past. That was until I had a little brain wave...
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Daniel R Wilson
Mar 31, 20201 min read
SOLE Lessons Go Live!
An exciting update more than a blog post. I previously blogged about the amazing research and work, undertaken by Sugata Mitra, in regard...
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Daniel R Wilson
Mar 26, 20205 min read
The Student-Led Home School!
I thought it was time to post in relation to the current situation that many of us find ourselves in. With the Coronavirus circulating,...
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Daniel R Wilson
Feb 28, 20205 min read
To carousel or Not to carousel, that is the question...
I’ve read a lot of comments in support of whole-class guided reading in the past few months, but with my student-led hat on, I thought I...
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Daniel R Wilson
Feb 28, 20203 min read
The Secret Student
Another ramble through the backstreets of Twitter, last week, led me to a post by @Mr_S_Primary (Sam Stewart). He briefly discussed one...
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Daniel R Wilson
Feb 28, 20206 min read
Silent Teacher Day
The idea of 'Silent Teacher Day' was one which I stumbled over and have run with ever since. Everything about it hit the right notes with...
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Daniel R Wilson
Feb 28, 20203 min read
I'm a SOLE man...
The concept of SOLE, or 'Self Organised Learning Environments' were the brain-child of Sugata Mitra. "In 1999, Sugata Mitra’s pioneering...
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Daniel R Wilson
Feb 28, 20203 min read
The BIG Class Improvement Audit
It was late on Wednesday night, that I did my regular trawl of Twitter; in search of innovative and enthralling ways in which I could...
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Daniel R Wilson
Feb 28, 20203 min read
The Role of the Peer Mentor
Previously, I discussed the importance of children being aware of, and comfortable with, their own abilities. The realisation of...
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Daniel R Wilson
Feb 28, 20202 min read
Much More Than Milk Monitors
"It's like making the div kid at school milk monitor, no one respects it!" - A favourite quote of mine from the UK version of the office,...
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Daniel R Wilson
Feb 28, 20203 min read
The Morning Challenge
Many of us manage a partially student-led classroom without, perhaps, even having considered it. I've seen the concept of the morning...
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Daniel R Wilson
Feb 28, 20203 min read
Dynamic Seating!
Wouldn't it be brilliant if, as teachers, we didn't have to worry about seating arrangements; the constant challenges of pairing students...
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Daniel R Wilson
Feb 28, 20202 min read
Learning By Example
How better to introduce a group to the concept of learning from the front, than by allowing two of my most confident and able student...
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Daniel R Wilson
Feb 28, 20207 min read
The Wake Up Call
An introduction to the concept of the student led classroom, and the factors which influenced me to put ideas into action. In the...
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