Notes from the advanced weekend course, July 2019

The following are a collection of notes for those who attended the Mantle of the Expert Advanced weekend course at Ringsfield Hall, in July 2019.

• The resources and teaching tools discussed during the weekend visit.
• Links to blogs and articles:
  • Circle of Progression (Teacher Compass)
  • Tasks, activities, purpose… planning grid.doc
  • Nine Elements of Great Pedagogy
  • Nine elements for Mantle of the Expert – Woodrow First School
• Apples:
  • Apples, bears, and China
  • How apples came to Europe
• Luke’s Snow White planning
• Orchards: Glorious Orchard; Slumber Orchard
• Notes on creating two groups and looking for implications
• Notes on thinking through implications

An example of the planning grid from Great Fire of London (click to enlarge).

Video – Dorothy Heathcote on the use of Full Role

Chamber Theatre, Robert Breen

Luke’s article on Chamber Theatre

Drama/Theatre – two sides of the same coin –
The what and the how

Drama elements:
POV – People involved
Tension – What is the tension
Location – Where this is happening
Time – When this is happening
Events – What is happening
Reflection – Chance to reflect

Theatre elements:
Representational – How the drama is brought into the classroom (space)
Use of sign: (icon, drawing, writing, clothing, objects, and people)
Form: Of space, movement, speed, volume, intensity.