Holly Swift

Science teacher. Mama. Obsessed with making things pretty.

[Holly Swift @Hoyholly]

Digging through old resources to help colleagues and realised I need to actually print and display my own resources eh @CarolynAGreen?

[Holly Swift @Hoyholly]

Easter Science with the little dude - his prediction is that the vinegar will crack the shell and turn all the egg green (not bad).

I could extend him and ask him to do a bit of computational thinking to sequence the steps to do it.... 😂 #teachermum

[Holly Swift @Hoyholly]

Finally got this bad boy up in my learning space - thanks to my lovely year 13's for being as OCD as me and getting the spirit level out to get it up 🤣 @RollestonCol @CarolynAGreen

[Holly Swift @Hoyholly]

Teaching PPDAC cycle with the ol' faithful 'How to make toast' - a little bit of computational thinking in there too eh @KiwiTecha

[Holly Swift @Hoyholly]

Testing out the 'ick factor' and seeing how receptive my Year 12s are to the prospect of insect protein as a food source #agribusiness @RollestonCol

[Holly Swift @Hoyholly]

😢

[Sir Ken Robinson @SirKenRobinson]

It is with heavy hearts that we announce Sir Ken Robinson died peacefully yesterday, 21st August 2020, surrounded by family after a short battle with cancer.

We will be following up with a further update as we begin to follow Sir Ken’s wishes and honour his legacy.

[Holly Swift @Hoyholly]

@maurieabraham @njngarewa @DisruptEDNZ @CarolynAGreen our conversation today...

[Holly Swift @Hoyholly]

@ClaireAmosNZ @NZQAofficial Ready to upload our combined Chem 1.1/Maths Bivariate Task as soon as you're ready! @CarolynAGreen

[Holly Swift @Hoyholly]

LOVE THESE!
I'm thinking Paws, Hooves & Claws for the Kakapo context (no longer my baby, but Stefan J's 😊).
And Compound Interest has GREAT infographics to support the effectiveness of soap againat Covid-19 (using them for Overreaction already!) https://t.co/r3qnE1ZeeH

[Holly Swift @Hoyholly]

@CarolynAGreen I LOVE this. Such a good idea - the anchor slide of lockdown?

[Holly Swift @Hoyholly]

Playing around with how we can help our learners self-manage their learning while at home. Chunking and having a clear layout should hopefully prevent them getting too overwhelmed! @CarolynAGreen @RollestonCol

[Claire Amos @ClaireAmosNZ]

The DisruptED Interviews - Rachel Skelton | Rolleston College https://t.co/I6QlHgC8wa In this episode, @Badger294 of Rolleston College in Christchurch talks about the power of connection, relationships and the importance of focusing on learning over assessment.

[Holly Swift @Hoyholly]

@mattynicoll Q6: Linking in profiles with ALL the information! As Bron @KiwiTecha has said with one of our other docs - it can be the Ako 'mothership'
#lifehack #RollEdNZ

[Holly Swift @Hoyholly]

@SoffRalph @mattynicoll Good point - you could ask for volunteers each week to come up with a check and connect? Maybe a themed one for the character strength of the week? #RollEdNZ

[Holly Swift @Hoyholly]

@mattynicoll In Hotoke we've done the same - small teams in charge of each Ako strand e.g. Numeracy. In workshops we've organised the sub-groups so that there's a specialist in each workshop so the kids are getting the best every week e.g. a Math teacher in each numeracy workshop #RollEdNZ

[Holly Swift @Hoyholly]

@pijama_princess #RollEdNZ Hahahahahaha I'm still on the PCT 1 load and this is too real for me

[Holly Swift @Hoyholly]

@mattynicoll @shandley16 I agree - gathering the data is awesome and there are some good ways to collect (google forms etc) but integrating this and having the time to apply any responses is a challenge! #RollEdNZ

[Holly Swift @Hoyholly]

@mattynicoll #RollEdNZ Those little tips and tricks that you usually only learn once you make the mistakes and learn from them... as a new teacher those tiny tidbits can make all the difference in how a lesson runs

[Holly Swift @Hoyholly]

@mattynicoll #RollEdNZ Q1 A1 - Giving feedback when marking!

[Holly Swift @Hoyholly]

@mattynicoll Pjs & cuppa at the ready.... #RollEdNZ