Today I observed Chloe’s session with her Year 8 Maths/English student. This was a two hour session and I observed the first half of the lesson where they focused on maths. Chloe started the lesson by going over some revision for the expansion topic as her student said that she did not remember it well and wanted more practice. Chloe gave her student time to work through the questions herself and notice any errors she made before marking and going through the answers. Chloe ensured that she made the time to go through each question that her student got incorrect and highlighted where she went wrong and how to prevent this in the future, which was great.

I also liked how Chloe utilised the mini whiteboard to provide her student with visual explanations over verbal explanations, which was very beneficial. Chloe wrote down a step by step method for her student to follow for the questions she was struggling with. When Chloe identified that her student was good at doing expansion questions, except for questions that contained negative numbers, she wrote some questions herself that contained negative numbers to target her student’s weaker areas which I though was a great idea! Chloe also encouraged her student to look back at her working out to double check she was correct before moving onto a new question, which is a great habit to instill in students, especially during exams.

Chloe’s session was great to observe and I think she did a great job. Well done Chloe!

Sophia McLean