Rebecca Dann

Year 11 Revision and the Ulysses Contract

The Ulysses Contract is a commitment device based on the idea we can anticipate the mistakes we will make and bind ourselves to positive action, tying ourselves to the mast to ensure we make it through an oncoming challenge. I became Head of Department at my current school during significant change: the first year ofContinue reading “Year 11 Revision and the Ulysses Contract”

A Writing Curriculum Part 2 – a transition approach to teaching writing

There is a kind of powerless frustration familiar to teaching writing. It is a series of pyrrhic victories, like untangling an intricate chain only to find another catch. How can a child use capital letters perfectly well in one sentence and forget that they exist in the next? And when you think you’ve solved thatContinue reading “A Writing Curriculum Part 2 – a transition approach to teaching writing”