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Ideas for open evening

  • 23-09-2015 2:04pm
    #1
    nqtfarmer
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    Hi lads,
    So I'm new to a school at the mo and am trying to make an impact in my subject. I'm history, English and classics.
    Other than quizzes n books lining tables I'm struggling. Practical subjects definitely appear more exciting


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  • #2
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,256 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    Computer screen showing old photos of the area on a loop went down very well one time I did it.

    Another computer with the census site, RC parishes, etc..

    Scrapbooks with projects on the course, family history projects that they can look through - that sort of thing.


  • #3
    rainbowtrout
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    In my school sometimes the English and History teachers do enactment type stuff with students for open evening. Dress up as Romans, people from middle ages etc.

    Or act out a scene out of a play for English.


  • #4
    Afroshack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 429 ✭✭Afroshack


    I ordered crime scene tape and staged some murders from famous English texts on the course (Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet etc) I gave all the kids coming in laminated detective badges and asked them to follow the clues to figure out what happened at the scene. I typed up a couple of 'witness statements' and a teacher dressed up as the dead body on the floor.


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