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  • Writer's pictureEMMA ROCK

Observation one - Music Ms Gallagher

1/10 Ms.Gallagher Music Class 9:40 (s) 2nd Year class 4/11/2020

  1. Professional teaching skills and ability: Communication, voice, terminology, personal qualities & pupils’ responses.


Loud voice and clear use of terminology, gorgeous attitude, bubbly personality shows through her teaching methods. Uses everyday activities to help remember music terminology, flatten the ball - flat notes sharpen the pencil ^UP


  1. Classroom management: Pupil activity, pupil behaviour.


Hyper class at the beginning clearly the students have a lot of respect for the teacher and understand there should only be one voice at a time. Let’s the students teach each other by bringing them up to the board and explaining how they know. 1 Chance and then give up the phone on the second chance


  1. Presentation of learning content: Delivery of lesson, use of resources, visual aids, support studies.


Word banks on the board. Using the projector and exam questions


  1. Effectiveness of planning: Clarity of intentions, quality of learning content, presentation.


Gets back to the topic as soon as the subject changes. Questions the students regularly during the class. Heads down hands up - a game she used to make sure the students were all in understanding of what was going on.


  1. Assessment and evaluation of pupils work in class.

Correcting the students work for homework at the start of the class running through what they should know and then questionings. Has a question they write into their copies and if they find her in the corridor and give her the correct answer they will get a reward on Friday.

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