[Oz-teachers] 7 Periods anyone?

[Jason Hando]

Paul,

Our school moved from the exact same model to a 6 period 50 min each day two
years ago and we have not looked back. I have heard no complaints and for
myself and my colleagues in the Technology Faculty we find it much better
for doing practical projects in computing and design subjects during a
single period.

Kind Regards,

Jason Hando
Macarthur Anglican School

On 8/22/07, Paul Connoly <connolly.paul.j at edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:
>
> For some time now we have been operating on 7 periods at our school, as
> the
> schools in our area all do so to be the same.  This allows for
> video-conferencing (which we haven't used in 2 years).
>
> Anyway, at our school we have been looking to change, but each year it
> gets
> knocked on the head.
>
> I am just wondering if there are other schools our there that have 7
> periods
> (43min each ?!).
>
> Personally I cannot stand it.  Never in the one place long enough, always
> moving, nothing done in spares, let alone the thoughts of kids going to 7
> different classes in a day and expecting to take all things in?
>
> It seems to go against all the literature and I have done many school
> visits, where large blocks of time are utilised, and that certainly looks
> ideal.
>
> (NB: we are a P-12 school, so any timetabling is hard).
>
> So anyone else have 7x43min periods (or somesuch) per week and thoughts?
> Connors
>
> If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a stupid song about
> him?
>
>
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