Business & Geography, Chairperson of
@BSTAIGalway
, co- author of Enterprise, JCsuccess Business & Skills for Exam Success Business, Secretary of
@bstaireland
Rolo and I have completed 3 of our walks as part of the 100km challenge for
@Irishheart_ie
. Today, we walked into town!
Both my dad and Kieran’s dad passed away from heart attacks when we were young.
If you want to sponsor us, you can do so here:
My Business classes will be looking at the Business behind Valentines Day. I put together this handout to assess the businesses that profit the most. It covers areas such as spending, consumer, demand, price, supply, distribution, production...
#JCBusiness
#LCBusiness
#Enterprise
Introducing my 5th years to ABQs today. We did up our success criteria first and then created the answer. They put the answer into the sample ABQ answer section of their hardback copy ... I went back and included the boxes and arrows while they finished writing.
#LCBusiness
My 1st years & I worked on this doc today. We summarised all the agencies that help the consumer. Great way for them to start preparing notes for study. Their HW is to prepare a leaflet which promotes one agency and informs the consumer of their functions.
#Enterprise
#JCBusiness
My second years made profiles to show the skills and characteristics of their chosen entrepreneurs. Some really interesting people up here… this activity is in the TRB of
#Enterprise
@McHaleCaroline
Back to exam technique with my 2nd yrs today. Hammering the BUG technique home and making sure they answer what is asked. Pos, neg, environmental, economic, social impacts etc. Also hammering home techniques to make it easy for the corrector. ✅
#Enterprise
@McHaleCaroline
I have put together a case study with questions on the WRC ruling from a few weeks ago. I adapted it from
@thejournal_ie
article.
I have 9 qs for
#LCBusiness
and 5 for
#JCBusiness
I will put students into break out rooms and let them do the questions together.
#Unit1
#Enterprise
So today was the last day with 6th years.... how thoughtful are they? Not only did they nail the gift bag but they also made my ‘something blue’ 💙 I cant wait to get it stitched into my wedding dress (when I get it)!
@kconnole1
👰🏻🤵🏻
This evening I put together this revision plan for my
#JCGeog
3rd years. They revise the topic and then complete the exam question associated with it. Someone shared a template with me before and I have just amended it to suit me and my class. 🌍
A business pick up line which you can use over the long weekend curtesy of my very enthusiastic first years..
“are you a long term loan because I would like to take you out” 😂😂😂
I’m sure, like us here in Salerno, teachers are updating their plans etc….
@McHaleCaroline
and I worked really hard on making planning material as user friendly and student centred and most importantly less work for the teacher. You can find these on
@GillEducation
, Gillexplore
Table of contents for my revision copy:
Definitions
Course Documents
Course Diagrams
Course Calculations
One page Revision Summaries
Sample Answers
ABQ Sample Answers
Get out of jail card (new - thanks
@RossHorgan
and
@breffniconaty
)
Just updated my
#enterprise
(
#unit2
) notes with more of a focus on exam answer layout. Using the BUG technique which I learned from
@McHaleCaroline
when I hit the road to Carrick on Shannon after shcool one evening to attend her workshop.
#LCBusiness
🐞🐜
Using
@canva
to make a cover for my own copy of the revision book! Might get students to do someth similar at the beginning of year for their own class copies. It would help them to take ownership and mind their copies! I’ll also get to know their personalities..
#wishfulthinking
🚦I usually give students one set of cups (red, green and orange) when I start the bookkeeping. When they are working they can let me know if they are in trouble by having the red cup displayed, green if they are ok or orange if they need guidance.
#Enterprise
#bookkeeping
🚥
Thank you so much to my wonderful colleagues in the
@bstaireland
for the most beautiful bunch of flowers to celebrate our happy news! 💍💐
@kconnole1
#Rolo
My 6th years are working hard on researching the economic indicators today! They are so into it! It’s really helping them understand the indicators! 😍😍
There was a suggestion into the Today show with Sarah McInerney that schools start teaching outside when schools do resume! Clearly this person doesn’t teach/ live on the west coast. We would be blown into the bay and drenched everyday! 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Did I ever think I would be getting an email about a book we wrote
@McHaleCaroline
?
Bitter sweet this morning as we buried my uncle Ger yesterday. I got to spend time with him on Thursday before he passed and he wanted to know what stage we were at and wanted a signed copy. 💔
I love this page of our book
@McHaleCaroline
... I love how clear cut and to the point it is, the images, the egs & of course the know it and the exam prep to help students prepare for exams! Kate is
@kconnole1
goddaughter! She is the eg though out this section!
@GillEducation
Updating the dates on my weekly exam Qs for
#LCBusiness
.
They have a copy exclusively for exam Q’s. This page is stuck into the front of it and on the notice board. It’s their responsibility to make sure their Q’s are done. I correct them in class or I take them up depending…
I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who logged on last night to listen to myself and the wonderful
@RachaelBiddulph
, I am so overwhelmed with the amount of tweet, texts, emails and DMs! So many have said they enjoyed it or the are refreshed. Thank you for your kind words!
Starting back with my ‘Business in News’ activity. Based on ‘Geo in the News.’
📚 Connecting the dots between textbooks and the real world! 🌍 Students are diving into the
#JCBusiness
Specification with hands-on activities that bridge theory and practice. 🚀
#Enterprise
*Announcement* Continuing our Webinar Series – Supporting Teachers, next up is
#JCBusinessStudies
: A Logical, Thematic and Achievable Approach by
@MsYoungGalway
, with
@McHaleCaroline
on the 18th March 2021 at 7pm. Register here:
I am thinking of putting a little study guide together for my first years! They say they don’t know how to study and let’s just say their results reflect that! Has anyone got any ideas or suggestions of what to include?I hope to make it generic so they can use it for all subjects
My dads brother (Robert) and my mum and her parents (Breda, Mary and Patrick) in the text book. Have a little lump in my throat when I read it. I cannot express the amount of love, thought and consideration that has gone into this book by
@McHaleCaroline
and myself!
Lastly ...
@RachaelBiddulph
… My partner in crime! We have gone from complete strangers to best friends in about 4 years! I am in awe of your honesty, integrity, your sense of right and wrong and of course your teaching style!
Amazing
#reflection
sheet to help students take ownership of their own learning! Sometimes I feel my students think I’m going to sit the exam for them or they think that because I am giving them notes it automatically means a H1!
Inspired by
@rgorey27
and adapted her reflection sheet for my
#LCBusiness
students! Can’t wait to get the feedback on Monday after I give back their latest test results☺️
@McHaleCaroline
and myself have been inundated with enquires about subject plans/ folder. We have put together a template of what should be in a department plan. The template is easy to edit fill in and the bits that refer to the book are all ready filled in.
@GillEducation
All lessons start with a low stakes quiz, but with students taking a couple of mins to all arrive, I'm trying to avoid dead time, so using the "while we're waiting" slide as an entrance slide this week to ensure a strong start when the numbers are in.
Better late than ever… my
#JCBusiness
#Budget2023Ireland
activity is up on
@GillEducation
explore. If u are struggling with a topic for your Friday business class this is for you… link to
@rtenews
also in that activity + link specification LO 3.4.
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My first years have taken a huge interest in fast fashion and the ethical issues around it so they asked could they do a project. I put together the template below. I’m trying to keep it simple as I feel they are spending too much time on computers.
#Enterprise
@McHaleCaroline
Today we said goodbye to my number one guy, Pax. He was the best little man and brought unconditional love for 13 and half years. Rolo is going to miss him so much! 💔💔
To revise saving and borrowing I got students to do a matching exercise - terms, sources, risks and costs… didn’t have time to cut them all out or laminate them so it ended being part of the activity… 🙈
#teacherfail
#JCBusiness
#Enterprise
So happy to be using my own text book for teaching
#Finalaccounts
! It’s all done step by step, really easy to follow and so many examples to practice, challenge and keep students busy! I’m so thrilled with how it had come out! 💓💓
#Enterprise
@McHaleCaroline
@GillEducation
I really didn’t want to log on tonight but so glad I did! 🫣I learned so much about team teaching, supporting L2LP students and helping students do research. I also learned about so many new resources!
Thank you so much to the
@jct_Business
and associates, a fantastic event! 👏🏼
I cannot wait to watch this….
@SupermacsIRE
is such a great local example of entrepreneurship, management, franchise, employer, marketing and the 4P’s, sustainability, production, employment, supply chain, community development, the factors of production… the list is endless!
Discover
@SupermacsIRE
'Supermac's Family Road Trip' series! 💚 Follow Pat, Una & their 3grandchildren on a road trip across Ireland & hear the stories of the suppliers & farmers behind
#Supermacs
' success.
WATCH the 1st episode👇🏻
#Partofthesupermacsfamily
4. It was so exciting to see our textbook at an event!!!!!
@GillEducation
I am so proud of what we created
@McHaleCaroline
and grateful to not only to call you my co author but also a friend!
Thank you to all who have taken on our book and for all the positive feedback! 💜
Have to say the
@JctGeography
team have out done themselves - one of the best CPDs I have attended by the
@JCforTeachers
(don’t give out to me
@jct_Business
🙈) our facilitator, Eleanor, was fantastic! Really practical! The resources are just incredible too!
#JCGeog
Thanks for the kind words to the first "This is how I teach" vlog".
Delighted to say I was joined by
@MsYoungSalerno
for vlog
#2
who gives excellent advice on teaching that never ending chapter on Communications! RT & Comments appreciated!
@bstaireland
My 5th years are really struggling to get to know each other (because of masks etc) so we went to bond over hot chocolate. We got take away from
#Cocos
. Great to support a local business and the view wasn’t too bad either! 🥰
#Galway
#Salthill
I have put my 1st year
#JCBusiness
test on
@GillEducation
online platform Gill Explore if anyone want to use it. I have space for students to write on and assigned marks to questions. It’s based on units 1, 2 and 4.
@McHaleCaroline
Very much looking forward to presenting tomorrow evening with
@McHaleCaroline
and
@GillEducation
tomorrow for our webinar. I’ll be talking about how I approach teaching
#JCBusiness
in a thematic way. I wish it could be in person but we will make this just as good! 🥳
Watching this fantastic YouTube video (14mins) on
@dominos
expansion into Northern Europe. However, I forgot to print off the questions so it was a quick write up on the board. 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
#LCBusiness
#Franchising
#unit5
I was sitting here thinking I better do something about
#Budget2022
for my classes tomorrow and the fairy godmother of business posts this!! 👇🏻 thank you
@McHaleCaroline
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Love this! Might be good for
#JCBusiness
or
#LCBusiness
! Also could be good for
#CSPE
and identifying politicans or word leaders?! 🤓 thank you for the inspiration and the follow MrsH BusEd
One of my lovely colleagues was flicking through the ASTIR magazine and look what he spotted! I nearly fell off the chair when I saw his text!
@McHaleCaroline
and
@GillEducation
how exciting!!!!!!!!!! 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳
#Enterprise
Baggage update: Just got a call from
@SwissportInter1
in T1 of
@DublinAirport
to say they “have a bag with (my) name on it”.(Sunday at 9.56). 7 weeks later! Hoping st Anthony pulls a stroke and both bags are there! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 no updates on the
@FlySWISS
tracer app.
I am delighted to share a doc on
#GillExplore
@GillEducation
for
#JCBusiness
class. It is to tie in with LO 3.10. I complied a few issues happening at the moment and linked them to the
#JCBusiness
course so they can discuss current economics issues and present an informed view.
We all can’t believe it! We’re absolutely speechless! 😆 We’d like to thank our amazing teacher
@MsYoungGalway
, our fabulous principal Sr. Gerarda, our wonderful school Salerno and our coordinator
@WhizzkidsPJ
for all the help and support on the way to the finals!
That’s me done for the evening…. 😴 For
#JCGeog
I am asking my 1st yrs to find one Geog related article and tell us about it class. It will be a brief outline… the idea is they can use it for their
#CBA
in 2nd year and they are developing their research and presentation skills.
Trying to embed reflective practices in my first years early. They did a good job for their first attempt. Starting earlier meant less headaches during
#CBA
time!
@McHaleCaroline
#Reflection
@jct_Business