Quick Creative Ideas1. The Hole in the Head

First up is the ‘whole in the head’ idea from history teacher @jivespin. Students are given a sheet to explain the task, and then create a factfile about the chosen person including strengths / weaknesses of their ideas; basic details etc. A student then puts their head through the whole to present their work. A full description of the activity can be found here http://jivespin.wordpress.com/2013/12/03/head-in-a-hole-a-different-way-of-reviewing-learning-and-progress and it could be used acrossa variety of subjects and for all year groups. I’m going to use it for Year 13 when evaluating various people’s views on the soul and life after death including Plato and Dawkins.

2. Ask the Crowd

Give each student in your class a copy of this outline (or find your own via google image search of crowd / group outline) and pose a question. Students have to go around the class finding out what other students think. They write a different response in each outline e.g

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3. Social PlanesDownload the templates from socialplanes.org and edit if required. (they are not editable so you might need some tippex in order to customize them) Students set a question or task and fold the plane. On the given command, everyone flies their planes. Students pick up a plan, complete the task and hand it to you. Or they could fly again for peer marking opportunities.

4. Envelope Art & Letter WritingLetter writing is often used as a task across the curriculum. Letters could be written to the Prime Minister; the Pope, Martin Luther King, their Headteacher or themselves. Once the letter has been written, give each student a plain envelope which they then need to decorate. However, it should not just be pretty pictures but illustrations to highlight the key points from their letter. It could be 5 key words or the main argument / idea. This task is actually harder than it sounds because it involves students reflecting on their work; picking out what they think is the focus and then coming up with appropriate illustrations for it.These then can be used for a nice display with the letters inside (or stuck into their exercise books)

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