sTeachers were able to share their good practice in Student Led Inquiry, Formative Assessment, Writers' Workshop, Theory of Knowledge, Differentiation and Google Apps for Education. We have a wealth of talent in our staff team and I am very grateful to Ms. Dunaway, Miss Larragy, Mr. Slane, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Wynter and Mr. Sanchez for leading Master Classes and to Mrs. Rehman for leading the training.
Over the course of the year we will continue the focus on professional development and I am pleased that the Upper School is joining the Lower School on Development Tuesdays. On the final Tuesday of each half term the school will close one hour early to create additional time for the staff development programme. This very valuable time allows us to work as a whole staff team, invite outside speakers and workshop leaders to run training sessions and to devote time to school working parties.
For families who are new to the Upper School, I would like to highlight the welcome back evening on Monday, 5th September at 6.00pm in the Jubilee Hall when you will have the opportunity to find out a bit more about the day to day running of the school and to meet the teachers. For new families in the Lower School there will be 'Meet the Teacher' mornings being held in the first few weeks of term.
Please do not forget the check the back to school page on our website for all the information you may need about the start of the school year.
There is a real buzz in the air in both the Lower and Upper Schools as we look forward to the coming year. The whole staff team is enthusiastic about working with families to provide the best possible education for your children. Here's to a great year at Dwight London.
Best wishes
Alison Cobbin
Head of School
