One quick way of making assemblies more interactive is to ask each class to bring their pot of lolly sticks. Then, after you ask pupils to talk about something in pairs, you can pick a stick at random. Class 6M – Izzy… Class 2B – Blaine… and so on.
As everyone will have spoken to their partner, they will all have something to contribute – and random selection means that each week, different pupils will speak.
Three essential ingredients to ensure pupils have the confidence to speak in front of their peers
Simple-yet-effective techniques to get three year olds talking and keep them focused.
When using random selection in whole class learning, if a child doesn’t respond, there are several options.
Lolly sticks are a really simple way to randomly select children, but like anything they need to be used properly.
Pupil Voice is an important part of my Talk Audits; here are some recent responses when I asked Key Stage 2 children their opinions about Hands Up…
