Let's talk about morning meetings / tutor time / form time / advisory period, whatever you call it in your neck of the woods! 🌲
I just love morning meetings... NOW! But boy oh boy, there was a time in my career where it was the absolute bane of my life. Not because I didn't value it, I definitely do, but it was the planning! Oh, the planning... 😵
I just love morning meetings... NOW! But boy oh boy, there was a time in my career where it was the absolute bane of my life. Not because I didn't value it, I definitely do, but it was the planning! Oh, the planning... 😵
I had a very rare experience whereby I was a form tutor for the same group of students for 7 YEARS! That's right, they were my babies when they came to school at 11 years old and I was their main point of contact every single day until they were 18!
Isn't that a lovely thing, you might be thinking! 😍 Indeed, it was very special. I watched them grow and supported them through their whole school journey.
HOWEVER, while that's all lovely and beautiful, 7 years is a long time and that meant that every 👏 single 👏 day 👏 I had to come up with something new each morning! 😨
I cannot begin to tell you how stressful that was! Morning meeting was so important to me as that was the only time of the day I had with my group to bond and develop their social emotional skills, and of course, I couldn't ever reuse content, agh! 😰
My students needed routine, and so I was constantly trying to scramble anything I could get together each day in an attempt to maintain consistency.
After many years of this haphazard way of working, I realised this wasn't working as it was burning me out; something needed to change.
Well, you'll be pleased to know that I solved the problem 🎉 I made a year long PowerPoint of daily morning meeting prompts that gave me something new to use each day and I didn't have to plan anymore. In fact, I actually made that resource even better so that now it's all online and ready to access wherever you are - no resources needed! 💻
I'm so excited to make your life so much easier when it comes to morning meetings and help you start your day in the right way, allowing you to have more time for the things you love!
Isn't that a lovely thing, you might be thinking! 😍 Indeed, it was very special. I watched them grow and supported them through their whole school journey.
HOWEVER, while that's all lovely and beautiful, 7 years is a long time and that meant that every 👏 single 👏 day 👏 I had to come up with something new each morning! 😨
I cannot begin to tell you how stressful that was! Morning meeting was so important to me as that was the only time of the day I had with my group to bond and develop their social emotional skills, and of course, I couldn't ever reuse content, agh! 😰
My students needed routine, and so I was constantly trying to scramble anything I could get together each day in an attempt to maintain consistency.
After many years of this haphazard way of working, I realised this wasn't working as it was burning me out; something needed to change.
Well, you'll be pleased to know that I solved the problem 🎉 I made a year long PowerPoint of daily morning meeting prompts that gave me something new to use each day and I didn't have to plan anymore. In fact, I actually made that resource even better so that now it's all online and ready to access wherever you are - no resources needed! 💻
I'm so excited to make your life so much easier when it comes to morning meetings and help you start your day in the right way, allowing you to have more time for the things you love!
What is this tool I hear you ask? Simply go to DailyMorningMeetings.com whereby you will get brand new daily prompts each weekday. You will get daily motivational quotes with discussion prompts for FREE to last you all year long, and if you want to bump up your options and choices, you can subscribe to gain access to 6 different prompts, which is ideal for variety or if you want a bell ringer for every single lesson of the day!
So to take out the stress of planning for morning meetings or bell ringers, you are welcome to use DailyMorningMeetings.com which will do all the leg work for you, permitting you to get back to the things you love: like working on relationships, planning your lessons or just relaxing! 🙌
So to take out the stress of planning for morning meetings or bell ringers, you are welcome to use DailyMorningMeetings.com which will do all the leg work for you, permitting you to get back to the things you love: like working on relationships, planning your lessons or just relaxing! 🙌
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