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Caroline · Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 6:10 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the lol words I thought it might mean loads of love or luck, but laugh out loud is brill.

andy41 · Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 8:48 pm Post subject: Hi

Am familiar with most (and even some of the more obscure) Abbreviations but can someone please enlighten me as to what CPD stands for??? Creative Pink Dalmations, Cool Pyrotechnic Display, Cosy Polypropylene Duvet or what???
Andy

dancingqueen · Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 9:02 pm Post subject:

Continued or continuing professional development

so any courses etc you do to improve yourself in your role Very Happy

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dizzy · Class monitor Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 64

What does TMA Mean?

dancingqueen · Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:08 pm Post subject:

in the Open University threads?

a TMA is a tutor marked assignment/assesment

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Cos those rosey days are few
And - stop apologising for the things you've never done,
Cos time is short and life is cruel -
But it's up to us to change

dizzy · Class monitor Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 64

Sorry missed that all this is new to me? thanks for your help

Bounty · New kid Joined: 16 Oct 2006 Posts: 21 Location: Lancaster

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Jack-of-all-Trades · prefect Joined: 19 Mar 2006 Posts: 9843 Location: england

I like that one.

Cuckoo · New kid Joined: 31 Jan 2008 Posts: 16

Can anyone tell me what WALT and HOWIK mean please? Thanks Confused

chianti · Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 1:06 pm Post subject:

we have WALT and WILF - but cant remember exactly what they stand for - the gist is:

what I am going to learn today and ????

havent come across HOWIK Confused

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Caroline · Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 4:28 pm Post subject:

wilf what i'm looking for

dancingqueen · Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 4:30 pm Post subject:

why do they need abbreviating? cant it just be said, im sure the kids wont remember all that!

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And quit running for that runaway bus -
Cos those rosey days are few
And - stop apologising for the things you've never done,
Cos time is short and life is cruel -
But it's up to us to change

Smilez · Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 4:49 pm Post subject:

yeah we have 2 soft toys, walt and wilf.. so we show them at the beginning of the lesson.

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dancingqueen · Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 4:54 pm Post subject:

not sure my students would take me seriously if i stood up with soft toys! they have enough trouble remembering vocabulary let alone abbreviations Confused

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And quit running for that runaway bus -
Cos those rosey days are few
And - stop apologising for the things you've never done,
Cos time is short and life is cruel -
But it's up to us to change

Smilez · Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 5:33 pm Post subject:

dancingqueen wrote:

not sure my students would take me seriously if i stood up with soft toys! they have enough trouble remembering vocabulary let alone abbreviations Confused

I was talking about year2, obviously ud adapt it to the age of the kids u work with, maybe having them written on some card n laminated to refer to.

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