Show me WOW!

inspirational teaching using limited resources.

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About "Show-me-WOW!" 
 

 

Show-me-WOW!  is a collection of resources mainly for teachers,

written and collected by Chris Lawrence. 

 

  It supports an integrated or thematic  approach to teaching and learning

  and is written with low-resource schools in mind. 

 

The history of "Show me WOW!"
 by Chris Lawrence
 

 
From our home in the French Pyrennees, my husband and I came on holiday to Dominica in the West Indies. He instantly fell in love with this Nature Island and immediately wanted to live and work here! I was unsure about making such a huge decision. What would I do all day?
 
We returned for a winter and I knocked on school doors, volunteering help. I soon realised that my passion filled a great need, so I knocked on the  door of the Ministry of Education. Since then I never wonder how to fill my Dominican days!
 
On one of my teacher training workshops, I was explaining one method of teaching poetry writing. I played the teacher, whilst the 16 teachers were the pupils. We made a group poem, backed by a sound track called "Ocean". After the last line and the last strains of music, the room was silent. In a whisper, I invited the performers to return to their seats. Silence continued for a long moment and then someone said, "Wow!"
 
"And that's what I want you to show me in your classrooms, and what I want your children to feel when they achieve something, however small, so show me wow!
 
"And that's what your web site should be called", said someone. "What website?" I asked. Well, here it is!
 
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Who is Chris Lawrence? 
 
Chris Lawrence, B.Ed.(Hons.),M.A. was born and educated in England. 
 
She has worked in schools with children of ages ranging from 4 years to 19. She has also taught young offenders aged up to 22 years. She has also taught teachers.
 
Chris holds a Teaching Certificate in both Primary and Secondary Education, an Advanced Teaching Certificate, a Bachelor of Education Degree with Honours and a Master's Degree.
 
Her last full-time teaching post was in an English, 
co- educational comprehensive school for 1,200 pupils, aged 11 to 19, with 70 teachers (aged 24 to 64!). There, she was a Learning Consultant, Head of Learning Support and Literacy Co-ordinator for the School.
 
Through her years of experience, Chris has become a specialist in accelerated learning, and in teaching with limited resources. She has a passion about it.
 
She now lives and teaches in the Commonwealth of Dominica, a small island in the Caribbean. Here, she is enjoying sharing her skills with education officers, principals, teachers, pupils and parents, in both state and private schools across the age ranges.