January exams etc etc

B1,C1,P1 Mon 12 Jan am
B2,C2,P2 Thur 15 Jan pm
B3,C2,P3 Mon 19 Jan am
B4,C4,P4 Wed 21 Jan pm
B5,C5,P5 Fri 23 Jan am
B6,C6,P6 Tue 27 Jan pm

Exams office memo

Due to re-timing of GCSE mocks Ros needs some data by 9am 17th December.
go to SIMS and look in "My Marksheet entries"
the file you need should be in a list > Sum 2009 Entry ........

You will have files for year 10 and 11.

The instructions should be there also. They are >

1) Please complete all lists no later than 9am Wednesday 17th December 2008.
2) Please indicate all provisional Summer 2009 GCSE entries in the required tier column where appropriate. Please tick "data entry is complete" box when finished.
This information will also be used to set mock entries for February. Please do NOT include retakes for results pending from November or January exams at this time.
3) Please also ensure that you make entries for any Certificate of Achievement and fast track students.
4) The class lists are the most up to date available, but please ask Joan to include any students missing from your lists.

thank you

Ros H

FUTURE DATES

• Final changes to GCSE tier of entry. ASAP after mocks. Before 7th March
• Final GCSE withdrawals by 31st March
• All final forecast grades by 31st March. These will be sent to the exam board. (These are not the same as mock results, which you may alsobe asked to enter into SIMs by SLT)
  
• GCE AS/A2 level are usually by mid February.

Coursework deadlines yr11

Please can you do the following

• First week back after Christmas let me know who has or not done the coursework.
• 2nd week, before strategy meeting, give me the marks for the coursework. Those who have not marked before try to mark 2 or 3 and bring to meeting as it is important that you have looked at the markschemes before.
• Please chase up CASE studies in year 11. Let me know if the students are not doing them and we can work with Mark and Wayde to chase this up.

Monday the 12th of January will be a strategy meeting in coursework marking. Please attend if you do not have another meeting.

Target groups yr 10 and 11

I have set up lists of target groups for pupils in year 10 and 11. These will be in your pigeon holes. The target groups in year 11 are for coursework and exam performance. In year 10 it is how 0.5 of a level below their SAT FFT prediction. When they have done 21st Century exams this can be factored in as well.
Please read through the target groups carefully and make a note of the ones in your classes. Please encourage them with coursework and exam revision.

Reminder (yr 11)

Please could you let me know when you are doing your investigations with year 11.
I need written dates you can email bccscience@gmail.com.
Monday the 12th of January will be a strategy meeting in coursework marking.
Please chase up CASE studies in year 11. Let me know if the students are not doing them and we can work with Mark to chase this up.

Level Ladders

Department meeting 17 Nov

COURSEWORK in YEAR 10 and 11.

where are you? Deadlines for coursework.

• Year 10 > collecting data as homework on topic they want to do. Due for completion June/July 2008
• Year 11 > please ensure the CASE study is done well (at least FFT, preferably 1 grade above. Look on your data sheet. I have all coursework filed from last year.
• Look at rota. All in year 11 should have started the investigation. Please talk to those who have done this in the past and who are doing it again this year.
  

collection of KS4 internal test results/assignment grades:
KS4 to PL

• Wb 17/Nov
• Wb 2/Feb
• Wb 18/May

KS3 to JRo internal test results/assignment grades:

• Wb. 24/11
• Wb 05/01
• Wb 23/03

Other Business

• New report layout and template. See pigeon holes for copy(Leadership)
• Password protect sensitive data that is taken off site.(SP)
• January exams (any problems?)
• Year 12 and lack of HW. (Scott)
• Learning Platform (use with pupils and department)?
• 5 Twilight sessions CPD? eg Coursework marking, New year 8 course.
  

Raise project / Action plan?

KS3 rotations for 2008/9

Rotations for KS4

Blooms

New web links added to blog

Blog of the Campion school (nr Banbury)
http://campionleadinglearning.blogspot.com/
The teachers resource exchange
http://tre.ngfl.gov.uk/server.php

Blooms revisited

http://www.odu.edu/educ/roverbau/Bloom/blooms_taxonomy.htm

Year 10 are doing PSHE next Tuesday (11 Nov) periods 1-4.

We are not supposed to tell them. It does mean that the lower half loose 2 lessons and the top half one lesson.

yr 8 progress checks start Monday

Just a reminder

Expose clone for Windows (software)

If you want your PC to do some Mac window switching use one of these

• DexposeE2
• WinGlance

rubrics

http://rubistar.4teachers.org
Thanks to Scott

New folder for LEA info on intranet

staffftp/Department and Subject information/Subject Teams/Science/RESOURCES departmental/from LEA 20089/

for blooms etc documents from LEA.

2008/9 testbase now availiable

The software can be downloaded from http://www.testbase.co.uk/downloads2/login.asp

code for issue 12 is
EC614A5B

The issue number is 75334
Bicester Community College

Yr 10 and 11 Forcast grades needed

Please enter forecast grade for January entries for the correct tier
Y10 units 1 and 2 only
Y11 any retake units needed

This is done via SIMs and the steps are as follows

• Open your register
• go to my marksheet entry near the bottom left hand corner.

• find the marksheet

• For year 11 you will have 2 to fill in as they may do resits as well. Talk to them about this.
• Fill in the predicted grade

• Tick the box "data entry complete" when finished. This needs to be done by 9am on 10th October.
• Also keep a record for yourself

These are the codes
211 > B1,C1,P1
212 > B2,C2,P2
213 > B3,C3,P3
214 > Ideas in context paper
219 > Practical Data analysis and case study
630 > Overall grade
215 > B4,C4,P4
216 > B5,C5,P5
217 > B6,C6,P6
218 > Ideas in context paper
220 > Practical investigation
631 > Overall grade

useful sites

http://www.teachers.tv -- download science videos

Storing files on the intranet for pupil access

You can store files for the pupils on the intranet.
Space is limited.
They can be stored under
student forum and then Science.
Just add a folder with your name.

KS4 data and tracking files

now on intranet

\Staff_ftp\Department and Subject information\Subject Teams\Science\TRACKING students

up to date 24 September 2008

Year 11 reports on INTRANET

staffdata$\Staff_ftp\Reports\Yr 11 Reports\Science Yr 11

Please fill them in and then rename by adding completed when completed.

Need to be completed and back in this area by the 13 October

21st Century workbook answers

http://www.twentyfirstcenturyscience.org/teacherandtechnicianzone/

Testbase

Testbase can be downloaded from http://www.testbase.co.uk. Download issue 11.

The code for issue 11 is

Bicester Community college
order number 61664
issue 11
License code D78C4D54

Yr 11 information

You will be getting sheets of your year 11 groups in your pigeon holes on Monday.
Please use them to

• inform your pupils of progress
• inform parents via reports on progress in both exams and CASE study
• Chase up pupils about coursework

I have created 2 target groups
1) Differences on average grades

• Based on -2 or worse (September 2008)
• Review to -1 or worse (December 2008)

2) Case study not done well

• Based on -1 or worse OR No data handed in

Please let me know in writing of any errors to your lists etc

So where should I be now?

Week 4 (22 sept) begins on Monday

In year 10 you should have

• Completed B2 and the B2 tests
• almost have completed your first module (due to start the next one in week 5)

In year 11 you should have

• completed your first module
• be one week into your second module. (due to start the next one in week 6)

Please pass on test results to PL

useful tip

On the remote for the projector there is a button marked freeze. This means you can keep a picture projected and do the register at the same time. There is also a blank button and magnify controls.

Informing students

Use the appropriate information slip when reporting back to students on the quality of their work.

Department time Monday 1st Sept 2008

• Show Blog.
• Discuss timetable and where information can be found
• Developing this year is the learning platform https://www.klp.rm.com/
  Look at interest space > Curriculum/Science/KeyStage5/PhysicsAlevel.

PL needs to

• Fit in Line management with Julie
• Fit in Mentor period with Chris
• Input set lists into tracking system and print off details for staff > also store as files on intranet.
• Sort out SOWs for Staff
• help new staff with ipack on computer.

A Level Physics New Course information

The OCR Website
http://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/as_alevelgce/physics_b_advancing_physics/
has excellent resources including past papers and support booklets
http://www.ocr.org.uk/Data/publications/support_materials/AS_Level_Physics_B_SM_Booklet_Unit_G491.pdf

Advancing Physics
http://advancingphysics.iop.org/

Wikibooks
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/A-level_Physics_(Advancing_Physics)

School intranet

You can find departmental files on the school intranet

\\runnymede\staffdata$\Staff_ftp\Department and Subject information\Subject Teams\Science

for instance electronic versions of Schemes of Work are located at

\\runnymede\staffdata$\Staff_ftp\Department and Subject information\Subject Teams\Science\SOW\KS4

How to access intranet from home

Log onto this site
http:infosystem.bicestercommunitycollege.co.uk
Then log in using your normal username and password.
Note you will probably be asked to do this twice.

First few days September 2008

21st Century links

Training material from 21stcenturyscience.org

http://21stcenturyscience.org/support/training-materials,1495,NA.html

Specifications and support from www.ocr.org.uk

• Twenty First Century Science Suite Science A – J630
• Twenty First Century Science Suite Additional Science A – J631
• Twenty First Century Science Suite Additional Applied Science A – J632
• Twenty First Century Science Suite Biology A – J633
• Twenty First Century Science Suite Chemistry A – J634
• Twenty First Century Science Suite Physics A – J635

Yr 10 and 11 rotas for 2008 & 2009

out of date

information on years 9 and 10

After talking to most of you we have now

• All completed CASE study and B4 in year 10
• Completed B1 and most of B2 in year 9

It has been decided to leave

• 2 lessons and the test for B2 in year 9 until they are year 10 in September

Below this is important information from last year

Below this is important information from last year

21st Century summary

Bloom

Climbing higher

Level ladder

Investigations in Additional science.

This is a link to a large pdf file which contains ideas for investigations in Additional science.
http://www.ocr.org.uk/Data/publications/support_materials/GCSE_Additional_Science_A_J631_Teacher_Support.pdf

colours for tests and FFT

Green > on target or above
Orange > missing target by less than 0.5
Red > missing the target by 0.5 or more.

KS3 level calculator

A new level calculator has been produced that calculates tenths of levels so we can compare with FFT data.
non pivot level calculator.xls is at \\runnymede\staffdata$\Staff_ftp\Department and Subject information\Subject Teams\Science\RESOURCES departmental\KS3

KS3 Teaching objectives > Particles

KS3 Teaching objectives > Interdependence

KS3 Teaching objectives > Forces

KS3 Teaching objectives > Energy

KS3 Teaching objectives > Cells

KS3 Teaching objectives > Scientific enquiry

A219 June 2007 Grade Boundaries

A*35, B25, C21, D17, E13, F10, G7 Total of 40

Discipline

Bicester Lesson

The learning platform

Just completing the learning platform training day.
This looks very good.
Site is https://www.klp.rm.com.
You will need a password but we will slowly develop it during the next year.
Have a look if you can. It will turn out to be very good.
The virtual learning environment will be discussed more next year.
Information about it can be obtained from the site from > Using the Learning Platform

21st Century June 2007 Grade boundaries

21st Century January 2007 grade boundaries

minimise lesson monitor

open Citrix Program Neighborhood
right click on desktop
select properties
click on the tab options
on Window Size select 'Percent of Screen Size'
Select any size you want.
90% works well.

Now when you open desktop it will not be full screen and you can minimise it to get back to your own computer and programs. It will stay connected when minimised.

LAST YEAR BELOW THIS

Collection of Data

Dear All
As of 8 July I have the following data from people

Thanks for your information on those in year 10 who have underachieved in the exams. I know you have all been working hard on the following items I just need to collect them before the end of term.

I now need

• Yr 10 core case study marks for ALL your pupils
• The actual coursework to be stored
• A paper copy of your SOW in KS4
• An electronic copy of your SOW in KS4

Many thanks
Peter

Department meeting 7 July 2008

KS4

• Discuss year 10 pupils who are below target grade. Ask who is for behaviour and chase up those who are not. Talk to and/or letter home.
• All coursework marks to me please. Need to chase up pupils now.
• SOW to PL asap

Dedicated time to plan

We should ensure we all plan yr 11 SOW in these periods
Please meet for a brief (5-10 min meeting at the start of each period)

Tue 03 June period 2
Thu 12 June period 5
Tue 17 June period 2
Tue 1 July period 2

If you can't come please talk to myself or Julie to let us know where you are.
Thanks

Yr 11 lesson planning

In our freed up time could we please work on the following modules. Set them out according to the lesson plan.

• WH, WV > B4, B5
• ARA, AMA, LH > C4, C5, C6
• JRo, PL > P4, P5, P6
• KS, GL > B6

Thanks

Lesson Plan Document

Lesson plan template and instructions now on the intranet in the folder

\\runnymede\staffdata$\Staff_ftp\Department and Subject information\Subject Teams\Science\RESOURCES departmental\MAIN

Coursework now gone

Thanks for all your help with the coursework. There where 9 errors in total so we need to be more careful next year. I have sent the list to the moderator and the exam board.

What will year 9 and 10 do now?

year nine to do B1 and B2.

year 10 to do (17 lesson) cover one module B4 and complete case study.

Please make sure you do complete these by the end of term

Yr 11 revision sessions

We have agreed to do revision sessions on these days. I will put a piece of paper on the wall to organise the actual dates. If we could have done this by this Friday. Thanks

P5 - Electricity - PL/AMA - Wed pm
P6 - EM/Waves - PL /JRo
B5 - Growth/development - WH - Wed pm
B6 - Brain - WV/GL - Wed pm
C5 - Earth/covalent bonds - LH - Tues 29/06/13
C6 - synthesis/rates of reaction - JRo/ARA - Thur

We will let you know what happens on "study leave".

Monday 21st April Department meeting

Agenda (year 11) (PL)

• See dates below
• Ideas and evidence paper > Kate has done some work on this. We need to spend time with Pupils. (I only have 2 lessons, this is not ideal but all I can afford)
  
• Students to sign forms for coursework. Very important we do this now otherwise we have to chase up pupils later.
• You need to sigh sheets yourself
• Revision books for year 11
  
• Hand out all paperwork to pupils.
  
• Revision lessons and timetable

• revision by subject?
• revision by request?
• When and who?
• Coursework
  
• now marked and handed into me for filing
  
• hand in alphabetically
• also hand in signed sheets alphabetically for both additional and core resits.
• 30 April is absolute latest
  

Agenda (KS3) (JR)

• Response to the SWOT analysis
• Revision for Year9, and what next?
• Target groups in the run up to SAT

Outcomes from this meeting

Yr 11

• To have taken all your sheets that need to be signed by the pupils
• To know how to process your coursework
• to have a revision schedule finished so that it can be advertised to the pupils

Yr 9

• Everyone is clear what exactly we are to do for marking and feedback to students
• Everyone has the opportunity to share good practice as regards revision which they have planned
• Everyone is clear what will happen IMMEDIATELY after SAT
• Everyone is clear who our targeted students are, and might think about whether they can impact on the performance of these students in SAT

May dates

look for exams that may affect year 11 lessons

April dates

Note items that may effect pupils in year 11 lessons.
21 and 23rd are Art exams.

Year 11 Coursework to send off on 28th April

Ideas in context paper

The pre-release material is now in for the ideas in context paper
The exams are

Core > 214 > 12/05/08
Additional > 218 > 23/05/08

I have scheduled the week beginning 28th April to go though this with your pupils. You must spend time doing this so they know what to expect in the exam.

Change in year 11 resubmission.

It has been decided that we are not going to change the year 11 list of those who are resubmitting core coursework. Everyone on the original lists, and on the forms the pupils have, will be resubmitting. Thank you for all your hard work in getting these lists to me. Sorry about this change.

Approximate coursework dates

We need to send coursework lists and work to moderators by these dates
GCSE > 28th of April
A Level > 12th of May

I have discussed these dates with Ros and I will let you know if there is any change.

Grade Boundaries

What are the OCR grade boundaries in the GCSE courses? Here's the current information given by OCR the awarding body. They will also publish specific grade boundaries and raw scores for the January and June exams with the results.
As a rough guide, the Foundation tier papers are targeted at 70% of the marks at low demand (grades E, F, G, U) and 30% at standard demand (C and D). The Higher papers are targeted at 50% standard demand and 50% high demand (A*, A, B).
Anyone getting 75-80% on a Foundation paper should be on C level. On Higher papers 50% for C, and 75-80% for A is an again rough guide for attainment.
The exact boundaries will vary from paper to paper at awarding. This answer applies to all C21 courses (except Entry level).

Urgent need for cancellation of resubmissions in year 11

I need now any cancellations for year 11 resubmitting year 10 coursework. If they are not going to do it we need to cancel.
If they want to resit any exams they need to send the money to Ros as indicated on their exam forms.

Shorter versions of the additional 6 topics

Thanks for all your help in getting the schemes of work done for P6,B6 and C6. Especially thanks to Kate. I have expanded P6 to 7 lessons which I think is better than the 5 lesson option.
Files for P6 and P5 are available on the intranet at science\SOW\KS4. There are also lots of other SOWs available for you to use.

Year 10 thinking.

We are thinking of doing the additional science coursework and teaching B5 to year 10 after the exams. The lowest two groups will do Biology.

Investigation up date

Please let me know how far you have got with year 10 and 11 and return to me.

Yr 10 Case study.
GL ?
WV ?
LH ?
AMA ?
WH - Being done now?
ARA - Being done now?
JRO - Being done now?
KS - Done?

Yr 11 Investigation.
AMA - Started?
PL - complete in one week?
JRO - All done in one week?
GL - ?
WH - Started?
KS - Done?

Please drop a note in my pigeon hole in science to let me know.

Mondays Strategy meeting.

There is a lot of concern that most of us are behind in teaching year 11. Due to this we need to do something really fast.
During Mondays strategy meeting we will be working in pairs to look at various modules. The aim of this is to reduce the number of lessons to a minimum. The following pairs will look at the following coursework.

PL/AMA > P6
KS/ARA > B6
GL/LH > C6
JRO > revision package.

So please meet up with the person you are working with on Monday and look at the material and get it to me by Monday 10th March

Year 11 resubmissions

Please ask your year 11 group how close they are in rewriting the core coursework. If they want some resubmitted we need to take it in and mark it very soon. If they have been lazy and not done anything and we need to withdraw them. We need to do this by the 17th March.
I will put lists in your pigeon hole of those who have entered for resubmission. If you want them withdrawn cross out the names and let me have it by the 12th of March at the latest.

coursework info

Exam results should be in on Thursday 6th of March. Science staff are going to hand them out. Please do not hand them to pupils until the last 5 minutes of the lesson.

The last date for changing entries is 17th of March. So if you want any to be re-entered they need to be done before this date.

AQA AS/A2 coursework submission deadline

June 2008 series
15 May	all GCE and Applied GCE except: Applied Art and Design, Art and Design, and Drama and Theatre Studies

Yr 11 coursework Deadlines

Please remember that all year 11 course work must be complete and marked by 25th of March. This is the day we have set for coursework moderation. Year 10 coursework is not being submitted this year.
As well as the additional coursework you will need any core resubmissions in year 11.
This is in only 4 weeks.

Mondays INSET

Here is an approximate layout of the day.

• Before break > Staff meeting and the new KS3 syllabus in year 7
• Between break and lunch > KS5
• After Lunch and dept meeting > Marking year 10 investigations.

Marking year 10 investigations.

• feedback from course (see "Feedback from investigation meetings" on this blog)
• introduction
• the mark scheme
• moderation exercise

Teachers of 21st C science

Meeting 21st January 2008

KS4 rota > see blog etc. Yellow indicates the best order for your class.

Yr 11 coursework

• Booklet > give out and go through file > year 11 coursework.pdf
• Presentation
• JRo/KS/WH to contribute?

Yr 10 coursework

More information in the "Blackpool powerpoint". Go through this if I have time.

• Data analysis

• Find your group
• Mark according to criteria
• Bring to department meeting p5 on Monday 11^th of February for moderation
• Case study
• JRo/WV/GL/WH/KS all have experience of this.
• How do we organise studies > what works well?
• Look at criteria and report on our marking from board

Resit coursework sessions.
We need to make a decision about who will resit yr 10 coursework in year 11 and if and when we do after school sessions. I suggest that we work closely with Mark and Sue. We just have to discuss the best way to do this.

Notes

• Booster days to be focus of lunchtime meetings.
• Ideas for budget before half term.

References and links

Filter 21 for many other links to documents

Training material from 21stcenturyscience.org

http://21stcenturyscience.org/support/training-materials,1495,NA.html

Specifications and support from www.ocr.org.uk

• Twenty First Century Science Suite Science A – J630
• Twenty First Century Science Suite Additional Science A – J631
• Twenty First Century Science Suite Additional Applied Science A – J632
• Twenty First Century Science Suite Biology A – J633
• Twenty First Century Science Suite Chemistry A – J634
• Twenty First Century Science Suite Physics A – J635

yr 10 and 11 predicted grades and tiers of entries for the summer exams needed by Thursday.

Sorry about this. I know it is too early and before some have even sat the January exams. You will be given back the sheet by Ros to check and sign just before she sends it to the board. Thanks for your continual help and support.

update to year 10 rota

update to year 11 rota

January events

• The INSET day is performance management so please bring in the correct documents.
• January is going to involve preparing students for yr 10 and 11 exams.
• Redoing coursework in year 11
• Starting coursework in yr 10 and 11
• Year 11 reports
• LEA visit on Thursday 10 January
  

January Calendar