Report writing

Maybe this piece of software will help

http://www.rayslearning.com/report.htm

Mondays dept meeting

• Coursework deadline 2 Feb.
• Lesson observations.
• RAISE and LEA intervention.
• 5 one hour INSETs > one on learning platform.
  

SMART Targets

S - specific, significant, stretching

M - measurable, meaningful, motivational

A - agreed upon, attainable, achievable, acceptable, action-oriented

R - realistic, relevant, reasonable, rewarding, results-oriented

T - time-based, timely, tangible, trackable

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SMART Goals

Specific

• Well defined
• Clear to anyone that has a basic knowledge of the project

Measurable

• Know if the goal is obtainable and how far away completion is
• Know when it has been achieved

Agreed Upon

• Agreement with all the stakeholders what the goals should be

Realistic

• Within the availability of resources, knowledge and time

Time Based

• Enough time to achieve the goal
• Not too much time, which can affect project performance

Vocabulary for framing lesson objectives and outcomes

Feedback from investigation meetings (2007-2008)

I asked your questions when I was at these meetings. Here is a summary of the answers.

• You can get full marks but you should only expect an A* pupil to do that.
• You can give them the question. eg "How can I slow down the rate of descent of an object?". They need to come up with the ideas on how to do that.
• Pupils can take work home. You need to verify that it is all their own work.
• You can double count the I and E strands from the Additional science investigation and use this for the core data analysis.
• You can give any generic help you like but you should not give specific help for that particular investigation. eg you can say "to get 6 marks you need to list all the factors involved" but you can't tell them to "look at width, surface area, type of wire or length".
• The whole class can do the same investigation or case study. The approach should be different though.
• Any background material or help given should be sent to the moderator.
• You need to annotate the coursework. Minumum of saying C(c)6.
• There is less scientific knowledge required compared to Sc1. eg for resistance of a wire talk about lenghth being similar to resistors in series rather than free electron theory from A level.
  
• No prediction is required like Sc1. You may like to have an introduction though.
• Redrafting is NOT allowed. You can look at the coursework and point out missed items but once it is marked you cannot give it back.
  

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Quiz-Busters Plenary and Revision Quiz from teachers-direct

Have you checked your exam entries?

You can also do this by going into SIMS and then going into My Marksheet Entry.
Finding the class.
In my case
Sum 2009 Forecast 01/J630 : 10a/Ds7 08/09
and checking the entries are OK there.
For instance I have Y in the columns
OCR A213F Entry Summer 2009
and
OCR A214F Entry Summer 2009
ONLY
which is
B3,C3,P3 paper and the ideas in context paper.

Year 11 coursework marks

The deadline for coursework marks to me is the 2nd Feb. These need to be your final mark as they then need to be entered on the tracking system. I need investigations and CASE study marks.

Urgent check on exam entries

Could you please check your GCSE exam entries for the summer. Could you do this by Monday please. I have put lists in your pigeon holes in science. When you have checked them inform me or JR and we will amend a master list. Please do not inform Ros as was previously suggested.
Sorry about this.

tricks of the trade

To photocopy a past paper, get a guillotine and cut off the edge near the staples. You can then run the rest through the photocopier as you would normal sheets.

Yr 10 core weighting

yr 11 additional science weighting