Mar
07
Who is it for? Anyone trying to help students develop their use of evidence and its application. Outline of idea My GCSE Philosophy and Ethics students sometimes have real trouble remembering to use evidence in their essays. In addition they often forget to explain the relevance of any evidence they offer. Sometimes they also end …
Mar
02
Who is it for? Anyone trying to help students develop their use of evidence and its application. Outline of idea My GCSE Philosophy and Ethics students sometimes have real trouble remembering to use evidence in their essays. In addition they often forget to explain the relevance of any evidence they offer. To play Evidence Bingo …
Oct
24
Who is it for? I’ve tried to use this to develop essay-writing skills and students’ reflection on their own essay writing at KS5. This is something to do at the end of a topic as you’re preparing to set students an essay. Outline of idea This is based on the old party game “Consequences”. Each …
Mar
09
Who is it for? Teachers who would like to use visual representations of Assessment data. Outline of idea (provided by Damon Lewis – Business studies) We have developed visual mark sheets which are used in both our KS4 / 5 lessons. Although there is every reason these would be appropriate for lower years. The idea …
Feb
22
Idea from: Nicola Jones (Head of Geography) Who is it for? Teachers of pupils in year 10 and 11 primarily but it could be used in years 9 and 12 where longer essays and explanations are being written. Outline of idea: I wanted to develop exam techniques in year 11 revision sessions that were different, …
Feb
08
Who it is for: Anyone looking to boost some confidence in written assessment tasks. Outline of the idea: I stumbled across this completely by accident when I left a class with a cover teacher to do an end of unit test. We use like this one to make marking more simple and highlight “things you …
Jan
17
Thanks to Zach Beamish-Cook for this! Who is it for? Anyone trying to help students to develop their skills in reading texts and identifying their key points. Mainly aimed at KS4/5. Outline of the idea A common problem in developing students' skills in reading texts is that they find it difficult to process a whole …