Chapter 6 of the book deals with the Controlled Assessment which is obviously of vital importance when it comes to determining the final GCSE grades that students receive. There has been a steep learning curve for teachers in ensuring that the work that is planned enables students to access as many marks as possible.
The book contains information and guidance derived from colleagues in many schools, as well as subject advisers from the main awarding bodies, many of whom I have worked with over the years.
As an example of how one school prepared its students for their CA task, you should head over to the Priory School Portsmouth, where the geography team there have recently been to Hengistbury Head and shared material in advance of (and after, and even during) the fieldwork days on the coast. As the school is near the coast it made sense for them to do that type of context - are you doing the same in your school ?
The materials that students had access to included:
- information and build up on the department's Facebook page (the book describes the importance of using social media tools in Chapter 10)
- a gallery of images on the photo sharing website Flickr - when I was teaching in Norfolk I made sure that there were plenty of images - in fact here's a slideshow from October 2007 of mine from Stiffkey SaltMarsh and Holkham Sand Dunes...
You can get a free FLICKR account which will enable you to add up to 200 images...
- a student book shared on Slideshare - made by an NQT member of the team: Sam Atkins, and a rather splendid piece of work
What are you doing to share pupils as effectively as possible for their Controlled Assessment ?
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