6.15Grading 6.16Homework Policy
The expectation for the amount of work set to be completed outside of the classroom is:
Year 7 /8 30 minutes
Year 9 30 minutes
Year 10/11 40 minutes
IB SL 140 minutes
IB HL 210 minutes
6.17Appraisal and Monitoring 6.17.1Work Scrutiny
Once per term a departmental meeting will have forty minutes dedicated to work scrutiny. Each meeting will look at a different year group/course and evaluate the following:
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Subject/material – this will periodically include students reporting on how they are finding the subject content/material.
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Identifying individual good practice and how this can be transferred into the department to improve overall teaching practice.
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Identifying areas for improvement and how will we make that improvement?
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A final question – clearly defined areas for improvement and strategies for marking progress in these areas.
For each session of work scrutiny a focus will be decided in advance, an appropriate sample of work will be collected and then photocopies of the work distributed for people to look at before the departmental meeting.
EXAMPLE SCRUTINY FOCUS:
AUTUMN – Assessment
SPRING – Differentiation with lessons and student participation.
SUMMER – Subject content.
Photocopied work used for work scrutiny should be filled in the departmental exemplar work scrutiny file. A report should be filed on the outcome of the work scrutiny, an exemplar has been added on the page below.
Chemistry Department Work Scrutiny form
Year Group/Class:
Date of monitoring
Does the work match with medium term planning (SOW)?
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Does the work meet the academic rigors expected, as set by SOW?
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Is there evidence of progression?
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Does the marking meet departmental/school assessment criteria?
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Have student assessment forms been completed and checked?
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Individual good practice and how can it be shared
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Suggestions for improvement.
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Final Question:
6.17.2iGCSE and IB Teaching Calendar
Detailed schemes of work are available on the shared area.
7Supporting Students
7.1Support arrangements for students struggling with chemistry
Students who have issues or questions in chemistry are encouraged to ask questions both inside and outside of lessons. To help with this, specific times are allocated for students of particular year groups, with the times given on posters throughout the department. All chemistry teachers contribute to providing these lunchtime workshops. However, these are by no means the only times that students are able to talk to their teachers. For instance, the iGCSE Extended Essay allowed two weeks of supervised lab time during lunchtimes. Similarly, the IB Extended Essay is also amply provisioned with lab time and time for discussions about the projects with the supervisors involved.
The Chemistry Cause for Concern Policy
For students with persistent problems in chemistry more directed and individualised support is given in the form of the departments Cause for Concern policy. In very nearly all cases, students who are struggling with the subject also have a history of repeated problems handing in homework and are unable to provide evidence of their attempts to learn the subject independently e.g. through completing the topic books or the past paper questions provided alongside the topic books. The cause for concern policy has been introduced with hopes to address this issue by monitoring each individual student’s work outside of lessons.
Registers for attendance at the workshops is taken.
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Years 11 and 13 PB has arranged lunchtime workshops on Tuesday and Wednesday for those struggling.
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Year 12 meets with TD weekly on Mondays
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JH and AM meet with students in years 9 and 10 respectively every week
A weekly workshop register in the form of a google doc is also taken to aid monitoring.
7.2Revision Process for years 11 and 13 in Chemistry
Every week Yr 11 and 13 have a portion of their homework assigned to revision questions according to the revision schedule. They should get their homework at least one day (i.e. Thursday) before the revision workshop. They should also get other homework. Hand in deadline is Wednesday 9am in the yellow tray (Mr Brannac’s) outside of the chemistry office.
Revision drop-in session on Fridays at 13:35 to 14:05 is for any questions students in years 11 and 13 may have about anything. This will be in Mr Brannac’s room, SF313. There will be a register.
On Wednesdays at 3:30 to 4:30pm there will be a student-led revision session in SF311 for help in Chemistry and Biology run by the Medicine and Biochemistry Society.
Mr X will be running a drop in session on Sundays at 13:30 to 14:30 in the girls lecture theatre. There be will be a register.
Extra Help: Students in year 11 and 13 who are on the Cause for Concern process will need continue to need to see Mr Brannac on lunchtimes at 13:35 on Tuesdays (Year 11) and Wednesdays (Year 13).
Day
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Run By
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For
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Session
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Time and place
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Tuesday
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PB
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Yr 11 cause for concern students
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Yr11 Extra Help
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13.35 in SF 313
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Wednesday
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PB
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Yr 13 cause for concern students
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Yr 13 Extra Help
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13.35 in SF 313
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Wednesday
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Yr 13 students
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All students all years
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Drop in session
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15.30 to 16.30 in SF 311
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Friday
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PB
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All students in Yr11 and 13
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Drop in revision session
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13.35 in SF 313
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