Each year the HOD and department formulate the Development Plan. Within this plan will be details of equipment, resources and training needs.
2. Expenditure.
a) The main laboratory technician monitors our stock and liaises closely with the Head of Department in assessing the stock purchasing requirements. Staff recommend any suggested purchases for maintenance and development of the topics.
b) The technician/HOD completes order forms and liaises with the School Office.
c) The technician checks delivered goods and organises stock storage etc.
d) Staff who require reimbursement for sundry purchases will initially receive payment from the bursar. Larger amounts will be reimbursed by the Bursar from the Department's capitation.
e) The Head of Department monitors the department's budget by referring to the account statements published by the Bursar.
6Marking and Assessment
The assessment within the faculty will be standardised and be used to submit marks for the MIS grades on the basis of one/two per half term. Assessment should be in the form of the Academic grades (levels 1 – 7) and should not include a percentage value, unless students are sitting an exam script. Assessment rubrics should be available to all students to allow them to comprehend how grades have been awarded. A student may gain more than one grade for a piece of work dependant on the areas being assessed (e.g. there may be 3 separate grades for calculation, explanation and presentation)
6.1Assessment Scheme of Work
Overview of the Year
Half-term
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Year 9
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Year 10
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Year 11
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Year 12
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Year 13
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3
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D (Periodicity)
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DCP (Titration)
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D (Reduction of CuO with Carbon)
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D (Teacher's choice)
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D, DCP, CE (Chosen by department)
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4
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DCP (Enthalpy of fuels)
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D (Electrochem Cells)
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DCP (Thermal decomposition of CaCO3)
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DCP (Teacher's choice)
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D, DCP, CE (Chosen by department)
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5
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CE (Enthalpy of fuels)
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CE (Reduction of CuO with Carbon)
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Revision
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CE (Teacher's choice)
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Revision
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6
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Essay (Periodic table)
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Essay (Uses of transition metals)
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PS: Group Project
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Essay (Teacher's choice)
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Project (Chosen by department)
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Presentation
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Types of bonding
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Acids and bases
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Exam techniques and revision skills
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Electrons
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Exam techniques and revision skills
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Each of these skills is assessed in a lab report, an essay or as a presentation to the class. At iGCSE level they are around 300 words long and the students will have had the opportunity to draft them so that they are allowed to respond to the feedback.
Explanation of work being assessed
IB Internal Assessments are split into 5 skills, 3 of which are assessed under the following titles:
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Design (D)
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Data Collection and Processing (DCP)
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Conclusion and Evaluation (CE)
The department’s marking rubric for IB level work is from the IBO and for iGCSE work is adapted and simplified but still using the same skills and criterion.
Of the two other skills, Manipulation (M) is assessed summative in the IB and at iGCSE during a suitable practical, ideally something like a titration. Personal Skills (PS) are assessed exclusively in the Group 4 project at IB level in year 12, and during the group project at iGCSE level in year 11 after the exams.
The Presentation (P) aspect of this work is not part of the IB Diploma chemistry IA (but it is assessed at IB level during the ToK course). The students each work individually on a presentation and they can be done for instance, throughout the year, one each lesson. They are each 2 minutes long and assessed at both the IB and iGCSE level using a rubric on presentations adapted from the ToK course
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