Monday, 12 October 2015

Bulletin - 12.10.15

1. Dates for diaries
Wed 14th-Mon 19th Oct: French Exchange
Wed 14th Oct: Double dept meeting (including literacy)
Thur 15th Oct: Year 9, 10, 11 Open Morning

Wed 21st Oct: Meeting 1: Report moderation; Meeting 2: HoFs
Fri 23rd Oct: HALF-TERM!

2. Reports/APs

Year 13 full report: deadline Fri 16th Oct
Year 7 and 8 AP1: deadline Fri 23rd Oct
Year 12 AP1 + Skills Review: deadline Fri 23rd Oct

3. Prep for dept literacy meeting
Wednesday's dept meeting will be focused on literacy. Please remember to bring with you a selection of books from each class you teach. We will:
  • share students' work and identify
    • common general literacy mistakes (e.g. capital letters, homophones)
    • subject-related mistakes (e.g. technical terms)
  • share what is already done in the department to address these issues - good practice
  • discuss what could be done to address these issues but which isn't already done or widespread - opportunity or need for development
We will also discuss core expectations of marking:
  • are teachers using the standard marking codes?
  • are students correcting mistakes using purple pen?
  • share what is already done in the department when marking for literacy - good practice, time saving tips
  • discuss what could be done to improve or support teachers' marking for literacy

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