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Comment on BTEC Level 1 biology by Rob Butler

Rob Butler — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:35:22 +0000

That page is just a placeholder at the moment until I’ve taught that unit! I’ve got some resources from the previous level 1 BTEC spec but haven’t started the current one yet.

Comment on BTEC Level 1 biology by Lea Perry

Lea Perry — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:28:18 +0000

I have followed the links to BTEC Level 1 Biology but nothing appears

Comment on Ofqual changes to GCSE examinations – implications for SEN children by Madeleine Lyus

Madeleine Lyus — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:49:37 +0000

I am Head of science in a medical PRU, we have children of all abilities, most of which have mental health issues, 80% of them suffer severe anxiety. You can just imagine what it is like in our place, come May, when exams loom. Children start dropping out. Science was sometimes the only GCSE they got, Edexcel had lots of small m/c tests and we we used to do all the centre devised activities – GCSE Physics 30% external exams, 70% internal assessment. So by the time May arrived most had completed their science. I had on more than 1 occasion pulled pieces of work off the student area and put enough bits of coursework together to mark and submit, the student may not have achieved a high grade but at least they got 1 GCSE. It worked a treat for our students, they could show their talents. I also introduced BTEC again the students thrived, science became for most their faviourite lesson, we had the whole range from level 1 BTEC to level 2 distinction.
We are now back to final exams and the panic that induces in our students and they are even putting exams into BTEC.
We have just been put on a notice to improve by Ofsted, nothing wrong with the teaching, but at an average 70% attendance we aren’t matching schools, no acknowledgement tha we have mentally ill children who some days can’t even move out of their bedrooms on a bad day, children who 0% attendance at school are now attending 70% of the time. when will the powers above realise that one model doesn’t fit all children.
It’s nice to read a bit commonsense education sometimes.

Comment on BTEC Level 1 physics by Gurmail Bassi

Gurmail Bassi — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:59:13 +0000

Extremely useful resources. Thank you.

Comment on KS4 BTEC chemistry by arshad hussain

arshad hussain — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 12:29:50 +0000

hi rob, thanks for the suggestion of google chrome, fire fox.
the files open in both of the internet providers but not internet explorer.

much appreciated.

Comment on KS4 BTEC chemistry by Rob Butler

Rob Butler — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:50:00 +0000

I’m not sure what to suggest. They download fine on Google Chrome and Firefox, both on my work laptop (at work) and my home laptop (at home!). I could try uploading them in another format but I haven’t got time for a while – adding new files is quite time consuming.

Comment on KS4 BTEC chemistry by ARSHAD hussain

ARSHAD hussain — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:46:29 +0000

it is the docx files i am having problems with

Comment on KS4 BTEC chemistry by ARSHAD hussain

ARSHAD hussain — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:43:56 +0000

hi rob, i am having the same problem as hayden from the last post in opening the files. the pdf are fine but the others are not opening. I do have the latest version of the softwares.

Comment on Ofqual changes to GCSE examinations – implications for SEN children by Allan Douglas

Allan Douglas — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:31:23 +0000

Could not agree more! I’m also a special needs Science teacher who over the years has made GCSE entry rather than ELC the norm, (I teach AQA modular Science). Aspirations of students were raised resulting in those going onto Further Ed. increasing dramatically over recent years. Did Mr. Gove even consider the effect of changes on these students? It would appear not. No doubt in future I will be questioned by OFSTED as to why results are declining. Simply this is because students are being forced into an unsuitable assessment model created with little or no thought as to the requirements of SEN students.

Comment on KS4 BTEC chemistry by Rob Butler

Rob Butler — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:21:50 +0000

The files in question load fine on my computer. Can you confirm which version of Office you are using. These are in Office 2007/2010 format and you will need software which can open this file format. If you are using Office 2003 then you need the Office Compatibility pack, if you are using an earlier version you will need to upgrade.