This section aims to provide a wide variety of resources that are particularly helpful for Heads of Department
Schemes of Work
We have been working on interactive schemes of work for the past little while and the first ones are now online. Visit the links below:
Key Stage 3: Four levels in each of the three years. Stacks of ideas and activities, and includes 'formal' homeworks tracking progress through the key objectives in each year.
Key Stage 4: Schemes of work at four levels: 4 to D, 5 to C, 6 to B and 7/8 to A/A*
AS/A2 Level: Interactive schemes of work for all Core units, and lesser versions for some of the applied units. A great range of activities and includes suggested 'Success For All' activities.
Assessment
The idea of the assessment document here, is to give examples of how different forms of assessment can be used to track students' progress and enhance the learning process. The ideas incorporate the following areas.
- The roles of formative and summative assessment.
- The roles of the student, teacher and Head of Faculty in the short, medium and long-term assessment cycles.
- The use of data to analyse and track progress, identify under-achievers and celebrate 'overachievers'.
- Target setting.
Assessment at A' Level: A booklet to give examples of how different forms of assessment can be used to track students’ progress and enhance the learning process during the AS/A2 course.
This section was getting very crowded, so there is now a new section - Assessment - which contains loads more items of interest
Every Child Matters
Ever wondered how Mathematics fits in to the 'Every Child Matters' agenda. Here are some thoughts based on QCA programmes of study.
Raising Attainment
Grade tests and self assessment packs - initially written for those C/D pupils, but more are now available due to demand!
Strategies for getting GCSE D's to C's. These ideas are in note form, though hopefully they will make sense!
Virtual Markbook
This 'virtual markbook' was developed to allow teachers to accurately record and analyse pupil data. It is particularly effective at tracking pupil progress as is shown in the mock end-of-year version. A blank Year 8 version is also provided. Feel free to adapt it to suit your needs. The user notes explain in detail how the markbook works.
Alternatively, a similar approach has been used for this faculty database template. It has the additional facility of automatically drawing scatter diagrams that enable comparisons between sets.
If it looks a bit scary, you might want to try this more basic version instead. It has user notes included.
And here we have a faculty database for your AS/A2 groups
Maths Handbook
This updated version (July 2007) of the departmental handbook can easily be adapted to suit your school.
I have also included lesson planning sheets here because I couldn't think of anywhere else to put them. There are different versions for Y7, Y8, Y9, KS4 and Y12/13
Departmental Development Plans
The exemplar development plans below were written in response to the named initiatives, though much of their content is suitable for other focusses too.