Year 8

In Year 8 students have 4 x 50 minutes Science lessons per week and study 6 topics for approximately 6 weeks each.

Assessment

1) Each topic will have a written end of topic test which will take no more than 1 lesson. This will consist of a range of levelled questions from L3-L6 or L5-7 . It will be marked by the teacher and the NC level fed back to the students eg 3a, 5c etc. Students will be given an opportunity to reflect on the questions that they did not do so well on.

2) In 3 topics there will also be a Required Practical (B4 Systems, C3 Elements & Compounds and P3 Energy). These are completed over 3 lessons and a homework as follows:

Lesson 1 – prediction, results table, start method (to be completed for homework)

Lesson 2 – experiment, graph

Lesson 3 – conclusion, evaluation

Each task has levelled Success Criteria printed on the worksheet so students can see what they need to do for the level they are working towards. After the RP is marked, an overall NC level will be fed back and students will then be directed to identify 3 areas they did less well on with ways to improve next time. They may also be asked to make improvements as part of the DIRT (directed improvement reflection time) process.

Attainment

Current levels will be reported to students every half term for comparison against target levels. These will be an average of end of topic test levels and required practical levels.