Art – Secondary Network meeting

Date: 7 February 2018

Venue: Shenfield High School, Alexander

Time: 4:15pm-5:30pm. Refreshments available from 4.00pm.

Agenda

Welcome from Lead (Debbie Kemp)

How is the new GCSE going? Feedback from any courses attended.

Marking/ Moderation of GCSE work. Please bring two projects with the assessment criteria and mark scheme for your course.

AOB

Items for next meeting and venue

Dates and venues of next meetings

(4:15pm-5:30pm. Refreshments available from 4.00pm).

27 June 2018 - The Billericay School, School Road, Billericay, CM12 9LH

Business & Economics– Secondary Network meeting

Date 07 February 2017

Venue: Moulsham High School, Brian Close, Chelmsford, CM2 9ES

Time: 16:00-17:30pm

Agenda

Room 20

1. 4:00 Welcome and Introduction

2. Matters arising

3. Assessment of new GCSE courses Grades 1-9

4. Grade descriptors for GCSE Business and Economics

5. KS5 progress

6. Monitoring progress across the key stages

7. Interventions.

8. Ideas for TSA website

9. Sharing good practice- Any great resources you would like to share/ trips and visits?

10. AOB

11. Agenda items for next meeting

12. Evaluation & Audit

13. Dates of next meetings –27 June 2018

Meeting closes – 5.30pm

Drama – Secondary Network meeting Date: 7 February 2018

Venue: Chelmsford County High School for Girls, Broomfield Rd, Chelmsford CM1 1RW

Please sign into Reception – Go to Room 34

Time: 4.15pm-5.30pm (Refreshments available from 4.00pm)

Agenda

1. Welcome refreshments and introductions (Sally Foley - CCHS)

2. Exemplar answers and models for GCSE and A level papers

3. Exemplar questions set for PPE GCSE and A level

4. Approaches on how to structure GCSE and A level responses

5. Approaches to exploration of set texts at GCSE and A level

6. Suitable theatre trips for Live Response questions

7. Items that we would like to be discussed at the next meeting on 2 July 2018

8. AOB

Meeting Closes – 5.30pm

Dates of future meetings: 2 July 2018 – St Martin School, CM13 2HG (4.15-5.30pm)

DT & Vocational Courses – Secondary Network meeting

Date: 7 February 2018

Venue: The Billericay School, School Road, Billericay, CM12 9LH

Time: 4:15pm-5:30pm. Refreshments available from 4.00pm.

Agenda

Welcome from Network Lead (Mark Gooding)

Guest Speaker - Andy Mitchell Deputy Chief Executive or the ‘Design &

Technology Association (D&TA)’

o Outrageous targets being set for GCSE & VOC courses. o The impact of moving to a three year KS4, on KS3 class sizes and hence

teacher numbers o The need for more DT teachers to be able to deliver STEM, i.e, Technology &

not just design based GCSEs

AOB

Items for the next meeting

Dates and venues of next meetings

(4:15pm-5:30pm. Refreshments available from 4.00pm).

27 June 2018 - The Billericay School, School Road, Billericay, CM12 9LH

English – Secondary Network meeting Date: 7th November 2017

Venue: Billericay School, School Road. CM12 9LH

Time: 4:15pm-5:30pm (Refreshments available from 4.00pm)

Feedback from last time was about resources and having more resources to share. It would

be really helpful if you could bring any relevant resources with you so we can all share

these. There is a budget for photocopying so I can do this if it is an issue.

Agenda

Meeting Room

Welcome and minutes of last meeting - Stephanie Tuckerman (Facilitator)

AQA Boundaries – have you amended since the November sitting?

Feedback session to AQA – did anyone complete this? Any feedback to share?

KS3 – have you changed anything?

Poetry and unseen – creative ways to teach/engage. How to link the poems

Resources to be added to Billericay Teaching School Alliance website for sharing

AOB

Items for Next Meeting

Evaluation

Dates of next meetings – 7 February 2018, 27 June 2018 at The Billericay School, School

Road, Billericay. CM12 9LH - 4:00pm-5:30pm (Refreshments available from 4.00pm)

Film – Secondary Network meeting

Date: 7 February 2018

Venue: The Bromfords School & Sixth Form College, Grange Ave, Wickford, Essex, SS12 0LZ

Time: 4:15pm-5:30pm. Refreshments available from 4:00pm.

Agenda

Welcome (Holly Williamson – Bromfords School & Sixth Form College)

Progress so far

Marking: exemplars/practice

Production: a possible strategy for individual film making

Resource bank

AOB including Agenda for next meeting

What to bring along

Please bring along GCSE and A Level marking. At the previous meeting, those attending

agreed this would be a good opportunity to moderate.

Many thanks,

Mel

Dates and venues of next meetings

(4:15pm-5:30pm. Refreshments available from 4:00pm).

27 June 2018 - (Host ??? / Venue ???)

Geography – Secondary Network meeting

Date: 7th February 2018

Venue: Mayflower High School Billericay

Time: 4:15-5:30pm (Refreshments available from 4.00pm)

Agenda

4:00 Welcome and Introductions

1. Updates on:

a. GCSE b. A level c. KS3

2. Assessments – GCSE

3. Skill development

4. Fieldwork

5. Resources

6. AOB

7. Items for Next Meeting

8. Evaluation & Audit – complete and return to network lead.

9. Date of next meeting – 27 June 2018 (Venue TBC at meeting) 4:15-5:30pm (Refreshments available from 4.00pm)

History – Secondary Network meeting Date: 7 February 2018

Venue: Greensward Academy, Greensward Lane, Hockley, SS5 5HG

Time: 4:15pm-5:30pm

Agenda

Welcome refreshments and introduction – Lauren Cooper and Tom Pattison (Co-facilitators)

1. Introductions

2. Matters arising from last meeting – Accuracy of marking under new criteria (all delegates to bring pupil work that has been assessed as grade 8 or 9 for comparison)

3. KS4 – Sharing strategies for covering content efficiently and effectively under time constraints.

4. KS4 – Sharing strategies for supporting less able/underachieving students in covering and succeeding on the new GCSEs. [delegates to bring any useful examples to discuss]

5. Feedback on A Level teaching and Coursework – reflecting on lessons from summer examinations and sharing strategies that have been put in place to address weaknesses.

6. Google drive (all delegates to bring resources that could be added) https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B872TUN2U_BDZ2NFNlpzMHljOWM

7. AOB

8. Evaluation

9. Dates of next meeting: 27 June 2018 - Venue (? – Host: ?)

10. Items for next agenda

11. Meeting closes – 5.30pm

ICT/Computer Science – Secondary Network meeting

Date: 7 February 2018

Venue: St John Payne Catholic School, Patching Hall Lane, Chelmsford, CM1 4BS

Time: 4:15pm-5:30pm. Refreshments available from 4.00pm.

Agenda

16.00 Registration and refreshments

16.15 Round table – Introduction

16.25 A quick look at validation using regular expressions and python

16.35 Algorithms, Trace tables and python

17.00 Discussion on the challenges of delivering of ICT and Computer Science

17.30 Feedback & Survey

Dates and venues of next meetings

(4:15pm-5:30pm. Refreshments available from 4.00pm).

27 June 2018 - St John Payne Catholic School, Patching Hall Lane, Chelmsford, CM1 4BS

Maths – Secondary Network meeting

Date: 7 February 2018

Venue: The Billericay School, School Road, Billericay, CM12 9LH

Time: 4:15pm-5:30pm. Refreshments available from 4.00pm.

Agenda

Welcome from Network Leads (Clare Pretty and Dave Brewster)

Approaches to Secondary Ready

Topic in Depth Ratio (please bring along some resources to share)

Problem Solving, ideas and approaches

AOB

Topics for next meeting

Dates and venues of next meetings

(4:15pm-5:30pm. Refreshments available from 4.00pm).

27 June 2018 - The Billericay School, School Road, Billericay, CM12 9LH

MFL – Secondary Network meeting

Date: 7th February 2018

Venue: The Billericay School, School Road, Billericay, CM12 9LH D Block

Time: 16:00-17:30pm

Agenda

1. Curriculum time for MFL

2. Teaching Proof reading skills at KS3 and KS4

3. GCSE writing exam: moderate mock papers. Please bring your own mark scheme. We can supply multiple copies of French and German AQA, although you are welcome to bring your own too. If you teach Spanish, or Edexcel, please bring copies of your own papers.

4. Independent Research Project at A Level

5. AOB

6. Evaluation & Audit

7. Date of next meeting (27 June 2018 – 4.00pm-5.30pm, The Billericay School)

Music – Secondary Network meeting

Date: 6 February 2018

Venue: The Fitzwimarc School, Hockley Road, Essex, Rayleigh SS6 8EB

Time: 4:15pm-5:30pm. Refreshments available from 4.00pm.

Items to bring along: Please bring a couple of piece of coursework that you would

like the group to discuss and moderate.

Agenda

Welcome from Network Lead (Paul Norman – The Fitzwimarc School)

Feedback from impact of last session

Essex Music Education Hub Update (Peter Lovell, Essex Music Services). Peter will give an update on new projects and resources available to schools from the Music Hub.

Amy Vinnicombe from Edward Francis to give information about Primary Liaison priorities / opportunities

Mock exams grading

Listening resources

Music Technology Packs and sequencing resources

Primary Liaison

Coursework Moderation – Please bring a couple of piece of coursework that you would like the group to discuss and moderate.

AOB

Completion of Audit/Eval forms

Topics for next meeting

Date of next meeting - Around 27 June 2018 – Date and Venue TBC (4:15pm-5:30pm.

Refreshments available from 4.00pm)

Psychology – Secondary Network meeting Date: 7th February 2018

Venue: Brentwood County High School, 7 Seven Arches Road, Brentwood, CM14 4JF

Time: 4:15pm-5:30pm

Refreshments available from 4:00pm

PLEASE NOTE: A focus of this meeting will be to engage in moderation on how people are applying the mark schemes for the longer 16 mark or essay questions. As a result attendees are invited to bring a selection of responses from a recent 16 mark or essay question they have completed with students. Where possible these should be unmarked responses (you may of course want to mark the original to allow for comparisons to be made after moderation) and show a range of ability level of students. Alongside the responses please bring along a copy of the mark scheme for the question.

Agenda

Welcome refreshments and introduction – Andy Rayner (Facilitator)

1. Review of mark schemes for essay questions and comparison of variations in requirements of different boards.

2. Marking carousel activity

3. Sharing and comparing notes on responses

4. AOB

5. Items for next agenda

6. Dates of future meetings: 27th June 2018

Meeting closes – 5.30pm

RE– Secondary Network meeting

Date: 7th February 2018

Venue: Brentwood County High School, 7 Seven Arches Road, Brentwood, CM14 4JF

Time: 16:15-17:30pm (Refreshments available from 16:00)

Agenda

1. Changes to teaching GCSE teaching this year. Revision strategies that include in depth knowledge of religious teachings.

2. KS3 – sharing of strategies and resources that work well

3. A Level

4. Assessment/ Levels/ Flight Paths

5. Sharing of Resources (Please bring along resources which you would like to share with colleagues)

6. AOB

7. Evaluation & Audit

8. Ideas for next meeting

9. Date of next meeting –27 June 2018 16:15-17:30pm (Refreshments available from 16:00)

Science– Secondary Network meeting Date: 07/02/18

Venue: Lab 15, Mayflower High School, Stock Road, Billericay, CM12 0RT

Time: 4:15pm-5:30pm

Agenda

Welcome refreshments and introduction – Clare Foreman (Facilitator)

1. Minutes and matters arising

2. David Struthers - Director of South Essex Teaching School Alliance and Lead of the Science Learning Partnership

David supports partnerships and groups with Science delivery. David has secured funding, so would like to come along to the meeting to discuss how he may be able to support those in the group. David is happy to discuss and provide information around;

National Science exam Data for summer 2017 exams. Discussion and implications

Staff opportunities: Heavily subsidised CPD including RCUK funded opportunities: Iceland Trip, CERN Visit, Bespoke Cutting edge science CPD as well as news of Essex Secondary Triple Science Conference and much more

3. Key Stage 4 – discussion of Nov/Dec PPEs/Mocks – common areas of concern. PixL updates.

4. Sharing of resources – Revision strategies. Presentation about tried and tested methods. Please bring any examples that you may have, to add to the discussion. Also, presentation/discussion about the habits of successful people and how we can incorporate these into our teaching.

5. AOB

6. Evaluation

7. Date of next meetings – 27 June 2018 – Venue Mayflower High School

8. Items for next agenda

Meeting closes – 5.30pm

Sociology– Secondary Network meeting

Date 7th Feb 2018

Venue: Brentwood County High School, Seven Arches Road, Brentwood, CM14 4JF

Time: 4:00pm-5:30pm

Agenda

Main Hall

1. 4:00pm Welcome and Introduction

2. 4:15pm EP, Psychology and Sociology Teachers will split into specialist areas

3. Sharing good practice: Sharing resources – please bring resources you wish to share

4. Revision ideas

5. Marking and moderation- feel free to bring in student work

6. AOB

7. Evaluation & Audit

8. Date of next meeting

9. Items to be included in next meeting