Tudor Grange Academy Worcester – Assessment Calendar Non Core Template

Assessment Calendar (Non Core)

Subject: Humanities

Year Group: 7

Course / Qualification: Middle Years Programme

Assessments:

Half Term 1

Assessment Title:

Knowledge and Understanding

Formative Assessment 1 Common Assessment

RS – Report into Robert Oppenheimer and concept of “power”

History – Interpretation of a fairy tale

Geography – Journey to the centre of the earth- design a machine challenge

RS – Genesis written assessment

History – Skills Based Assessment

Geography – Why did so many people die in the Japan earthquake? Identifying causes/effects/responses. Students write a piece of extended writing

File Location:

Feedback to students: RS - Written comment – Full diagnostic – 2 Targets.

History – ATL grade

Geography - Using success criteria linked to gse skills/level ladder.

Full diagnostic written comment – 2 Targets.

Attitude to learning grade.

RS - Part peer assessment/diagnostic comment by MOS.

History – Diagnostic Grade with areas for focus and improvement

Geography - Full diagnostic written comment

Full diagnostic written comment

Attitude to learning grade.

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Half Term 2

Assessment Title:

Independent Research Skills

Formative Assessment 1 Common Assessment

Geography – Why did so many people die in the Haiti earthquake?

Identifying causes/effects/responses. Students write a piece of extended writing

History – Counterfactual history – Email Harold Godwinson and explain how he can win the Battle of Hastings.

Geography – Independent learning:Hollywood myth or reality?

Students research the current debate on the impact of global warming in order to write an evidence report arguing whether climate change is ‘Hollywood myth or reality’?

History – Knowledge and Understanding of events in 1066. Using key terms and graph plotting.

File Location:Feedback to students:

Geography – Using success criteria linked to gcse skills/level ladder.

Full diagnostic written comment – 2 Targets. Attitude to learning grade.

History – Peer assessment to gain knowledge of GCSE mark scheme, GCSE mark and a personal target.

Geography – Using success criteria linked to gcse skills/level ladder.

Full diagnostic written comment – 2 Targets. Attitude to learning grade.

PSHE rainbow

History – Full diagnostic written comment. GCSE grade.

Half Term 3

Assessment Title:

Using Evidence

Formative Assessment 1 Common Assessment

History – Selecting evidence to back up hypothesis (picture) History – Essay on religious turbulence during Tudor period.

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RS – Written dialogue with description of key terms.

Geography- How have animals adapted to living in the Antarctic?

Students will design and explain 6 adaptations for own Antarctic specie

RS – Festivals Grid to be completed with opportunity for extension. Explaining importance of religious belief and symbolism.

Geography- Which activities should and shouldn’t be allowed in Antartica?

Students will take the problems Anatarica is currently facing to write an email to the United Nations, explaining how they think Antarctica should be used.

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Feedback to students:History – Written a paragraph choosing three key symbols illustrating religious change.

RS – Written comment with one target.

Geography- Using success criteria and varying perspectives. AFL and self assessment.

Marked against GSCE criteria for task

History - Marked on grid for levels and skills.

RS – Written comment with two targets.

A2 Learning Mark.

Geography - Using success criteria and varying perspectives. AFL and peer assessment.

Marked against GSCE criteria for taskFull diagnostic written comment – 2 Targets.

Attitude to learning grade.

Half Term 4

Assessment Title:

Creative Thinking Skills

Formative Assessment 1 Common Assessment

RS –Holocaust Memorial Activity.

Geography- How can I use fieldwork skills to carry out an environmental investigation?

RS – Written Assessment on Anne Frank and Persecution.

Geography –How can I design a campaign to promote environmental sustainably?

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Students participate in KBG campaign by carrying out a litter pick of the school site

History - None

Students design own environmental campaign for independent learning project

File Location:

Feedback to students: Geography- Using success criteria linked to skills ladder.Self- Assessment and written comment with 2 Targets.

RS – Peer Assessment – Supplemented by teacher grading RS – Formal written comment with two targets.

Geography - GCSE GradeAttitude to learning2 targets/ full written commentPSHE skills criteria

Half Term 5

Assessment Title: Formative Assessment 1 Common Assessment

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Decision Making SkillsGeography- Migration to Brazil:

Students decide whether character should ‘stay or go’ by watching animated clip and then answering differentiated enquiry questions about push and pull factors.

RS – Paragraph allocation exercise linking key words to text

History – Why did the Roylists lose the Battle of Marston Moor?

Geography- How can I compare and contrast population policies?

Students decide upon the factors that determine a successful population policy by contrasting case study examples; students then design own population policy using frame work.

RS – Written Assessment on Buddhism

History – None

File Location:

Feedback to students:

Geography- Using success criteria linked to skills ladder.

Self- Assessment and written comment with 2 Targets.

RS – Immediate Feedback – Mark given/discussion about how to get higher grade. Students sent home with paragraphs to prepare for assessment.

History – Peer Assessment – Shared with two targets given

Geography- Using success criteria linked to KS3 skills/level ladder.

Full diagnostic written comment – 2 Targets.

Attitude to learning grade.

RS – Full diagnostic written comment with comments.

Attitude to learning grade

Half Term 6

Assessment Title: Formative Assessment 1 Common Assessment

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Team Work and Communication Skills

Geography- How do banana farmers use fair trade?

Students play trade game to investigate and discover the unfair distribution within the global trade network.

History – Why did the Royalists lose the English Civil War?

File Location:

Feedback to students:

Geography: Success criteria for banana game success is established as class. Students use peer assessment to mark each other against criteria before giving oral feedback -comment and 2 targets.

Supported by teacher feedback against class criteria

History – Full formal assessment grade with two targets

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