A sample science marking policy and risk assessment.

PLTS learning mats giving suggestions on how to imporve or activities that fit each section of PLTS

A selection of Jeans for Genes Day ideas and a little starter activity to get pupils thinking about inheritance. Jeans for Genes Day is a great charity event that can be supported by any school and it has a wide scope for cross curricular links.

a selection of funny or interesting science qoutes that can be backed and used for display, they are from a range of people including isaac asimov and richard feynmann

A structured outline i use to set pupils termly targets which can then be stuck on the front of their exercise book with the target grade highlighted my pupils find them quite motivating

A simple peer assessment label, that could be printed as a sticker or as a sheet and chopped up to help pupils give feedback in the 2 stars and a wish format. 3 on a page

a sample educational visit assessment and letter to help with planning school trips

a sheet that can be used in a lesson then stuck into the pupils books to evidence that all important self assessment

a sample science development plan that could be adapted for any department

Some sample science questionnaires for pupils and staff developed as part of a MA programme.

A set of display strips fora british values display border

An example of the model AFL lesson cycle that could be used as part of a CPD activity

can be printed onto sticky labels and issued to a department to aid marking, formatted to give a good marking sandwich where you provide a positive comment on the work, give it a grade/level and provide a suggestion for how to improve the piece of work.

a useful peer assessment sheet with guidelines and traffic lights for aid with AFL

A booklet with some recipes in to create some simple safe special effects, good to do with a film club, it helps build good cross curricular links with science as well

A formtime reading challenge, with a simple introductory challenge and survey to see the pupils reading habits before they start the challenge, I then set my pupils a target for the end of the year of numbers of books for them to have read as a class and gave them all a reading achievement sheet that they will be using to gain extra rewards for, this can be followed up with a weekly reading session during form time

to help monitor progress a simple marking proforma sheet, that has a star and a wish for you to fill in and a space for the student to respond