(The Last) Technology Push

The tail end of April ... a full on time for Design and Technology teachers around the country as deadlines for controlled assessments loom! The panic as students can't remember where they put their specification sheets (and therefore can't evaluate)! The quest to find a safe place to keep the Graphic Products practical work where it won't get crushed ...

I still have another week of the Easter break to go (although it's Easter School from tomorrow onwards), but many teachers will be making that last push to get things completed and marked this week.

The week before Easter, this slide was constantly on my board reminding students of the important sheets that get left out of controlled assessment folders. We use AQA, so other boards may have different requirements ...

That last week of term was all about the students ensuring that their folders were in order and these sheets had been included.

For the next GCSE cohort I need to think about how we can get these sheets done promptly ... they're the sheets that don't involve research or design so need 'selling' to the students, so that's my challenge ... for now, marking beckons!