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GCSE BOOST - Improving Grades 1-4

GCSE BOOST - Improving Grades 1-4

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  • On-Demand course

  • 20 hours

Description

GCSE Boost – improving grades 1-4

About this training

This online course focuses on how to support lower ability learners and improve their performance in GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition. It provides intervention strategies and ideas that you can implement immediately with Y10 and Y11. We cover all boards AQA, EDUQAS and OCR. Presented by Louise Davies and Jacqui Keepin (Drew). In addition, there are regular live presentations/Q&A that you will be invited to.

Training outcomes

By the end of the course, you will be able to:

● Identify and apply strategies to support lower ability learners

● Develop intervention strategies

● Recognise common SEND issues and how learners can be supported

● Evaluate differentiation strategies and their use

● Develop and implement strategies for independent learning

● Formulate ways in which to engage learners and prepare them for written examinations

● Produce an intervention plan to assist learner performance.

Why this course is useful

The training will provide effective professional development by giving:

● Personalised guidance and information on the structure and implementation of the specification

● Practical ideas to help with teaching and assessment

● Relevant content that relates to the subject specialism skills and knowledge

● A focus on essential content – knowledge organisers, targeting and simplifying

● Questioning techniques to build knowledge and understanding

● Guidance on how to group students for support, but also depth and challenge

● Tools that help the content stick, making learning fun

● Strategies to use to build confidence and independence.

What training standards are met?

No.3 Teaching the curriculum

No.4 Managing practical food lessons

Standards are from the government framework: Food teaching in secondary schools: A framework of knowledge and skills

What teachers say

“Every bit of the training was delivered excellently.”

“Amazing course! They just keep getting better!”

“Such well-planned training with consideration given to delivering courses to SEND learners.”

“The presenters were very approachable and friendly.”

Course Content

Section 1 Welcome to the course
  1. Getting Started!
  2. Live on line meetings for 2024-25
  3. Your intervention plan
Section 2 What are the issues for your low ability learners?
  1. GCSE and your lower ability learners: Overview
Section 3 Some common SEND
  1. Common SEND and how these can be supported
  2. MLD and slow working students
  3. Accessible Cookbooks
  4. Dyslexia
  5. Dyspraxia
  6. ADHD
Section 4 Access, Adjustments for Candidates and permissible support
  1. JCQ- Overview- Access Arrangements
  2. Giving generic feedback
  3. Support in task preparation phase
  4. ACTIVITY - Over to You
Section 5 Choosing the Right Exam
  1. How to choose your GCSE exam board
  2. What is the difference between AQA, EDUQAS and OCR?
  3. ACTIVITY - Over to you!
Section 6 Current Alternatives to GCSE
  1. Looking for an alternative to GCSE
  2. Does your school require a P8 course?
Section 7 Non- Progress 8 Alternatives Qualifications and Awards
  1. If your school does not require P8
Section 8 Understanding Marking
  1. Introduction to Marking Criteria
  2. AQA Understanding Marking Activity
  3. EDUQAS Understanding Marking activity
  4. OCR Understanding Marking Activity
  5. Feedback - Add your insights
Section 9 Maximising Marks NEA 1 and 2
  1. Maximising Marks NEA1 and 2 - Researching
  2. Maximising Marks NEA1 Investigation Skills
  3. Maximising Marks NEA1 Evaluation
  4. Maximising Marks NEA2 Practical Skills
  5. Maximising Marks NEA2 Planning
  6. Maximising Marks NEA2 Evaluation skills
  7. ACTIVITY - Planning for intervention
Section 10 Back to Basics - learning content
  1. Making Learning Active and Fun - how to approach theory lessons
  2. ACTIVITY - Over to you
  3. Knowledge Organisers
  4. ACTIVITY - Over to you
  5. CASE STUDY: Structuring the content in Year 10
  6. CASE STUDY: Visual Presentation of Key GCSE Content for Poor Readers
  7. CASE STUDY: Supporting Lower Ability Students
  8. Useful Teaching and Learning Resources
  9. ACTIVITY - Over to you
Section 11 Planning and Teaching: Key practical skills
  1. Introduction - Key Practical Skills
  2. What are High Level Skills?
  3. Improving your teaching of Higher Level Skills
  4. Presentation techniques and upskilling dishes
  5. ACTIVITY - Over to you
Section 12 Grouping Students
  1. Grouping Students for Practical Activities
  2. Grouping Students for Theory Based activities
  3. ACTIVITY - Over to You
Section 13 Raising Attainment and Improving the Performance of Boys
  1. Improving the Attainment of Boys grades 1-4
  2. CASE STUDY: Raising attainment
  3. CASE STUDY: Supporting lower abilities throughout GCSE stages
Section 14 Approaching NEA with lower abilities and SEND
  1. CASE STUDY - NEA tasks with lower ability/SEN learners
  2. CASE STUDY: NEA2 Supporting lower ability learners
  3. CASE STUDY: NEA Task 2 for pupils with SEND
Section 15 Preparing for the written paper
  1. Written paper - brain science and practical ideas
  2. Command Words
  3. Tackling Higher Mark questions
  4. Reducing, Retrieving, Testing
  5. Making Revision Fun
  6. Preparing students for exam day
  7. Useful Revision Resources
  8. ACTIVITY - Over to You!
Section 16 Summary and Next Steps
  1. Feedback and What's next?

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