Description
ABOUT THIS COURSE
This new course will demonstrate how to guide your best students to achieve Grades A & A* in future AQA A-level PE examinations. The course will explore the characteristics of A/A* students identified in research and why and how we have to challenge our most able A-Level PE students.
Focused extensively on evidence-based teaching, learning and assessment practice as well as feedback from the most recent exams, you will leave with a vast range of resources and practical strategies that will enable you to meet the needs of your most able students and ultimately increase A and A* grade attainment.
Finally, we will look beyond the course to focus on preparing these students to continue studying PE at university.
BENEFITS OF ATTENDING
- Increase awareness of what teacher should aim to achieve with the most able PE Students
- Gain the latest evidence-based practice that challenges A/A* students
- Develop greater understanding of what examiners are looking for in Grade A/A* responses
- Take away a range of innovative teaching ideas and electronic resources for your most able students
- Learn how to develop resilience so that talented PE students achieve their A/A* potential
- Focused on identifying the demands of Grades A & A* and providing materials to help teachers prepare students effectively
- A detailed look at the different demands of questions
PROGRAMME
Challenging our most able students
10.00 – 10.45am
- Who are our most able students?
- Why do we have to challenge our most able students?
- How are A/A* Grades achieved?
Break
10.45 – 11.00am
Focus on assessment demands for A/A* students
11.00 – 12.00pm
- Examine the assessment demands of all components including the use of assessment objectives as a framework for assessment
- Consider the most effective models for delivery of the course to ensure effective assessment
- Feedback and grading analysis from the most recent exam. What is required for A/A*?
- Analysis of mark schemes – which sections/questions differentiated candidates?
- Grades A & A*: what are the differences between these?
- Key attributes of Grade A/A* students in the classroom
- Avoiding potential hazards: what can cost a top student their A/A* grade?
The key challenges for A/A* students in extended questions
12.00 – 1.00pm
- Applying synoptic requirements correctly
- Supporting students to write top band extended answers
- Applying knowledge to consistently write top band evaluation or analysis
Lunch
1.00 – 2.00pm
Stretching and Challenging the most able students in short answer questions
2.00 – 3.00pm
- The shorter questions: what are the potential pitfalls?
- Moving on from GCSE approaches – encouraging students to become confident with AO3 skills
- The value of context – achieving depth of AO3 in short answer questions
- What makes a strong A-Level response? How can we build up to this?
- Planning with and designing support for students aiming for top grades
Afternoon Break
3.00 – 3.10pm
Tactics for achieving the highest grades in the written coursework
3.00 – 3.45pm
- Develop an action plan for success for students aiming for top grades in the NEA analysis and evaluation
- How to achieve depth or breadth of analysis
- The key pointers to depth of evaluation
- Examine some high mark pieces of coursework and unpick why
Depart
3.40pm