Course Details Assessing science enables teachers to track pupils’ progress in order to inform futureteaching and learning. With the loss of the level descriptors teachers will have to monitorand track pupils’ progress in science in a different way. ‘Primarily Science’ has produced aprogression, assessment and tracking tool to help support schools in doing this.Participants will have the opportunity to examine this tool and learn how it can easily beadapted to use in their schools. They will then explore a range of Assessment for Learningtechniques and strategies for confirming progress and will consider how they can beimplemented in the primary classroom.Teachers will leave with the “Assessing and tracking primary science in curriculum 2014”pack produced by Primarily Science. This can then be freely adapted to suit the needs ofindividual schools.Course participants will:Know how to track pupil progress in science.Understand how to use and adapt the ‘Primarily Science’ Progression, Assessment andTracking Primary Science tool” in their school.Use a range of ‘Assessment for Learning’ strategies effectively to promote children’slearning.Make confident and reliable teacher assessments of science and identify and plan forchildren’s next steps...
Assessing science enables teachers to track pupils’ progress in order to inform futureteaching and learning. With the loss of the level descriptors teachers will have to monitorand track pupils’ progress in science in a different way. ‘Primarily Science’ has produced aprogression, assessment and tracking tool to help support schools in doing this.Participants will have the opportunity to examine this tool and learn how it can easily beadapted to use in their schools. They will then explore a range of Assessment for Learningtechniques and strategies for confirming progress and will consider how they can beimplemented in the primary classroom.Teachers will leave with the “Assessing and tracking primary science in curriculum 2014”pack produced by Primarily Science. This can then be freely adapted to suit the needs ofindividual schools.Course participants will:Know how to track pupil progress in science.Understand how to use and adapt the ‘Primarily Science’ Progression, Assessment andTracking Primary Science tool” in their school.Use a range of ‘Assessment for Learning’ strategies effectively to promote children’slearning.Make confident and reliable teacher assessments of science and identify and plan forchildren’s next steps...
Debbie worksin a partnershipknown as ‘PrimarilyScience’ and iskept busy producing new scienceresources, providing consultancy anddelivering science courses, conferencekey notes and workshop sessions. Sheis a Primary Professional DevelopmentLeader for the North West ScienceLearning Centre and a member of theSLC Primary Development group.Debbie has contributed to a rangeof innovative and well receivedresources including ‘Discovery Dog’and ‘Problem Pup’ and is currentlyworking with Kate Blacklock andAnne Goldsworthy on a ‘Key Stage 1Enquiry Games pack’. She has recentlycontributed to ‘ASE Guide to PrimaryScience Education’.