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We did not enter any this January ... we wanted to but SMT said "NO". But now we have discovered that some subjects have entered candidates!!! So we will next year! Next year I want to enter candidates for Unit 2 - Human Resourses and Operations. Main reason being that we share teaching accross two schools and the weighting in unit one of Marketing over Finance makes it difficult to get the Marketing section covered in good time! I went on a course last summer with Ian Marcouse. Ian was encouraging a January entry and he said that the experience of pilot schools was that those who entered in Jan of Y12 were pleased they did and those who didn't do a Jan entry wanted to on the second run through (ie last month) ..... so there is AQA's Chief Examiners opinion! Another of Ian's points was that it made sense to enter students for the Finance and Marketing module of A2 in Jan Y13 because Finance is the area where many students lack confidence and are most likely to need a re-sit. In addition if you take the coursework route then the students are left with just one A2 Summer exam! Julie Parton Norton Canes High School, Cannock >From: Colin Harber <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: For teachers and lecturers interested in curriculum issues > affecting the te <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: January examinations >Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 07:05:20 -0800 > >We also seem to follow the middle ground: > >most do 4 As's, no January entries in Year 12, >complaints about the pressure etc. > >We have two further issues that I'd welcome feedback >on: > >1. There's an SMT move afoot not to have any entries >in January of Year 13 either - the reason apparently >is that some small subjects don't have any January >entries and so it would disadvantage them if 'our' >students were distracted taking exams. > >2. Some staff (and pupils) are complaining that the >pressure of covering the AS content and the >downgrading of analysis skills is resulting in lessons >become less interesting - i.e. more like revision >crammers. > >3. School policy seems to be moving towards letting >anyone who gets an E and above start the A2 - I'm not >convinced and would welcome any 'official' views. For >example a colleague was told at an Edexcel History >conference not to allow anyone onto A2 who gets less >than a C at AS. > >Colin Harber Stuart >Dame Alice Owen's School > > >--- CBRO <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > I meant to add, our students are struggling with > > four subjects and many > > have dropped down to three. > > > > Clare Broome > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Paul Garwood [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > > Sent: 02 February 2001 09:26 > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: January examinations > > > > > > At our FE college we decided not to enter students > > for the January > > module of > > the new AS examinations this year. We are currently > > considering policy > > for > > next year. I would be very interested in hearing > > from colleagues who > > entered > > for the January examinations, especially when the > > examination results > > are > > available. In particular I would be interested in > > which module and why, > > how > > the teaching was effected because of the > > examinations, how results > > compared > > with expected and how you intend to deal with > > underachievers in the > > exam. > > Thank you in advance > > >__________________________________________________ >Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 >a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.