Thanks, everyone…we’re kind of damned if we do and if we don’t J

 

 

 

Hi

 

We are having a big discussion here what to do about equipment.  Maths are trying hard to get learners to buy a calc/maths set..really cheap from us, but they aren’t…..

 

I have asked for a decision from up above because on the day I don’t want my staff/invigilators to be the ones who decide who gets the spares and who doesn’t?  At the end of the day if the kids don’t have the equipment then it will harm success….

 

Let you know… just another day in the life of exams!

 

 

We supply them, but ask that teachers hammer home to students the need bring their own equipment before the exams.

 

We’ve just bought a nice box of 30 calculators in a colour that few students have, engraved and labelled so we don’t lose them!  We will also supply the other equipment, at the insistence of the maths department (it took them 5 years to wear me down though!).  However, I insist that we never supply a black pen if they don’t bring one – if a student can’t remember to bring one of these (after nearly a year here) then they really aren’t trying hard enough….

 

 

 

Ok, would like to do quick straw poll –

GCSE Maths exams…to supply or not supply calculator?

To help learners develop by teaching them a lesson, or not risk impact on college achievement…

 

Elaine Monks

Exams Manager

National Centre Number 63459

Yeovil College | Mudford Road | Yeovil | BA21 4DR

( +44 (0)1935 845523

ü www.yeovil.ac.uk

 

 

 

 

 

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