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Year 10: Poetry clusters Edexcel IGCSE
Year 10: Here are your clusters as discussed this morning: LOVE romantic Remember 116 Belle Dame (inverted) LOVE parental Piano, PrayerB4 Birth P@39 Do not go LOVE cruel/painful/possessive Belle Dame Duchess 116 Sorrow Piano Do not go Remember Nostalgia Half …
Apprentices? You’re hired, Year 8
I love the summer term. In year 8 we run an Apprentice Project - plenty of Business English, targetted group work and a competition, first in the classes and then in the grand final. The brief this year was to …
Year 10 Necklace Flip charts….
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Year 10 whole class feedback on IGCSE mock papers
For my Year 10 to use and others to glance at.... jwp paper 1 give back 2018 Read More "Year 10 whole class feedback on IGCSE mock papers"
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Edexcel IGCSE Language (A) paper 1 part 1.
A sample mock paper for the non fiction element of paper 1. This uses a passage from Shackleton's diary of 1922 with the passage 'explorers or boys...' paper 2 y10 2018 I know it says paper 2... it's a long …
Are exams a fair test for all?
Each year we prepare our students for the public examinations which will shape their futures. Each year, it seems, we feel let down by the exam boards which create the mechanisms by which our children are tested. Exams are not …
Hamlet 4:4 To examine or not to examine?
If you look at the hashtags #hamlet or #ocrenglishliterature at the moment you will see a number of very upset students, teachers and parents. The gist is straightforward: since exams are not meant to post trick questions, why did OCR …
