Exam fever....

Well, that's it for another exam season. Tuesday saw the last external exam being sat. Pupils have, once again, responded so positively to what is, a very challenging period.

Some basic exam facts:

• The formal exam period started on May 13th and ended on 25th June
• 121 different exams/papers were sat
• The largest exam was the GCSE RS short course with 206 candidates
• To reflect the multicultural nature of the school exams were sat in Begali, Persian, Portuguese, Urdu, Arabic, Dutch in addtional to Spanish, French and Welsh
• The longest exam was 3hours (AEA Maths) and the shortest was 35 minutes (languages listening exams).

We now await the results in August with A level/BTEC results day being on Thursday 15th August and GCSE/BTEC the following Thursday (22nd). Judging by the positive way pupils have approached the exams, I am sure they will do well.

Now our thoughts turn to the 'prom' and celebrating with our year 11 pupils their time with us at Bishop Gore. They deserve a party!

 

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Distance revision

 

It is that time of year when pupils who are sitting external exams are working 'flat-out' as they prepare for that final test.

In the past, if pupils wanted to see teachers to discuss any issues with revision they may have it often involved waiting until the school was in session and then hoping the teacher concerned was free at that moment. This often resulted in extra stress for the pupil who really needed to have contact as the revision was being undertaken.

This has all changed now as pupils and teachers are demonstrating that digital technology can help bridge the gap between self and supported study. A good example came in the form of one of our year 11 pupils who was recently preparing for an Economics exam. He was working through a past paper at home and needed feedback from his teacher. He decided to take an image of his response, he then uploaded this in to Edmodo (a social learning platform used by the school), where he has able to get instant feedback.

Once again, we see pupils leading the way when it comes to developing creative digital responses to learning. Fantastic!

 

 

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Blast Off!

Bishop Gore Head's Blog from Ryan Davies on Vimeo.

 

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