Planning For September: Twelvemonth 12

I'm looking frontwards to education the novel linear Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 bird to 2 Year 12 classes this year. I've been preparing some materials for these classes together with idea it mightiness hold out helpful to part them here, inwards instance they are of purpose to anyone.

1. Scheme of operate together with resources
When preparing schemes of work, schools accept had to await really carefully at timings to brand for sure they tin give the sack lucifer all of the Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 bird content into the 2 twelvemonth fourth dimension frame (I blogged almost this here). At my schoolhouse nosotros took the estimated hours from Edexcel's system of work equally a starting betoken together with cutting everything past times or thence a 3rd - it simply almost works, though our education volition hold out rather rushed.

My school's novel Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 bird system of operate looks really similar to our GCSE system of work, alongside a front end page showing an approximate timeline together with thence a to a greater extent than detailed page for each topic showing the specification together with resources. We won't accept whatsoever educatee textbooks thence links to resources are vital. I've blogged almost A bird resources earlier together with many of these are silent useful for the novel Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 level. There are a few gaps for new topics but we'll accept to cross that couplet when nosotros come upwards to it.

Although the content of the maths specification hasn't changed dramatically, at that topographic point are a few tyke tweaks that nosotros ask to await out for. For instance the AS specification instantly includes fractional inequalities similar those shown below (these were previously on FP2 for Edexcel). It's a subtle modify together with straightforward to teach, but could easily hold out missed.

From Pearson Textbook Pure AS (spot the typo!)

Many schools are planning to learn the pure content offset together with travel out the applied content until afterward inwards the year. When nosotros come upwards to the applied content, it volition hold out useful to advert to Edexcel's Teaching Guide for Mechanics together with Teaching Guide for Statistics.

2. First lesson
I've created a here.

First lesson activity from Susan Whitehouse

3. Student blog
At my previous schoolhouse I was a Key Stage five Coordinator together with actually enjoyed running a uncomplicated weblog for Sixth Form students. I promise to create this 1 time again this year. I've laid upwards 1 upwards at glynmaths.blogspot.co.uk and volition purpose it to part information together with exercises alongside students. As they won't accept textbooks, it's of import that I brand for sure they accept access to enough of independent written report cloth throughout the course.

4. Student handbook together with checklist
Our Sixth Form students are required to choke along a course of written report handbook or specification inwards their folder for every subject. This twelvemonth I accept updated our handbook for the novel Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 level, including the topic checklist at the back. If you'd similar to borrow together with adjust this, there's a Word version here.

Delivering the novel Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 bird volition hold out difficult operate for all involved, peculiarly for those education Further Maths. Initially nosotros volition accept all the same challenges that nosotros had for the novel GCSE - a lack of past times papers, relatively few resources, no degree boundaries together with doubtfulness or thence timings. But nevertheless, I intend we're all actually looking frontwards to getting stuck into education it adjacent month.

Teaching back upwards from Tarquin Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 level