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Am at a reasonable comp with fair to middling kids and have just finished the first year with OCR Nationals. There is no way we would have finished the 2 Units required for the First Award. About 50% have passed. All will get 1 awards by the end of next year. Some will get 2.

I think the delivery will be quicker next year but I don't think we could manage it inside the 90 GLH OCR have allocated for it.

Just wondering if others

i teach at a comp with low attainment, bad attitude and low expections (kids) this year i have delivered Unit 1, 20 and 21 over two hours per week many of my students are working at distinction level (self directed) so it can be done this is my 3rd year delivering this course, and i have written all the scenarios so that they are relevent to the students

djphillips1408:

. Personally first thing I will do with year 7s next year is get them to set up folders for nationals and then drop of bits of graphics in AO4 of unit 1 for use in the future

I understand what you are doing and prepping the course with KS3 will make things quicker in KS4 but you should still calculate those lessons in the GLH if you are to get a true reflection of how long it takes to cover the course. If you add up the time it amounts to more than just what you are spending at KS4.

 My biggest problem is Unit 1. It is unfortunate that it is mandatory and that ICT as a subject is where you must learn how to support the use of MS Office software. 

I will refine the couse next year. But I am not wasting the time we have exploring a wide range of software at KS3 on something which really disaffects students in the classroom.

uselessnerd:

I understand what you are doing and prepping the course with KS3 will make things quicker in KS4 but you should still calculate those lessons in the GLH if you are to get a true reflection of how long it takes to cover the course. If you add up the time it amounts to more than just what you are spending at KS4.

I understand what you are driving at, but the whole point is that the first thing I do with Y7 anyway is to teach graphics with fireworks. So I will just make sure that when they do spot the difference etc.. they do it with a scenario that could be reused later on with unit 1. I do not consider the Y7s will be doing OCR work is just a well timed conincidence that what they do can be reused. Mind you all I am talking about is around 3 hours work anyway....

just reading the above:

We do unit 1 after completing other units. Then use those to complete the requirements of Unit 1. Have been moderated twice with no problems. I keep away from creating scenarios for Unit 1. By the time they have completed two units they can walk through Unit 1 self directed.

 I get through this unit asap and concentrate on other interesting units.