Co-ordinator feedback

History/ Geography Coordinator release time
Tuesday 22nd January
Dear Staff,
Time was spent looking at the assessments on Blasmer which do need updating for some classes. The completed assessments show lots of good and even excellent progress being made within many areas of both history and geography, after just one term! :-) Children who are not making as much progress can be readily identified.
Planning is in the appropriate places on Blasmer and gives a clear picture as to the Humanities learning across the school, mainly History this term (Geography was the main focus for most classes last term).
Somerset Skills are identified on planning, with some classes highlighting those to be given a greater focus. Continuity and differentiation is evident when looking at plans from one class to the next, including those working on the same topic. Challenge and differentiation is shown on some block plans but could be shown more clearly on others, including mine! Afl techniques are also clear on much of the planning.
I have started to update the Humanities blogs and put links on if anyone has other links which they would like to add please let me know. Also I would love to have more pictures so if you have any wonderful humanities work or displays which I could photograph please show me also copies of the field work pictures from last term would be great for the Geography site, please e-mail me some or let me know where they are saved.

Thanks,
Vicky
vdike@blandfordstmary.dorset.sch.uk

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