1. Science - Expectations and Course Structure
WALT –
Explain what to expect or the following year
WILF –
List in the first page of copy books of all class and personal expectations

2. What to expect from me, your teacher
Classroom set up in a warm welcoming manner
Teaching Point (TP) clearly displayed for every lesson
Display Walls/Bulletin Boards
at all times filled with posters or students’ work (never blank)
revolving: fresh work put up as soon as possible
headings used when possible
posters need to be A3 size

3. What to expect from me, your teacher
360 Degree Behaviour Poster and EMS Mission & ESLRS up and talked about often
Classroom reward systems in place

4. Grading: Homework Diaries: Meaningful feedback given, not just a grade
Teachers to use a red marking pen
Homework Diaries:
Thoroughly checked and signed by all Form teachers each week by Thursday
Use as a form of communication with parents

5. What I expect of you as students Workbooks: How do they look?
Date written on top right hand side
Students to use either blue or black pens only
Pencils for mathematics allowed
Lines ruled
Unacceptable negative doodling documented
Worksheets are to be pasted in books or placed in personal folder/ class ring binder.

6. Classroom left clean and tidy
Students trained to tuck in their own chairs

7. What more should I expect from you?
How do you think you should behave in class
The work you are set
The homework you are given?
Discuss with your neighbours and each group give me 4 or 5 rules we can follow
Students work in groups and then come together to develop a set of class guidelines. These are then written at the front of their copy books, on the front page.

9. Course structure 3 Terms / year 9 units / year
3 units / term (Biology, Physics, Chemistry)

10. Each unit consists of: - End of unit test
Plus 5 other assessed piece of works
2x Classroom Assessment
2 x Homework Assessment
1 x Practical Assessment
ANY assessed homework that is handed in late will either be severely down-graded or torn up.

11. End of Unit Tests All questions are taken from past SAT papers.
I will give you a link where you can download all of the papers
All you need to do is go through the papers and look for questions that are relevent to the topic that we are covering
Mark schemes are included

12. Weighting

13. Scheme of Work Term Units Taught 1 1A
Unit 9.1 Photosynthesis and Plant Growth 1B
Unit 9.2 The Periodic Table and Preparing Salts 1C
Unit 9.3 Electrostatics and Electric Currents

14. Scheme of Work 2 2A Unit 9.4 Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants2B
Unit 9.5 Reactivity and Rates of Reaction 2C
Unit 9.6 Movements, Pressure and Density

15. Scheme of Work 3 3A Unit 9.7 Ecology 3B
Unit 9.8 Chemicals and Thermal Energy 3C
Unit 9.9 The Energy Crisis and Human Influences

16. Mr Stuart’s SkyDrive Links to : SAT Papers Powerpoints Homework
Revision Materials
Updated after every lesson