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Language GCSE exam entry 2018
From 2018, learners taken GCSE exams for the first time in most subjects will have their GCSE results recorded using grades 9 to 1
For most languages, and for resits in all subjects, the existing GCSE structure will operate and the results will be recorded as A* to G
The differences between the old and new grading systems are not in themselves a reason to exclude languages from being taken until the reformed exam is introduced. Both are still GCSEs and will appear on students’ certificates. Further information is available on the Gov.uk website.
This has been confirmed by AQA as well as by Ofqual. If your pupils are finding it difficult to be entered for Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Modern Greek, Gujarati, Italian, Modern Hebrew, Japanese, Panjabi, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish, Urdu there are a number of things you should do, immediately:
- Use the attached template letter to write to the mainstream schools your pupils attend (you will need to fill in relevant information about your language) which has been kindly provided by the Polish Educational Society.
- Contact the exam board to find out where they can take the exam.
- Let us know (by logging in and leaving a comment below or by emailing me Pascale), NRCSE has been developing contacts with schools that will accept external entrants, we are also campaigning for more consistent information to be sent out to all language departments and for schools to understand the importance of facilitating access to language exams.
Can’t get to the museum? They will come to you!
Supplementary schools programme, at your school sessions – January-March 2018
The Museum of London is currently taking bookings for free, at your school workshops which can be delivered in supplementary schools across London between January-March 2018.
Here is a list of sessions that we can offer:
1. Excavating London: archaeology uncovered!
Using a range of handling objects from the Roman times to present day, students will take on the role of an archaeologist and work in groups to uncover the hidden histories of London’s past. This session will involve role play, object handling and art activities.
2. Limehouse to West End: Chinatown
This interactive, hands-on session, inspired by the museum’s collections, will encourage students to explore the changing nature of Chinatown through the years. They will learn about the Chinese sailors that settled in London’s first Chinatown, their lives in the East End and explore the reasons why it moved after the Second World War. Students will also be invited to bring in objects from home that reflects a part of their identity as Chinese-Londoners today.
3. Our London, Our Stories
London is an ever-changing city, influenced by the many groups of people that have called it home from prehistoric times to present day. This interactive session will teach students the skills of a museum curator and then create their own visual display based on objects from home that celebrates their heritage and identities as 21st Century Londoners.
4. London’s Burning: stories of the Great Fire!
To mark the 350th Anniversary of the Great Fire we will be running a special session inspired by this pivotal event which took place in 1666.
Explore what life was like in London on the eve of the fire; discover the dramatic events that took place as the fire blazed through a quarter of the city and recreate how Londoners tried to put out the flames. This drama based session will use objects and props from our collection for students to get into character and create their own stories about the event that changed the face of London forever!
5. Anglo-Saxons and beyond! German heritage in London
London is an ever-changing city, influenced by the many groups of people that have called it home from prehistoric times to present day. This hands-on session uses images and handling objects from our collection to explore German heritage in London from the Anglo-Saxon period to the 1600s. Students will also be invited to bring in objects from home which reflects their identity today.
6. Science of the Docks (STEM science session)
Join scientist Chris Bailey to learn more about the science of the Docklands and how they brought in, stored goods and sent produce from all around the world across Britain.
7. Power to the People (STEM science session)
Modern lives are dependent on energy, but where does it come from? Join scientist Chris Bailey for an interactive workshop exploring wind and solar energy and how this can help create a more sustainable city.
If you would like to book a free at your school session or receive more information about the programme, please contact Emma Taylor, Supplementary Schools Programme Manager on 020 7814 5579 or email etaylor@museumoflondon.org.uk
Open access to our 3-day Good Management course
The purpose of this popular three-day Good Management course is to help community providers of supplementary education meet the minimum requirements for safe out-of-school provision.
It remains our firm mission to get local authorities to book the 3-day Good Management for Supplementary Schools course directly and offer it to supplementary schools under their remit. We have had an excellent response from Brent, Harrow, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington & Chelsea, Sheffield and Suffolk since launching the 3-day course and we’re keen to deliver in other authorities. Please take a look at the course content and get in touch to discuss further.
It is also, however, our mission to support community-led supplementary schools where the authorities are not able to support you. For this reason in January 2018, we are offering our popular 3-day Good Management course directly to individual learners. Whether you are planning to open a supplementary school, you have just joined the management committee of your child’s supplementary school or you have been running out of school activities for many years and you need to check that you are doing everything in line with current policy and good practice – our 3-day Good Management course will help you.
You can meet all your New Year’s resolutions at once by attending our course in January!
Over the three days we shall prepare a three booklets that you can use with parents, teachers and volunteers, and the management committee. Together the three booklets will guide you to put together a Management File for your supplementary school.
The Good Management Pack consists of
- A Welcome Pack for Parents
- Staff and Volunteer Handbook
- Management Committee Guide
To complete the minimum requirements for safe out-of-school provision you must have all of the policies and procedures detailed in the Good Management Pack. Each day we shall complete one of the three focused booklets: Day 1 -Welcome Pack for Parents; Day 2 – Staff and Volunteer Handbook, Day 3 – Management Committee Guide.
The fee for the full course is £450 or £150 per day. If you book all three days together you can send two people for the price of one, an excellent opportunity to train up a prospective trustee or a staff member.
If you subscribe to NRCSE you access discounted prices on all our products. For this course the full price is £225 or £75 per day. You are also eligible for the same two for one discount as above.
Just go to the training section in our online shop to book your place(s). To get the maximum benefit from this course your school should send at least one person to all three sessions. Even better, if you book all three days together you can send two people each day for the same price!
Honour for NRCSE Executive Director and recognition of supplementary education
On 16 November 2017, HRH Prince of Wales presented NRCSE Executive Director, Pascale Vassie, with the OBE in recognition of services to education.
This is tremendous recognition not only for her, but for all the people who volunteer their time at weekends and after school to enhance children’s academic achievements and understanding of language, faith, arts and culture.
We are proud that the work that has been done by the NRCSE, under Pascale’s leadership, to promote the enormous value of community-led supplementary education to children, to communities and to the country has been recognised by government.
Congratulations to Pascale, well deserved.
