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What does SMSC mean? What is SMSC in schools and teaching? —

SMSC stands for Spiritual Moral Social & Cultural. These are areas that should be covered and more importantly embedded into any school curriculum. These are things that OfSTED are currently looking out for when they go into a school which wants to be classified as “Outstanding”. Spiritual Examples: beliefs, religious or not, showing interest and  respect for people’s [...]

Blooms Taxonomy Explained According to Seinfeld —

The 6 Levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy, as demonstrated through various episodes of Seinfeld. This would be a great video to use for CPD and twilight training sessions. You might not want to use the whole video but use various parts that could emphasise a point or two.

Formative Assessment – Norm referenced assessment and ipsative assessment. —

Within formative assessment there are norm referenced assessment, criterion referenced assessment and “ipsative” assessment. Assessment defined as “Non reference” is where a learner is compared to another set of learners. An example of this “diagnostic” approach is CATS tests where learners are measured against an average for their age group. These tests are used to [...]

10 principles of assessment for learning —

The ten principles of assessment for learning to guide classroom practice identified by the Assessment Reform Group [2002]: Assessment for learning should: 1. be part of effective planning for teaching and learning; 2. focus on how students learn; 3. be recognized as central to classroom practice; 4. be regarded as a key professional skill for [...]


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