Can any secondary teachers give me their thoughts on something that is annoying DD2(Y7)
They have targets for science, her's is fairly high (6u I think), anyhow a lot higher than many of her class, despite being set.
Trouble is despite getting a good mark in her test, she only got a 6, while her class mates got house points for meeting their lower targets and consequently were smug and unpleasant to those who haven't hit theirs.
This would be ok in a mixed ability group, but this is set one in an area where I suspect they are all L5 on leaving primary. There targets must be pretty arbitrary.
I know teachers need targets to monitor progress (a very rude word due to our recent run in with Ofsted), but why do the children need to know them. Surely a pupils target is to do the very best they can.
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Startail · 28/05/2013 23:30
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