With the summer holidays drawing to an end I’ve sat down and completed the first unit of BTEC Introductory Science that I will be team teaching with the Brunts School in Mansfield. When we planned to do a course together we wanted to do something special, to get the best out of a group of pupils with special needs, and to work with the intention of developing the skills set of all members of staff involved.
I’m hoping that the pupils enjoy the course – no writing apart from assignments (and then only very little), some video work, and lots and lots of experiments. Hopefully pupils will be enthused and their love of science rekindled before we start the more content heavy topics.
It’s easy to lose track of the awe and wonder of science, with APP, learning objectives, starters, targets and other things that we end up having to build into our lessons. We intend to put back some of the fun into science and hope that leads to some good results.
I’ve uploaded all the planning and resources to the Wiki I share with the Brunts School. If you would like our resources, check out my free resources by following the link at the top of the page (where there are lots more free science SEN resources).
Get in touch if you’d like to know more about BTEC Introductory or if you have any success stories you would like to share.
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