| Target Group | NQTs and EPD |
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This one day course will:
• give delegates a thorough understanding of the demands of the level descriptors 1 to 5;
• consider the new science level descriptors and how they can be used for differentiation and assessment for learning;
• give practical ideas to develop science skills;
• give guidance on the recording of science;
• consider how Key Skills, including Thinking Skills can be developed in science activities.
Karen was, until very recently, the Curriculum Improvement Advisor for Science and ESDGC for Newport City Council as well as the regional coordinator for ESDGC Schools Networks. She has an M.A. in Early Years Education and is a Foundation Phase team inspector for Estyn. She was a member of the working party for DCELLS Science Curriculum 2008 She was co-author of Module 6 for the Foundation Phase and was a member of the WAG working group that developed ESDGC ‘A Common Understanding for Schools’.