As featured in our staff meeting on 18/10/17

1. Staff meeting
KO GO time
Wed 18th October 2017

2. KO- HEG
Praise and Rewards
It has been a really successful half term, with many students
consistently completing their KO each night.
At the last count, there was 160 students, who you have nominated for
their efforts recognised. Depending on numbers, as there are still a
few tutor groups to be completed, we would like to have a Hot
Chocolate and cake party.
Tutors please reward with tutor stickers for 5 ticks in the week.
Subject teachers please reward using subject stickers, when worthy.
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3. KO
Photograph good examples to share with other students to show them
what a good ones looks like.
Useful links:
Link to
examples?

4. KO
Celebrate and praise students who make an effort and achieve
Useful links:
Link to
examples?

5. KO
Students are developing their own methods to extend KOs
Useful links:
Link to
examples?

6. KO- AB
Anthony Boughton - KO Test Sheets
● 5-10 min test
● Each KO (weekly/fortnightly)
● Marked by teacher
● Students repeat if under half
marks
● Tracked in markbook for
completion of KO
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7. KO
AB
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8. KO-LRA
LRA
A template shared with students
Students complete KO themselves and put into shared folders
I check student understanding on KOs and then approx weekly quiz
with short answer questions.
KO includes the need to input research/examples and evaluation and
analysis meaning they are using a range of skills and organising
information from my resources.
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9. KO ideas (KPS)
● Contain the whole
curriculum if you can.
● Give clear references.
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10. KO - standardising HL (KPS)
● Large departments struggle with
inconsistency.
● This is a template which fits in
with what we want marking and
feedback to look like in Maths.
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11. KO - Display content on working walls
(SJT)
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12. KO- SK
Subject teacher checking for quality- encourage students to self correct
their KO HL in their KO book.
Using music as a timer for testing and self correcting.
Using the same KO test several times to make progress visible to
students.
Extra challenge question on KO test.
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13. Key information:
What was Queen Mary I surname?
When was she born?
What were the dates of her reign?
Who were her parents?
Give some details of her early life:
What was her brother’s name?
Key words:
Monarch
Catholic
Protestant
Heretic
Year 8 Knowledge Organiser Test 1

14. Note down what these key words mean:
Catholic
Protestant
Heretic
Dynasty
Monarch
Year 8 Knowledge Organiser Final Test
How did the English people react when Mary became queen?
How did they react when she died? Can you account for this?
What does the nursery rhyme teach us about opinions of Mary
Tudor? Is this fair?
What were the dates of Mary’s reign as Queen?
What factors led to Mary losing the support of the English
people?
Extra Challenge: What evidence is there against Mary being “Bloody Mary”?

15. Note down what these key words mean:
Catholic
Protestant
Heretic
Dynasty
Monarch
Year 8 Knowledge Organiser Final Test
How did the English people react when Mary became queen?
How did they react when she died? Can you account for this?
What does the nursery rhyme teach us about opinions of Mary
Tudor? Is this fair?
What were the dates of Mary’s reign as Queen?
What factors led to Mary losing the support of the English
people?
Extra Challenge: What could Mary have done differently to keep the support of her people?

16. KO- CB
CB - KO conversations with students (outside of your subject area)
When there is opportunity ask students in Ready to Learn time about
what they have been learning.
Can you tell me about what you have been learning in… History? How
would that link with Macbeth/Shakespeare?
What does this term mean-usually Science!
I’m not sure how to complete this quadratic equation..how did you do
this?
RANDOM QUESTIONS...AS THEY OCCUR!
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17. KO- Mr Knowledge Organiser (LJS)
Useful links:
https://knowled
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18. KO- Mr Knowledge Organiser (LJS)
Useful links:
https://knowled
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19. KO- AH
Use of key words to test and apply KO knowledge
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20. KO- JCR
KO Poster for students and notice boards
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21. Year 7 Knowledge Organiser focus this week:

22. Staff meeting
Kahoot Quiz
Wed 18th October 2017