All of year 9 this year will be doing FCSE’s (Foundation Certificate in Secondary Education). This is the equivalent of a foundation level in your GCSE’s. It was set up last year by AQA and is in the first phase of testing. And we were lucky enough at St.Peters. The exam is greatly beneficial to all students, with only 1 unnamed student fail, a hand full of passes (C at GCSE) and the rest split between merits (B/A at GCSE) and distinction (A* at GCSE).
It was created as the examiners wished for a new modular test. A modular test means that at the end of every module you will do a test. At the end of all the modules you send over 3 of the tests for examination. This is your portfolio. In your portfolio is a cassette and written work.
The test is not just for French. Although we are only using the french, it can also work in german, spanish and even more obscure languages like chinese. But, is this going to work or will we become lab rats? What do you think?
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