Monday 30 April 2018

Tuesday 8th May deadline - Mhairi Black presentation

Hello all,


Thank you to those members of the class who have already submitted their Mhairi Black reflections, and well done to those of you who have already passed that assessment.


The standard of work has been very good, and so varied, so this has made my marking pretty straightforward.


Please remember to number your answers and ensure that I have your responses by Tuesday 8th May latest.


I have replied to everybody so far at time of writing (Monday at 14:00), so if you haven't received anything, you can be certain it hasn't reached its destination!


All the best,


Mark



Changing the world, one dinner at a time



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43866984


This is an extraordinary article which is worth looking at.


Social values ahoy!


Mark


Friday 27 April 2018

Should teenagers learn more about managing money?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-43907908


We have discussed the import of educating young people about health issues, but I wonder what you thought about this article on money management?


I quite like the phrase 'financial literacy'.


Comments welcome as always.


Cheers,


Mark



Saturday 14 April 2018

Welcome back

Hello all,


Well those holidays went a bit too quick for my liking!


Anyway, I hope you all were able to relax and forget about College for a wee while at least.


So, onto the final furlong, we are so very nearly there.


On Monday please don't forget to bring your Listening helpnotes, any sample answers I gave out as we will be looking at the first of two Listening assessments on the first day back.


I will show the presentation, we can have a quick discussion and you will have until Tuesday 8th May to get the assessment done by (we are on holiday 7/5/18). I will take answers in either handwritten or by e  mail. I can turn the electronic ones round quicker, for if there are any changes to make you can check your script quite easily. As always I will be able to mark them fairly quickly for you. If you don't receive a reply, you can be 100% sure I haven't received it!


I will then show the second one (the discussion) on Monday 14th May and you will have until Monday 4th June to get that one completed.


I am conscious that I have one individual presentation still to assess and one discussion to assess. Both members of the class must contact me when they are ready to do so, and that will be done around my availability outwith our scheduled time. This will require two students to be in attendance for both assessments.


Monday 28th May is a holiday.


On Monday 4th June I will hold our final class, where we will look at the journey you have been on, reflect on your learning, how you feel you have progressed, look at the next step and discuss everything we have done. I will post a final reflective post before that session where I will be looking for as many of the class members to add a note into the comments section prior to us all meeting up.


Monday 11th June is the very final class we have and will only be used if there are any students who haven't passed the Unit by that time. Don't forget that the 8th and final assessment for my Unit is integrated with Ryan's class, so I will be liaising with him on that.


All the best,


Mark