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I'm looking to connect with anybody teaching Pearson BTEC Applied Science AAQ (2025). Does anybody else run this course? qualifications.pearson.com/en/qualificati…

@XpatEducator Yes please! Would love this. Thanks for all you do for fellow educators. Rosenshine x

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@STEMyBanda 💯 agreed. I loathe Arbor with a passion. Designed for primary schools. We always have issues with data collection for triple science as it can't seem to handle different timetables for triple and combined students. And the parents evenings are always a mess for triple classes.

@MissBird90 I might have misread this, but I thought it was saying that it's mandatory for all schools to offer triple science but not mandatory for every student to take it.

"Raising standards" by scrapping combined science? I have so many questions. thetimes.com/article/c96615…

@MissBird90 @CC_RHD @MrsHTeach1 @STEMyBanda

@MissBird90 Would definitely be interested in collaborating and sharing resources. We're concerned about how much content there is. We think it should be 45 hour lessons for Bio and Phys and 54 for chem but we only have 9 hours of teaching a fortnight. 😬

Science AAQ questions, please share! We teach the Pearson BTEC level 3 dip/ex cert, but are open to different subjects in AAQ. We will probably run 2 small courses. I'm interested to hear what other centres are choosing and why. @chatbiology @ChatChemistry @ChatPhysics

@MissBird90 We've gone with Pearson BTEC for AAQ applied science. We've moved over from AQA applied science which was hard as there were so few resources. Our entry requirements are 5 grade 4s at GCSE. Our A level sciences require a 6.

What entry requirements are you setting? How does that compare to your A level? To your BTEC?

@MrsHTeach1 We've got exam wizard and have used questions from the old BTEC. Email me and I'll send you what we have put together koliver@wreake.bepschools.org Our students got 4s and 5s at GCSE so we're only expecting passes and merits. They've found the chem really hard so far.

@ScienceOliver Quick question… we’ve just given our class a test but have no questions to use, so adapted A level questions from Exampro or similar. Total failure - we don’t know if we are aiming too high or perhaps have entry requirements that are too low 🤷🏻‍♀️ Any ideas of questions to use?

I'm looking to connect with anybody teaching Pearson BTEC Applied Science AAQ (2025). Does anybody else run this course? qualifications.pearson.com/en/qualificati…

@STEMyBanda @CC_RHD @MrsHTeach1 How is everyone fitting this all in? We have 119 hours of lessons to fit in 180 hours of guided learning hours. We've worked out 45 lessons for Bio, 54 lessons for Chem, 45 lessons for Bio. That's not going to fit before the exams starting in May.

@PrincipalTASE This looks amazing 😍. Would love a copy if you're able to send koliver@wreake.bepschools.org Thanks for sharing x

Brilliant that so many of you like this and would like a copy. Please let me know. My team did an amazing job putting this together and we’re delighted to share with others

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