The year 10 have been studying the issue of Youth Crime and have had to devise a short play exploring Youth Crime. To help them learn how the examiner assesses their work in lessons; we filmed a lesson and then the students filled out a peer assessment using the GCSE criteria.
One of the students James Spiro told me how he felt about the experience.
" As Debby switched on the dreaded camera to record our lesson, it became evident that we no longer needed to act for tension and fear, we were genuinely scared for our lives! No more playing around, no more joking in lessons because not only were we being recorded, we were going to watch it on Thursday!
Our Friday lesson was recorded to show us how our exams will work next year. At first I was very hesitant to be myself, constantly trying to be on my best behaviour. It was only around half way through when everyone calmed down and started enjoying it! Everyone felt that it stopped them from playing around- exactly what is keeping them from their prized A's . We got down to it and worked harder than we ever had before.
So did it work? My group certainly worked harder in creating trealistic and stable stories in our 50 minutes. I think- although it was very daunting at first- the use of the camera helped tremendously. We were all very surprised by the outcome of our work and are looking forward to watching ourselves next week.
Take a look at our video and watch out for the final plays performed in class.
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