As part of our 2023-24 Understanding Standards programme, we are holding events for teachers and lecturers of Physics on the following dates: Most courses that had modifications to assessment during 2021-22 and 2022-23 have now returned to full assessment. We are keeping modifications to assessment in 28 courses where we have seen evidence that they had a positive impact while still allowing learners to show their skills, knowledge and understanding. Details of courses keeping modifications are included in the table below. The exams and the assignment will be marked by SQA. The performance will be internally marked by teachers or lecturers and quality assured by SQA. We will grade the course from A to D.

This modification still allows learners to show the appropriate skills, knowledge and understanding for the course. Our findings from the 2022 exam diet showed that reducing the volume of practical work helped learners to focus their work and refine their submissions. Learners will complete unit assessments that are internally marked by the teacher or lecturer and assessed as pass or fail. The course will be assessed as pass or fail and will be quality assured by SQA The SQA document giving details of the course, marks and what is being tested. It is probably more useful for your teachers English for Speakers of Other Languages (National 5 and Higher) and Philosophy (National 5 and Higher) will now take place on Friday 24 May.Assignment - learners are required to give one response for content research instead of two. They also have the option to answer on production roles and/or institutional context research. The assignment has reduced marks. We’ve swapped around the exams scheduled for these dates. This means that all Chemistry exams will take place on Thursday 23 May. This modification has had a positive impact on the course. It enables learners to be assessed on the appropriate skills, knowledge and understanding for the course while also allowing them more time to explore topic areas in depth. Everything you need to know about your course. This was based on the course support notes. It contains a data sheet, relationships sheet and some hints and tips. Take it to every lesson

Allowing the option of doing solo choreography has proven helpful in classes that have small numbers of learners, as it reduces the need for learners to learn and perform in several different choreographies. Learners should not perform in their own choreography for the practical activity; they must adopt the role of choreographer. Learners will complete internal assessments for these units. Unit assessments are internally marked by teachers or lecturers, who will assess the course as pass or fail, and this will be quality assured by SQA. Here are the Intermediate 2 Physics Papers. The table isn’t yet complete, but you might want to start looking over some questions. Many of these could pop up on National 5 papers. Int 2 PapersIn the exam, learners are required to apply their knowledge to current national and global economic issues. However, these issues vary each year due to changes in the economic and political landscape. Publishing the list of topics each year will enable schools, colleges and learners to focus on these specific economic issues during the course and when preparing for the exam. In the assignment, learners have the option to complete either the ‘database design and development’ task or the ‘web design and development’ task. The ‘software development and design’ task will continue to be mandatory. The assignment has reduced marks and a shorter total duration of 6 hours in total. The exam will be marked by SQA. Both the practical activity and performance will be marked in collaboration between teachers or lecturers and a visiting assessor appointed by SQA. The course will be graded from A to D.