On Monday 23 April, in collaboration with the OCR Science team, the Education Improvement Board and the School of Education we were delighted to welcome Dr David Paterson to the University of Nottingham. He is the current acting Chair of his local regional ASE committee and a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry Secondary and Further Education Interest Group.

Aims of the session:

·         Discuss and try out some practical activities

·         Consider challenges faced in schools with the new required practicals

·         Expanding on the learning from practicals.

We selected three GCSE required practicals to carry out, analyse and evaluate. Delegates were given the opportunity to have hands on experience of carrying them out, alongside discussion with colleagues of hints and tips for best practice. The delegates were also given materials to compare the methodology from all of the exam boards.