Placement paper 2 (theory), test #2, sat Mon 28 Sep 12:52, 28 of 120 min, closed by her. 7/53 (13%), attempt #10. 17 of 22 questions typed 'skip' as the placement instructions allowed; all 17 sit on untaught content in strands D, S, N, C and Q. Q3 (binary to decimal) and Q6 (binary addition) each held focus for 7 min before the skip — she tried both. Attempted and scored: hardware/software definitions 2/2 (S01); ASCII D → 68, code 99 → c 2/2 (D07); PAN/LAN/WAN 1/3 with LAN and WAN swapped (N02); OS functions 0/2 — 'ram and memory', a component not a function (S07); the 6-mark discuss on facial recognition at the school gate 2/6, Level 1 — one ethical point ('might scare the students') and one privacy point with a consequence ('if someone hacks the software they would know where the students walk'), no parents or school, no benefit weighed, no conclusion, 3 min on a 9-min guide (E01). Diagnostic result: strands D, S, N, C, Q are notstarted in practice; the extended-response question was attempted, which is the behaviour being watched. No status changes.
Placement done; resume the plan from session 48 (condition-at-end loop). When strand D opens: start with binary place values and conversion — she spent seven minutes trying to work it out unaided. When the first 'discuss' is taught: the three-group structure (pupils / parents / school, one point each with a because, then a one-line verdict) is the shape to model before any second attempt.
| Topic | Name | Change | Evidence recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| S01 | Not started → Not started | Placement Q1: hardware 'physical objects like wires and motherboards', software 'the program' — 2/2, 28 Sep. | |
| D07 | Not started → Not started | Placement Q7: D → 68, code 99 → c, 2/2 unaided from A = 65 and a = 97, 28 Sep. | |
| N02 | Not started → Not started | Placement Q15: PAN right, LAN and WAN swapped, 1/3, 28 Sep. | |
| S07 | Not started → Not started | Placement Q11: 'ram and memory' for two OS functions — a component named, no function, 0/2, 28 Sep. Untaught. | |
| E01 | Not started → Not started | Placement Q22 6-mark discuss, attempted: one ethical point undeveloped, one privacy point with a consequence, pupils only, no conclusion — Level 1, 2/6 in 3 min, 28 Sep. | |
| D02 | Not started → Not started | Placement Q3: 7 min of focus then 'skip' — binary to decimal and 45 to binary not attempted in writing. 0/3, 28 Sep. Untaught. | |
| D05 | Not started → Not started | Placement Q6: 7 min of focus then 'skip' on 8-bit binary addition. 0/2, 28 Sep. Untaught. | |
| D01 | Not started → Not started | Placement Q2 skipped. 0/1, 28 Sep. Untaught. | |
| D03 | Not started → Not started | Placement Q4 skipped. 0/2, 28 Sep. Untaught. | |
| D04 | Not started → Not started | Placement Q5 skipped. 0/2, 28 Sep. Untaught. | |
| D10 | Not started → Not started | Placement Q8 skipped. 0/2, 28 Sep. Untaught. | |
| D14 | Not started → Not started | Placement Q9 skipped. 0/2, 28 Sep. Untaught. | |
| S02 | Not started → Not started | Placement Q10 skipped. 0/3, 28 Sep. Untaught. | |
| S08 | Not started → Not started | Placement Q12 skipped. 0/2, 28 Sep. Untaught. | |
| S12 | Not started → Not started | Placement Q13 skipped. 0/3, 28 Sep. Untaught. | |
| S13 | Not started → Not started | Placement Q14 skipped. 0/2, 28 Sep. Untaught. | |
| N04 | Not started → Not started | Placement Q16 skipped. 0/2, 28 Sep. Untaught. | |
| N06 | Not started → Not started | Placement Q17 skipped. 0/2, 28 Sep. Untaught. | |
| C04 | Not started → Not started | Placement Q18 skipped after 1 min — phishing was available as a guess. 0/3, 28 Sep. Untaught. | |
| C05 | Not started → Not started | Placement Q19 skipped. 0/2, 28 Sep. Untaught. | |
| Q02 | Not started → Not started | Placement Q20 skipped. 0/2, 28 Sep. Untaught. | |
| Q04 | Not started → Not started | Placement Q21 skipped. 0/3, 28 Sep. Untaught. |