Technique read of the week-41 timed paper (test #7): 13/37 — maths 9/25, English Language 4/12 — handed in by her at 30 of 45 minutes. She answered the seven quickest questions first (save order Q1, Q2, Q11, Q5, Q7, Q8, Q9); then Q3, a 2-mark estimate, held focus for 18 minutes and scored 0; Q4, Q6, Q10 and the 8-mark language question were answered 'skip' with 0–1 minute each. No flags. Working was typed on four of five attempted multi-step items. Marks lost to technique rather than knowledge: 2 on the command word 'estimate', 1 on a missing show-that line; 17 marks sat on questions not started, with 15 minutes unused. The five-minute quotation warm-up set by the synthesis for this slot was not run before Start: the chat gave the link and a stated target only.
Next paper: BEFORE giving the link, run the five-minute warm-up the W41 synthesis designed and that was not run on 7 Oct - three quotations with a suggestion each on a tiny text - plus a first line on two unfamiliar-looking maths questions; no say-back; then the paper with one printed check. Target given to her on 7 Oct: no 'skip' - every question gets a first line before hand-in. Record: count of 'skip' answers (7 Oct: 5 of 12), quotations in the language answer (0), minutes on the largest question (0) against the smallest, any question of 2 marks or fewer over 5 minutes (Q3: 18), flags (0), hand-in minute (30 of 45).
| Topic | Name | Change | Evidence recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| T2 | Not started → Not started | Test #7, 7 Oct: maths 27 min on focus against a 25 min guide, English Language 2 of 15; 18 min on a 2-mark question, 0 min on the 8-marker. Hand-in at 30 of 45. | |
| T3 | Not started → Not started | Test #7, 7 Oct: Q3 (2 marks, 2 min guide) held focus 18 min and scored 0; not flagged; left only by typing 'skip'. No flags anywhere on the paper. | |
| T4 | Not started → Not started | Test #7, 7 Oct: handed in by her at 30 of 45 min with five 'skip' answers; the save order shows no earlier answer re-opened. | |
| R1 | Not started → Not started | Test #7, 7 Oct: Q3 'Estimate' worked as an exact calculation with no rounding (2 marks). Q2 'Circle the calculation' answered with her own expression, not one of the four options (1 mark). | |
| R3 | Not started → Not started | Test #7, 7 Oct: working typed on Q5, Q7, Q9 and Q3 (4 of 5 attempted multi-step items); none on Q8 (3 marks). Q7 show-that one line short, 1 mark. The paper's instructions asked for working on 2 marks or more. | |
| A5 | Not started → Not started | Test #7, 7 Oct: portal count 0 blank of 12; 5 of 12 answers read 'skip' (Q3 answer line, Q4, Q6, Q10, Q12), 19 of 37 marks, with 15 min unused. | |
| S1 | Not started → Not started | Test #7, 7 Oct: 30 of 45 min used, 18 of them on one question; first 45-minute paper to include maths. |