Psychology
Bulletin
Autumn 2010
Issue 1
WELCOME
We hope you will find this bulletin useful
and informative.
CONTENTS:
1.
Message from the Subject Officer
2.
Advanced Level news
3
GCSE news
4.
WJEC website
5.
CPD
6.
Examiner vacancies
7.
How to contact us
1.
MESSAGE FROM THE SUBJECT OFFICER
This is the first issue of this web-based bulletin, designed to keep
teachers of WJEC Psychology up to date with forthcoming
developments.
Hopefully you will find this bulletin useful and please feel free to contact
Alison George, the Subject Officer, or Greg Lewis, the Subject Support
Officer, either by telephone or by e-mail. Contact details appear later.
2.
ADVANCED LEVEL NEWS
 The examinations for PY1, PY2, PY3 and PY4 were completed
successfully in May and June and results issued to centres in
August.
 My thanks go out to the principal examiners and their assistants
who worked extremely hard to ensure that candidates were dealt
with accurately and fairly.
 Further information on the GCE examinations for summer 2010
can be found in the examiners report which is now on the
Psychology section of the WJEC website.
http://www.wjec.co.uk/uploads/publications/11799.doc
In summer 2010, the raw marks needed to gain a grade in each
unit were:
Grade
A
B
C
D
E
PY1 (60)
47
41
35
30
25
PY2 (90)
55
47
40
33
26
PY3 (80)
50
43
37
31
25
PY4 (100)
58
49
41
33
25
These are converted into UMS marks. Further details on this can be
found in the GCE Psychology on page 21.
 An A* grade was available for all GCE subjects in summer 2010.
To obtain an A* a candidate had to obtain an overall grade A at A
level and score at least 90% of the total uniform marks available
for the A2 units.
KEY DATES FOR ADVANCED LEVEL 2011
WINTER SERIES
Examination of Unit PY1
Examination of Unit PY2
Examination of Unit PY3
Examination of Unit PY4
Publication of results
Wednesday 12 January 2011, am
Wednesday 19 January 2011, am
Friday 28 January 2011, am
Wednesday 2 February 2011, pm
Thursday 10 March 2011
SUMMER SERIES
Examination of Unit PY1
Examination of Unit PY2
Examination of Unit PY3
Examination of Unit PY4
Publication of results
Wednesday 25 May 2011, am
Tuesday 7 June 2011, pm
Friday 17 June 2011, pm
Tuesday 21 June 2011, am
Thursday 18 August 2011
.
3.
GCSE NEWS
 The first examination for Unit 1 of the new specification, was
completed successfully and results issued to centres in August.
 My thanks go out to the principal examiner and their assistant
who worked extremely hard to ensure that candidates were dealt
with accurately and fairly.
 The raw marks needed to achieve a grade were as follows:
A*
69
A
62
B
54
C
47
D
39
E
32
F
25
G
18
 KEY DATES FOR GCSE 2011
Examination of Unit 1
Examination of Unit 2
Publication of results
4.
Tuesday 17 May 2011, am
Thursday 26 May 2011, am
Thursday 25 August 2011
WJEC WEBSITES
WJEC offers two websites to teachers.
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The open website is open to all users and is increasingly being
used to publish and disseminate information. Consider the
amount of links above that lead to relevant parts of the website.
You should try to use the open website on a regular basis. Access
it via the subject pages.
When you arrive at these pages, don’t forget to click on the green
link ‘show all documents’ on the right hand side. This gains
access to the range of materials.
-
The secure website can be accessed by authorised staff at
centres that are registered with WJEC. The main contact is
usually the Examinations Officer at your centre. That person can
arrange access to the site for authorised staff via a password
system. The secure website gives access to a range of resources
including circulars, past papers and marking schemes.
5.
CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (CPD)
(This is the department formerly known as INSET)
Places on these courses have to be booked via the website.
6.
EXAMINER VACANCIES
If you are interested in examining for WJEC, you can apply online by
downloading an application form from the WJEC home page.
Alternatively e-mail the A-level section for an application form:
rob.reynolds@wjec.co.uk
7.
HOW TO CONTACT US
Subject Officer for Psychology
Elin Angharad:
02920 265302
elin.angharad@wjec.co.uk
Subject Support Officer for Psychology
Robert Williams
02920 265313 robert.williams@wjec.co.uk
Feedback and contact is always welcome!
Good luck and best wishes
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