When you start your PGCE, you will most likely be told when your file is due. If you use the Excel spreadsheet provided or a diary, make sure that this date is written down. You will probably still be on your last placement when your folder is due in and teaching an 80% timetable (and all the planning that goes with it!) so time is precious.
If you have followed the advice above, you should now have two pieces of evidence for each standard: two for university (or possibly four if you have two large blocks); two for SE1; two for SE2; and two for enrichment. You now need to filter this down. Look at each standard (and the notes on your post-it notes) and see which of the two for each section best show that you understand and have met the standard.
If you have evidence that can be used for more than one standard, it’s best (rather than using the same information twice) to choose where it is stronger and use if for that standard. An example would be having notes on behaviour management (standard 7) but also, on the same page, having notes on how to adapt your teaching style (standard 5). If I felt this evidence was better placed in standard 7, I might also highlight the part that could be used for standard 5 and write the number five at the top of the page (in brackets, after the seven, saying something like: ‘can also be used for standard…’).
The aim of your QTS folder is to prove to the invigilator that you should pass the course. Plans will most likely be your main source of evidence, as well as mentor notes. As long as you have a good variety of supporting evidence, you will be fine.