A Great Starting Point for Making Progress
It was great to spend some time in Mr Futerill’s Year 7 Drama class and see students carefully assessing themselves against clear key performance indicators. They were guided...
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It was great to spend some time in Mr Futerill’s Year 7 Drama class and see students carefully assessing themselves against clear key performance indicators.
They were guided through them by the teacher and asked to RAG them Red Amber Green according to the security of their achievements against each one. Students then self and peer assessed themselves, identifying clear next steps to improve their work.
The ‘purple pen of progress’ was then used to clarify one area for their focus as they aim to improve their work over the next few weeks.The sense of smartly moving their work on in their practical lessons was helped by the clear systems of marking and feedback employed.
This week, we (Rikhil and Victoria), along with the rest of the student leadership team, we were given the opportunity to lead a whole school assembly on the theme of...
Oxford University Press conducted an online survey with teachers from around the UK to investigate the ‘word gap’ that exists for primary and secondary school students. Their...