Live Marking in action!
It was great to hear from one of our specialist Geography teachers at the start of this week in our Monday Magic Moment at Staff Briefing. Outlining his strategies (tailored to...
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It was great to hear from one of our specialist Geography teachers at the start of this week in our Monday Magic Moment at Staff Briefing. Outlining his strategies (tailored to...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
On Friday after school we had several young visitors from Hartsbourne come and see their work displayed in The Gallery. They were excited to see their junk modelled houses...
Posted by Hannah Budd
One of the best ways to support students in making progress with their work is to provide them with high quality feedback via assessment. This can take many forms such as self...
Posted by Graeme Searle
Over the past two school weeks, the end of year Key Stage 3 examinations have been taking place. Year 9 students sat their exams between 20th-24th May and Year 7 and 8 students...
Posted by Graeme Searle
It was great to hear from one of our specialist Geography teachers at the start of this week in our Monday Magic Moment at Staff Briefing. Outlining his strategies (tailored to Key Stage 3 and 4 students) used to effectively live mark in the classroom, Mr Mitchell showed the clear benefits to both students and staff with his smart ‘real-time approach’.
Staff were really impressed and are hoping to see him in action over the next two weeks as we all take part in our third Marking and Feedback fortnight of the academic year. Our ‘Selfie Showcase Board’ is filling up with willing practitioners offering all colleagues the chance to visit classrooms across the school during the next two weeks to see the power of live marking in action.
In these challenging times we are often seeing very polarised opinions and attitudes – the very best and sometimes the worst of people’s characters. What has been inspiring...
Our Monday Magic Moment in Staff Briefing at the start of this week was led by our inspirational Lead Practitioner of English and Whole School Literacy for the Bushey St James...