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At Coryton
we work in partnership with parents and ensure that each child
develops academically and socially. Children are valued and
encouraged to strive for self improvement whilst remaining sensitive
to the needs of others. Marking of children’s work is an important
means of assessment and provides positive feedback to teacher and
pupil. It is important that all pupils are prepared to live in a
diverse society. Marking enables us to measure achievements as well
as guide future teaching and learning points.
“The form
of assessment which is most immediately apparent to the pupil is the
marking of written work”
Cockcroft Report
The
Purpose of Positive Marking
To provide
information about the pupil’s knowledge and skills
To identify
areas which need attention
Foster
effective learning
To inform
future planning, learning and teaching
To value
and encourage pupil’s self-esteem
To monitor
progress
All
pupils’ work is to be marked in red ink by class teachers, and
another colour ink by teaching assistants, supply teachers and
students.
Marking Guidelines
When
marking we aim to
Be positive
in our verbal and written comments.
Be
diagnostic – pointing out errors and how to improve.
Make time
for some discussion with the child to ensure that:
1.
The child knows what the teacher is
looking for, highlighted by the L/O and referred to in the marked
comment.
2.
There is self evaluation of the children’s
work.
3.
When we mark we aim to let the child know
how to improve next time.
In the
course of our marking we employ the following strategies
Rewards for
good work – smiley faces, stickers, stamps, house points, Proud to
Present, Pupil of the Week L2L capacities
2 stars and
a wish sheet used half termly in core subjects
Supportive
written comments
Questions
relating to the work focus
Field notes
e.g. ‘can do’, ‘understands’, ‘has difficulty with’, ‘completed
independently’ etc
Time
targets for slow work rate or behavioural difficulties
Date work
when discussion has taken place
The
following symbols are used when marking pupils’ work
(These
symbols are given to Year 6 children.)
Spelling
Omission ^
Error
Start a new
line //
Mistake (in
Maths Books) .
Correction c
Discussion
with child V
When
marking work teachers should note that
Comments
should be linked to the L/O and should be positive and diagnostic.
They
should:
Show what
the child has achieved
Show where
to go from here.
Although it
is difficult to put a limit on the number of corrections we believe
in the need to mark sensitively in order to build self esteem and
confidence.
Spelling
mistakes will be underlined in pen and the correct word will be
written in the margin.
Words to be
corrected will be written under the work by the child and practised
several times. Older children will be encouraged to find correct
spellings in the dictionary.
Through the
redrafting process children are encouraged to look critically at
their own work and identify errors/difficulties.
We believe
in the importance of field notes both as comments on the child’s
work and on the formative assessment sheets to point out the way
forward.
A dot is
placed beside a wrong answer so that the child can correct it in
Maths.
Marking
should comment on the Scientific L/O e.g. well planned
investigation, good use of charts and graphs, circuits complete and
correct, well done all your parts of the body are correct and on the
correct scientific terms e.g. we looked at leaves, we observed the
leaves.
Teachers
should correct the scientific vocabulary if part of the L/O or
previous learning e.g. the sun dried up the puddle- becomes the
puddle evaporated in the heat of the sun.
Lead the
children in the next step in the investigative process e.g. was this
a fair test? Could we investigate further? What would happen if….
Would this happen again? And encourage the children to back up an
opinion e.g. Yes it was a fair test because…..
Scribed and
oral responses are acceptable and should be noted and valued e.g.
was able to explain the concept orally.
Presentation
On each
piece of work – date, L/O, title, margin in pencil (if needed)
Date and
title underlined with a ruler in pencil, as appropriate to the age
and ability of the child.
Maths work
will be recorded by children in pencil.
Although
during Science, History, Geography etc the L/O will dictated what is
to be marked the children should be encouraged to be careful with
spellings and grammar at all times in all subjects.
Good
presentation should be a priority and should be commented on
regularly.
Neat, clear
and logical recording is encouraged from the earliest opportunity.
Encourage
high standards of spelling, grammar, punctuation, do not accept a
lower level of language than the child is capable of purely because
this is a subject other than English.
All tables,
charts and graphs should be drawn with a pencil and a ruler.
Field
Notes
On work
On books
On field
note sheets in the assessment file
Updated
Autumn 2009
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