DHS maths Deputy Leader Emma McCann has decided to dip her toes into the world of blogging, with this great article on marking. Yet another bright spot! I just want to start by warning you: I have read loads but … Continue reading
Towards the end of this half term, we have had a steady stream of DHS teachers writing blog articles, to share what they have been doing in their classrooms – which is fantastic to see. The most recent addition to this is English … Continue reading
Like most teachers in the autumn term, I have set myself a few targets, some of them to do with marking. I’m going to make sure that I mark student work regularly, make it useful and get students to do something with it. In search … Continue reading
The 15 Minute Forum tonight was led by maths teacher Shane Borrett (@BorrettShane). Shane talked us through how he has been working at ‘closing the feedback loop’ with a couple of simple strategies. As a starting point all students are … Continue reading
Came across a great example of how peer marking can be effortlessly, but effectively used to close the learning gap today – courtesy of our Head of Geography, David Brading (@davidbrading). It went like this; Step 1 – Peer marking based … Continue reading
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