CR July 2015 Marking and Presentation Policy Rationale We believe - PDF document

CR – July 2015 Marking and Presentation Policy Rationale We believe feedback and marking should provide constructive feedback to every child, focusing on success and improvement needs against learning intentions; enabling children to become reflective learners and helping them to close the gap between current and desired attainment. Principles Marking, comments and feedback should: • Relate to learning objectives, which are shared with the children. • Provide children with opportunities to become aware of and reflect on their learning needs. • Provide recognition and appropriate praise for achievement. • Give clear strategies for improvement. • Allow specific time for children to read, reflect and respond to marking. • Involve children in the p rocess (whether oral or written). • Inform future planning and individual target setting. • Use consistent codes throughout the school. • Ultimately be seen by children as positive in improving their learning. • Encourage and teach children to self -mark wherever possible-peer marking. Marking pupils’ written work is an important part of teacher assessment. In order for marking to be effective it needs to have a purpose, which is to take pupils’ learning forward. Secretarial Features Whilst secretarial features can be important in developing a piece of written work, children will not be expected to apply all the criteria they have ever been taught for every piece of writing. This is to ensure that children can remain focused on the purpose of their outcome for learning and do not feel that they are being put in a ‘test’ situation. Therefore, teachers will not always use secretarial marking. However, when the teacher feels that it is necessary, they will use the following symbols. Symbols (to be displayed in classrooms and books) English Mathematics ______ Spelling mistake Correct ^^^^ Alternative word needed c Correction required ^ Missing word O Digit wrong O Missing or superfluous capital letter X Wrong (“”!?.) Correct or insert other punctuation TAS Teaching Assistant Support // New paragraph TS Teacher Support TAS Teaching Assistant Support or teacher’s initial = work noted TS Teacher Support or Good choice or teacher’s initial = work noted ? Doesn’t make sense or Good choice TP Team Point ? Doesn’t make sense M Merit TP Team Point M Merit Principles  Use verbal feedback where appropriate and possible  Use pupil self assessment/marking, peer marking and marking/success ladders where appropriate giving immediate feedback

 Written comments should refer to the learning objective and/or pupil/class target  Marking will be in a different colour to follow the ‘Tickled Pink’ scheme  Where appropriate, written comments will have two positive and one constructive comment and can be bullet points e.g. - Sandwich comments (+ - +) - 2 * and a wish - 2 + and Even Better If - 2 and one next step - 2 * and one Top Tip Presentation  Pieces of writing will have an underlined full date and title (title can be the L.O)  Maths work will have the numerical date underlined  Children will write in pencil, working towards gaining a ‘pen licence’ which is awarded for consistently neat, joined handwriting along with accurate spelling.  Joined handwriting is expected in all year groups. Marking in all subjects should make reference to the learning objective. Document Links Assessment, Record Keeping and Reporting Curriculum Teaching and Learning Attainment & Achievement Policy Review A revised copy of the Marking & Presentation Policy has been produced. Unless earlier revision is required, each document will be reviewed every three years. Once approved by the Governing Body, the policy will be available to all staff and parents and stored as a hard copy by the Clerk and electronically by the Senior Administration Officer and Clerk. Next Review: Autumn 2017 Headteacher: Mr P Hamlyn Chair of Governors: Mrs D Wilkinson Date: 1 st July 2015

Appendix 1: to stick in children’s books How Your Writing Will Be Marked  Your teacher will try to talk to you about your work or you and a friend will mark your work against a success ladder  Your teacher may use these symbols: English ______ Spelling mistake ^^^^ Alternative word needed ^ Missing word O Missing or superfluous capital letter (“”!?.) Correct or insert other punctuation // New paragraph TAS Teaching Assistant Support TS Teacher Support or teacher’s initial = work noted or Good choice ? Doesn’t make sense TP Team Point M Merit  Your teacher may write a comment at the end of your work. This is for you to read and act upon.  You must ask your teacher if there is anything about the work or the marking of the work that you do not understand. How Your Mathematics Will Be Marked  Your teacher will try to talk to you about your work or you and a friend will mark your work  Your teacher may use these symbols: Mathematics Correct c Correction required O Digit wrong X Wrong TAS Teaching Assistant Support TS Teacher Support or teacher’s initial = work noted or Good choice ? Doesn’t make sense TP Team Point M Merit  Your teacher may write a comment or set you a challenge at the end of your work. This is for you to read and act upon.  You must ask your teacher if there is anything about the work or the marking of the work that you do not understand

Marking and Feedback TICKLED PINK Work highlighted in pink is excellent and is linked well to the Learning Objective. Comments written in red or pink are the things that have been done really well in the lesson. Green for Growth Comments written in green are areas for improvement. Children should aim to do this next lesson. These will help achieve the Learning Objective next time. Purp urple P le Pup upil P l Progr rogress ess Teachers might ask children to respond to a question or show them ways to improve their work. All responses should be in purple pen or pencil D.I.R.T If needed, children will receive some ‘Dedicated Improvement and Re flection Time’ to act upon teachers comments. These should be done very well as these will also be marked. Improving your work...together!