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Effective Marking projects

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Handwriting training

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Teach every child to read

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Gordon Brown is fascinated by all the speciific behaviour reward stickers this child has earned!

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CLICK HERE FOR FORTHCOMING TRAINING
FOR INDIVIDUAL DELEGATES

Now online (members only)

Marking stickers for use when teaching money in
Year 1 and Year 2

COSTS

All day courses (eg Effective Marking)
£100 per person for subscribing schools
£150 per person for non-subscribing schools

1 hour / half day sessions (eg Handwriting)
£50 per person for subscribing schools
£100 per person for non-subscribing schools

To book email: admin@effectivemarking.co.uk

Marking children’s work is a core part of working life for any good teacher. It can seem endless, stretching well into evenings and weekends. When a teacher is behind with marking he/she feels a constant sense of pressure. And does it make any difference?

Yes. It does. Marking is one of the most crucial forms of assessment around. It is when we can really show children that we value their efforts, it is when we can judge our own effectiveness as teachers, it is when we can make strategic decisions about the next steps children need to make. More than all that, it is a rare opportunity to have an individual dialogue with every child. Marking should not be seen as a chore, but in that context- the context of every child. Because ever child does matter – and always has. Marking children’s work is all about the teacher responding to the individual and gaining knowledge of that individual.
We want to show you how we do that, whilst reducing the time spent on marking and making it something you enjoy.

What's new?

January 2013

Marking stickers to use for teaching money - download the planning guide (download the stickers in the 'members only'section)

January 2013
We have two courses running for individual delegates on Friday 25 January. Click on the link near top right corner for details. The Mandeville course is now full.

September 2012
We are delighted that Jessop Primary School in Lambeth has achieved an outstanding Ofsted report.
Jessop attended training at Woodberry Down in September 2011. They then implemented Effective Marking and the impact is clear throughout the report. “The use of assessment to support pupils’ learning is especially effective and marking is of a very high quality… Pupils routinely assess and compare their own work with partners, including children in the Early Years Foundation Stage, and this helps to clarify their thinking. Teachers’ feedback to pupils is of a very high quality and the use of red and green marking informs pupils about the next steps in their learning and gives them opportunities to respond to teachers’ comments. Pupils have aspirational, but realistic, targets and these are shared in lessons so that they can focus on their level of challenge.” Well done!

September 2012
Woodberry Down is now a National Teaching School

May 2012
New training dates are now added via our Twitter feed. We also update the green box to the right of this 'What's new' section.

April 2012
New date added for Effective Marking training: 25 May 2012 at Woodberry Down. This course is for individual delegates.

September 2011
Sample plan from our new programme - Effective Handwriting

30 May 2011
Free handwriting classroom display posters

26 May 2011
Quality feedback from teachers is more effective in raising grades than homework, uniforms and smaller classes, a Durham University study says.
Effective feedback came top of the list in the Sutton Trust study.

May 2011
Class teachers required for September 2011 - Best Start Federation Schools, Hackney, London

April 2011
London Fields, an Effective Marking school, is judged as 'outstanding'.
"Teachers’ use of assessment to support learning is exemplary; it is remarkably detailed, absolutely consistent..."

November 2010
Woodberry Down is one of 12 schools featured in new Ofsted report - 'Reading by six: how the best schools do it.'

November 2010
Updated topic for Key Stage 2 history
Who was Mary Anning?

November 2010
Handwriting training

October 2010
Marking stickers to support vocabulary teaching

June 2010
Self-assessment stickers for use in history and geography

May 2010
Reading comprehension marking stickers

March 2010
Woodberry Down, the school where Effective Marking has its origins, becomes England’s first primary Accredited Schools Group

February 2010
The latest comments from Ofsted

October 2009
Positive behaviour reward stickers

July 2009
New topic for Key Stage 2
What can we find out about life in Istanbul?
Complete with marking stickers

19 April 2009
Science marking stickers linked to QCA units
5E Earth Sun and Moon
4E Friction
3B Helping plants grow well

23 February 2009
Effective Marking is a finalist in the
Innovation Award - Education Resources
Awards 2009 .