RATI

ONALE

Toensur
ethatt
her
eisf
ocussedandi
mmedi
atef
eedbackt
ochi
ldr
ent
hatval
uest
hei
rwor
k.

Toensurethatchi
ldr
enarecl
earabouttheposi
ti
veaspect
soft hei
rwor
kanddet
ail
ingt
he
di
rect
ionoffutur
elearni
ngi
ntheform oft
arget
sandnextsteps.

Toenabl
ethet
eachertoengagei
nthecont
ent
,st
yleandpr
esent
ati
onofwor
kandbr
ingt
hei
r
knowl
edgeoft
hepupiltot
heremarkst
heymake.

GUI
DELI
NES

MARKI
NGSTRATEGI
ES

Formar kingtobel egi

ti
mateandusef ul
toalli
nvol
ved,i
tneedstobedoneduring,orassoon
aspossi bl
eaf t
erthecompleti
onofthework.Inthecaseofguidedr
eadi
ng,onet oone
conferencesaswel lasgroupfeedbackwil
ltakepl
aceduri
ngthesessi
on.Thiscanbebot h
oralandwr it
ten.

Teachermar ki
ngwil
lal
sotakepl
aceaft
erthewor khasbeencompleted.I
nthiscasethe
teacherwil
lmakeaposit
ivecommentcelebrat
ingthechi
ld’
sachi
evementsandof tenprovi
dea
futur
etarget
.Thismayneedtobeshar
edor all
ywiththechi
ldr
enatthebeginni
ngoft henext
pieceofwork.

Atti
meswi tholderchil
dren,i
ndivi
dual pupil
smaymar ktheirownwor k.Thiswillhelpthem
assessthei
rprogressandeval uat
etheirownl earni
ng.Thechi l
drenwilldecideasar esult
,
whethertheworkisappr opri
ateorwhet hertheyneedfurtherpracti
ceandconsol idati
on.Thi
s
wil
linf
ormf ut
uretargetsforthechil
drenandi nformteacher’splanni
ng.

I
nr ecogni
ti
onofoutst
andingeffor
tandachi
evement,
cert
if
icat
eswi
llbeawar
dedt
omember
s
ofeachclassdur
ingtheachievementpar
tofFri
dayAssembly.

GENERALMARKI
NGPRI
NCI
PLES

Mar
kingshoul
dbedoneusi
ngl
egi
blehandwr
it
ing.

Workshouldbeti
ckedwhereappropr
iat
e,andbeaccompani
edbyaposit
ivecommentand
nextst
eps.Bubbl
esandboxes.(seeappendi
xAformarkcodesf
oryourspeci
fi
cyeargr
oup)

Whenmar ki
ngchildr
en’swor
k,teacher
swillapplythei
rjudgementwhenchoosi
ngthedet
ail
andfocusofthemarking,
dependingonthelearningobject
ive,
thei
rknowl
edgeoft
hechil
dand
thechi
ld’
spersonall
earni
ngtar
gets.
Whenwor
kisunf
ini
shed,
acommentshoul
dbemadet
oencour
agecompl
eti
on.

Concept
swhicharepersi
stentl
ymisunder
stoodbyi
ndi
vidualchi
ldr
en,
needt
ober
ecor
dedby
t
heteacherandexpl
ainedpersonal
ly
.

Homeworkcanbemarkedbyt
hechi
ldr
ent
hemsel
ves.I
nthi
swayt
hecl
asscandi
scussand
expl
aint
heanswer
s.

Fi
nalpi
ecesarenotal
waysmar
ked,
whenmar
kingorf
eedbackhasat
kenpl
acedur
ingt
he
wri
ti
ngprocess.

Eraser
saretobeusedwit
hcaution.Whendr af
ti
ng,er
rorsarelef
tandcorr
ect
ionsmade
aroundthem.Thi
senabl
eschil
drenandteacherstoseewher emist
akesandmisconcept
ions
havebeenmadeandhowt heycanbeaddr essedandrecti
fi
ed.

Forbestwor
kandf
inalpi
eceser
aser
smaybeused.

Mi
stakesi
nNumer
acybooksar
edot
tedt
oal
lowchi
ldr
ent
oret
hinkt
hei
ranswer
s.

EQUALOPPORTUNI
TIES

Inappl
yingthesepri
nciples,wewillmaint
ainaconsi
stencythr
oughouttheschoolthatwil
l
supportal
lchil
dreni
nt heirl
earni
ngbyf ocussi
ngspeci
fi
call
yonwhatchi l
dren‘cando’and
i
denti
fyingcl
early‘
nextsteps’f
ortheirconti
nuedpr
ogressandimprovement .

EVERYCHI
LDMATTERS

AtLPSwearecommitt
edtoembeddi
nganethosthatembracest
heECM Agenda.Thi
s
Marki
ngPoli
cyandi
tsimpl
ement
ati
onpayspart
icul
aratt
enti
ontoensur
ingt
hatthefol
lowi
ng
ECM st
andar
dsaremet:

St
andar
d1–Et
hos

St
andar
d2–Pol
icy

St
andar
d5–Per
sonal
isedLear
ning

St
andar
d6–Cur
ri
cul
um Ent
it
lement
,AccessandChoi
ce

APPENDI
XA–SPECI
FICDETAI
LSONYEARGROUPS

YEAR1
I
nRecepti
onandYear1wemarktheposi
ti
vecommenti
nsi
dea‘
bubbl
e’andwher
eappropr
iat
e
pr
ovi
dethechi
ldwi
thasimpl
etar
get.Thi
scomesi
nsi
deaboxandoft
encomesinthef
orm of
asymbol
.

Onallpi
ecesofwor
kitmustbei
ndicatedwhet
herthechi
ldhascomplet
edthework
i
ndependent
lyorwi
thsomeassi
stance.OA?Si
ndicat
essupportandIi
ndi
catesi
ndependence.

YEAR2/
3

I
nYear2andYear3worki
smarkedaccor
dingtothelessonobj
ect
ive.Thi
swi
lli
ncl
udea
posi
ti
vecommentf
oll
owedbyatar
getwherenecessary.

Onoccasi
onschi
ldr
enwi
ll
mar
kthei
rownwor
kandbeencour
agedt
oeval
uat
ewhatt
heyhave
l
ear
ned.

YEAR4,
5&6

Teachersmar
kchi
ldren’
sworkwit
hpositi
vecommentsandwhenappr
opr
iat
eaddat
argetora
questi
ontopr
omptthechil
drent
oref
lectonthei
rwor
k.

Whereal ar
geproporti
onoft hechi
ldr
enhavemi sunderstoodaconceptt hi
sshoul dbeplanned
i
ntothesharedsessionofthenextlesson.Thi
smeanst hatcorr
ecti
oni snotrepeatedinlot
sof
booksbutaddressedawhol eclassLit
eracycomposit
ionwor kismar kedingreaterdetai
lthan
grammarorspelli
ngexer ci
sesaswear elooki
ngparti
cul ar
lyatthet
ransferenceofskill
s.
Agreedsymbolsareusedt oindi
catewherechil
drenneedt omakechanges.Thesear e
di
splayedineachclassroom.

APPENDI
XBPOSTERFORRECEPTI
ON–YEAR1

Under
standYourTeacher
’sMar
king

Yourwor
kshowsyouf
oundt
hishar
dandneedhel
pandpr
act
icewi
tht
hisl
ear
ning

Yourwor
kshowsyouhaveachi
evedandunder
stoodt
hel
ear
ning

Wel
ldone–youhaveshownt
hatyouunder
stoodt
hel
ear
ningver
ywel
landhavedonebet
ter
t
hanweexpect
ed

APPENDI
XCPOSTERFORYEARS2-
6

Under
standYourTeacher
’sMar
king
Yourwor
kshowst
hatyouf
oundt
hisl
ear
ninghar
dandneedmor
ehel
porpr
act
ice

Yourwor
kshowst
hatyouhaveachi
evedandunder
stoodt
hel
ear
ning

Wel
ldone–youhaveshownt
hatyouunder
standt
hel
ear
ningver
ywel
landhavedonebet
ter
t
hanexpect
ed

Lear
nmor
efr
om Teachi
ngandLear
ningAssessment