KS2

=__28th September 2010__= __Trial 2 Agreed Strategies__
 * __Two stars and a wish__
 * After completing a task / activity children are encouraged to think about how they have performed / or a peer has performed during the activity.
 * Teachers to use "star and wish" verbal and explore written use in marking.
 * Explore ideas for how strategy can be best used in KS2
 * Physical Star - with with sentence starters (Displays?)
 * Physical Wand - with sentences Starters
 * Writing proforma?
 * Children write comments on own work


 * __Thumbs up__
 * Children give a thumbs up if they are confident, halfway if they are unsure, and down if they need more help.
 * to be used as initial assessment of understanding before activity is undertaken.
 * to be used as self assessment strategy at the end of activity.

=__23rd November 2010__= __Feedback:__ __2 Stars and a wish__ * Use of a classroom display in plenary. Children talked about what they enjoyed, felt was successful during a lesson. Offered ideas for how they improve next time. * Laminated sheets used for group / peer assesment. * Proformas stuck in books for children to self assess. * Used with: writtend work, role play, pe, speaking and listening, art work. * We have found children very truthful in their comments and are beginning to develop appropriate language. * Children need to be guided away from repeating the obvious - eg. " They were loud and clear" " I need to write neater" etc * Comments need to be clearly linked to success criteria.

__Thumbs up__ * Used after an introduction to an activity to gauge understanding. - This proved really useful as children answered honestly - we were able to see immediately if any child needed help. - Used regularly for maths. Thumbs up children managed to offer suggestions for alternative strategies. * Children felt confident to talk about what they didn't understand - and enabled other children's learning as work was gone over again. * Quick and easy strategy.

* Those who put their hands up were able to peer support children who had found a concept difficult.

__ Way forward: __ Continue with 2 Stars, and Thumbs up as both teachers felt that these strategies were already paying divdends.

Also: Traffic Lights at the bottom of work to show how children felt about their performance against success criteria.

Times tables: "I Can" theme. Self assessment of times tables as they feel they are secure in recall

Listening to learners: Discuss with children what they think about these strategies. How do they feel it is helping their learning.