KS1

=__28th September 2010__= __Trial 1 Agreed Strategies__
 * __A star 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 feed back.
 * Physical "star" and "wish" to enable speaking and listening.


 * __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__ - eg. " They were loud and clear" " I need to write neater" etc
 * Use of a visual star and a wand - made it more exciting - used during the plenary. Used always as peer assessment.
 * Used with: role play, pe, speaking and listening, art work.
 * Need to explore use of group self assessment.
 * 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
 * Comments need to be clealry linked to success criteria.

__Thumbs up__ - This proved really useful as children answered honestly - we were able to see immediately if any child needed help.
 * Used after an introduction to an activity to gauge understanding.
 * 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.

__Way forward__
 * Continue 2 Stars, and Thumbs up strategies.
 * Look more specifically at self assessment using the above. How do you feel about what others in the class or group have said?

R= I can do this with lots of help. A = I can do this with some help. G = I can do this independently.
 * Develop use of a traffic lights display talk about "I Can" statements.