Fix it with marking plasters!

I love this idea - I got it from @ASTsupportAAli's blog, http://cheneyagilitytoolkit.blogspot.co.uk/, which is brilliant, by the way!  I just adapted it and included a QR code to link to an explanatory webpage, should the student need more information or support.

The plasters are below in my Dropbox (I used Publisher, though, so that might cause some probs for some people):

These are the stickers using the Avery template 3489 (30 on a sheet)

and these are the others I had to make because I bought the wrong size stickers!  There are still 30 on a page though!

Feel free to adapt as you see fit.  I am using them sparingly, where there is a real need for support; i.e., the student keeps making the same mistakes.  Otherwise, I could be plastering their books with them (Scuse the pun!).

Post a comment below or tweet me if you use them.  Would love to know how you get on.  I shall be posting some feedback on this blog as soon as I can!

Parents giving marking feedback!

A colleague of mine, Karen Green came up with a brilliant idea this week. Get parents to look at exercise books and give their children 2 stars and a wish, ie, comment on 2 good things and set a target for their child. Haven't done it yet, but I will soon. No doubt the result will be displayed here!

Marking with highlighters

I saw this post on timetothinklanguages.blogspot.co.uk:
 http://timetothinklanguages.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/ooh-very-excited.html#more and was desperate to implement it in my department.  We started off with 'green' being good, but that clashed with our school's 'green pen policy', where the pupils use a green pen for self review before handing their work in.  So I just replaced it with yellow and voila!

It's supposed to make the pupils think more about their mistakes and also make marking a little easier (I have made comments too on the next page of the book!). I'm handing the work back tomorrow, so we'll see what they think!