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admin@effectivemarking.co.uk

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Effective Marking projects

Click above for our range of projects which incorporate the Effective Marking approach.

Handwriting training

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Teach every child to read

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"Great thought provoking presentation."

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

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Welcome to www.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.

FORTHCOMING TRAINING

FOR INDIVIDUAL DELEGATES

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

Effective Marking courses last all day and start at 9.30am.

Handwriting courses usually last 1 hour and generally start at 4pm.
WD means the course is at Woodberry Down School.

2011/2012
10 February 2012 - TAMESIDE - Effective Marking
3 February - LONDON - Effective Marking
27 January 2012 - LONDON - Effective Marking (NB This course is provided through The Learning Trust and different charges apply.)
6 January 2012 - SUNDERLAND - Effective Marking
3 January 2012 - tbc - Effective Marking

31 October 2011 - NORTHAMPTON - Effective Marking
20 October 2011 - LONDON - Handwriting
18 October 2011 - LONDON @ WD - Effective Marking
14 October 2011 - LONDON - Effective Marking (NB This course is provided through The Learning Trust and different charges apply.)

23 September 2011 - SUNDERLAND - Effective Marking
20 September 2011 - LONDON - Handwriting
14 September 2011 - LONDON - Handwriting
9 September 2011 - LONDON - Effective Marking @ WD
6 September 2011 - LONDON - Effective Marking @ WD
1 September 2011 - LUTON - Effective Marking
1 September 2011 - MANCHESTER - Effective Marking

What's new?

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 .