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Some thoughts on feedback
The table above from Hattie suggests that feedback can have a significant impact on achievement – usually positive, but not always. So it deserves some further exploration. In this paper by Hattie...
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Getting Great
Teaching is a creative profession, and at DHS we want our teachers to be innovative and excited about what they do – not stifled by an overly prescriptive approach to teaching. We want teachers to...
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15 Minute Forum – Closing the learning gap with homework
The 15 minute forum tonight was led by maths Deputy Leader, Sam Down. Our maths department are very successful – and are always looking to do things better. With homework, they wanted to minimise the...
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#TLT14 – Feedback Matters
This weekend I attended the brilliant TLT14 event, organised by the equally brilliant Dave Fawcett & Jenn Ludgate. It may have been at the end of a busy half term…and on a Saturday…but that didn’t...
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15 Minute Forum – Students on Feedback
The 15 minute forum was led by the Senior Student Leadership Team tonight. They gave us their views on the range of feedback they received from teachers. This was very timely, as it’s something we...
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Gallery Critique
The 15 minute forum was led tonight by English teacher Jo Grimwood. Jo started the session by sharing with us the concerns she has with peer assessment: Students don’t know how to assess work – we are...
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Purposeful Feedback
Tonight’s 15 minute forum was led by our Director of maths, Emma Mason and Director of science, Steph Temple. As a school, we want to make sure that our feedback is fit for purpose within each...
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What to do with the clever ones?
Last Friday we had an INSET day. Our focus was thinking about how we can push and challenge those students with a high stating point, so that they make even more progress. Our starting point was to...
View Article5 tips for using year 10 mocks
In this brave new world in which reformed GCSE specifications have created more exams than ever before, the piles of mock papers are growing increasingly tall. Schools have organised the sitting of...
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Focus on Feedback
Earlier this week Fran Haynes wrote a great blog on the Durrington Research School site, exploring the research evidence around effective feedback. You can read it here. This completes a series of...
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