Twilight from Thursday 16th October 2014

1. School Direct Trainee
Twighlight

2. GAP TASK

3. What is AfL?
Assessment for Learning is the process of seeking and
interpreting evidence for use by learners and their teachers
to decide where the learners are in their learning, where
they need to go and how best to get there.

4. Principles of AfL
 Sharing learning goals
 Success criteria- planning and checklists
 Self and peer assessment
 Using assessment to inform planning and teaching

5. Formative and Summative Assessment
 Summative Assessment- Relying upon formal testing to gain an understanding
of where children are.
 Formative assessment- On going assessment to inform planning and teaching-different
styles of assessment. Observations, speaking and listening tasks,
pictures as evidence.
 Incerts

6. Your Task
 On your tables assess where you think your children are and what their next
steps would be.
 Does this fairly outline their ability?
 How would you use this to inform your planning?

7. Strategies of Formative Assessment
 Cups
 Thumps up/dancing
 Smiley faces in books
 Identifying their own next steps- worksheets
 Assessment chillies
 Peer/self assessment- two stars and a wish
 Rally Coach
 You have a subject are on your tables. How could you use these strategies to
formative assess learning?

8. Reflective Practice
Opportunities for checking in using AfL
 Adapting lessons as they happen- not always sticking to the plan rigidly
 Using strategies before they go to the independent activity to gauge their
understanding

9. Effective Feedback
 What do you think effective feedback is?

10. Effective Feedback

12.  Look at the art work
 What feedback would you give?
 What do you think the next steps are?

13. Austin’s Butterfly
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqh1MRWZjms

14. Learning Environment
 What could you have around your room to aid children with their learning?
 Writing targets
 Photos of environment

17. Evaluating learning!
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PzoxTgfRO0

18. Your Gap Task
 Use one of the strategies we have talked about today in your own teaching.
 Use your assessment to inform your planning and be ready to feedback the
impact of this next time.

19. Now assess your own learning!