1. Fox Covert Primary School
- Our journey so far……

2. Context Single stream school P1-7 Roll of 213
HMIe Inspection February 2013

3. HMIe…
Help children have a clearer understanding of their strengths and needs as learners.
Continue to improve the curriculum, including approaches to assessment and monitoring of progress.
Further engage parents in supporting their children’s learning.

4. Our journey…. Starting point
Assessment framework in place as was part of L&T policy
Target setting with pupils and parents
Focus – Aifl
Termly class newsletters outlining plan across 4 contexts
Standardised testing throughout the school for Maths and English tracked and monitored
Tracking and monitoring pupils progress through the CfE levels
Additional assessments for identified pupils

6. HMIe Providing feedback that moves learners forward
Clarifying, understanding and sharing learning intentions
Activating students as learning
resources for one another
Activating students as owners of their own learning
Engineering effective discussions, tasks and activities that elicit evidence of learning
Our pupils, staff and parents are clear about what is to be learned and what success would be like
Our classroom assessment involves high quality interactions, based on thoughtful questions, careful listening and reflective responses
Our pupils and staff are given timely feedback about the quality of their work and how to make it better
Our pupils and staff practise self- and peer-assessment
This slide is adapted from a slide by HMI. It links the AiFL slide – Assessment For Learning side with the features that HMI highlight
ASSESSMENT
FOR
LEARNING
HMIe
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Improving Scottish education
Our pupils and staff are fully involved in deciding next steps in their learning and identifying who can help 6

7. HMIe…
‘Teachers are developing the way they assess children’s learning. We are confident that staff can build on this encouraging good start and gather reliable assessment information to continue to raise children’s attainment and achievement.’ HMIe

8. Our journey…. Where we are now?
Leaflet for parents launched at CfE Information evening
Developed target setting – meaningful and relevant
Continue to develop Learning Intentions and differentiated Success Criteria
Developed our pupil voice
Opportunities for weekly reflections
Learning discussions 1:1 with Class Teacher
Planning floor books & Learning walls
Planning for assessment at key points linked to significant aspects
Ensuring that we have a variety of assessment strategies to provide us with a range of evidence – class tracker
Evidence recorded in pupils folio jotters