Marking homework

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DD1 is in Y5 and we are encouraging her to be diligent in competing her homework she has put in considerable effort but still just gets a comment and nothing is corrected not even the maths homework last week. There are spelling mistakes which seem to go unnoticed. One comment stated you gave written many different types of poem...well she knew she had as she wrote every type of poem suggested. I am beginning to wonder what is the point of it. I'm not quite sure what she is learning. Her school is "outstanding" ???

Oh I feel your pain. THe comments are often encouraging and kind but not constructive. My DDs school is also outstanding! Do they have spelling tests in your DDs school? Is that your main area of concern or is it a general thing?

Dd gets amazingly good feedback this year, I love reading the comments, they are very constructive and give praise where it's due, it seems to be at the right level but it hasn't been like this in all years so a bit of a lottery. I think feedback is very important for both dd and myself so that I can see what areas need work on and provide help if necessary.

There's no way the school can be outstanding if they don't provide the pupils with constructive, formative feedback. The children are expected to respond to comments and demonstrate that they have followed advice. Your children will be getting this in their school work, even if not in their homework.

Lots of teachers see homework as a waste of time; both up set and to mark. You can't guarantee the children will do it, there's no way to know how much support the children have and it's often the parents' work.

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Juniper that's a sweeping statement and not true. It could just be this teacher.

I agree much work may be the parents but not in our household, I will support hence spelling mistakes. I find it quite disheartening. Am worried this is indicative of feedback in general. :(

They do have spelling tests but surely they need to be applied in general written work, not just the test.

It's not a sweeping statement. It's part of ofsted's requirements. It's one of the reasons my school got a good, not outstanding.

More Have you had a look through her work books? What is the marking like? What is the marking policy? It may be on the school's website.

I will take a close look at her work at parents evening. ...