Is it common for teachers not to comment on holiday homework?

[acebaby]

Not sure if I am being PFB about this (quite possibly!). DS1 (7 and in year 3) is a reluctant writer. His holiday homework was to write a funny play. He managed a three act play with stage directions, dialogue that was quite funny (okay, maybe not Oscar Wilde, but a pretty good effort). It was a bit messy, but not illegible, and had a bit of shaky spelling. In my PFB eyes it was quite good. When his teacher handed back the plays, she said that she liked some of them better than others and named a couple (not DS1's). But here's the thing, she wrote nothing on DS1's at all. Not even the usual "Good effort but remember to write neatly". None of the spellings were corrected, there was not even a single tick.

Is this common? Should I bring it up with her? DS1 is a bit discouraged, but he is quite tough in general. He thinks maybe the teacher 'forgot' to give him a tick. I, on the other hand, am quite irritated. I have been stewing about this since Friday (when the homework came back) and genuinely don't know whether it is worth raising it with her. Maybe teachers just don't mark holiday homework in detail?? Any thoughts appreciated!

Thanks! I was a bit surprised that she didn't even say 'good effort' or similar (with DS1's reluctance to write, it was clearly a 'good effort' if nothing else!). Realistically, I wouldn't have expected her to read the whole thing in detail at the beginning of term. Maybe I will gently raise it with her. She shouldn't set homework she isn't prepared to comment on.

Are they going to peer assess them or self assess them? Really useful tool if carried out correctly. Maybe wait a days then see what the plan is?

I don't think they are going to do anything else with the work OrangeLily. It has come home now. But I will check - that's a good idea, and I certainly won't go in 'all guns blazing'.

I agree that constructive discussion of work in the class is a great tool for assessment, by the way!

It seems pretty poor. It sounds like an awful lot of effort for a 7-year-old, so wouldn't have expected it to be handed back with no comment or any marking at all.

What a shame. Obviously the teacher would have had a lot to read with so many children in the class, but some sort of feedback like "Good ideas" or even something more negative like "Watch your spellings" lets your son know his work has been looked at and gives him advice if nothing else.

My daughter has just gone into fast track french which is a bit of a shock and maybe too much for her, did last week's homework and her friend marked it with "nice pictures" which were not a requirement but daughter had chosen to do, the main focus was the writing - you have to laugh.

I don't generally keep track of what is marked and what isn't.

However, I do remember 3 pieces of holiday/extended homeworks that were not marked.

Coincidentally, these were the 3 pieces of homework that I got rather carried away with and swept away the child.

After they were handed in, I checked each day to find out the mark and to learn of how many housepoints had been awarded. Nothing, nada, rien.

somehow the teacher knew