I spend hours and hours of time marking, and a lot of the time it's writing similar (if not the same) comments. For example.. -Please use capital letters at the start of sentences. -Do the highlighted tasks on the level ladder. -Please write in FULL sentences. -Stick in your graph. The list goes on... In order to save time and ink I thought I'd make a mail merge to mark the student's work for me! I've trialled this with 4 different classes and found it EXTREMELY useful! It has cut my marking time in at least half! I read the student's work, pick the comments that apply (or type new comments), print the comments on green paper ( our marking policy says marking must be in green ), get the students to stick it in and improve their work! BOOM! I've written a guide on how to use the resource and included some examples of it being used. This is the first time I've made and shared a resource like this, and it's safe to say it is definitely not perfect, I'm not an ICT expert and I expect ICT teachers will be able to improve this resource no end. I use it for science lessons but I think it should be easy to adapt for most subjects, especially those doing extended writing with clear criteria. I've found it quite useful for marking the 6 mark exam extended writing questions. I've added a few different sets of comments including graph work, descriptive work for science, and the science APP level descriptors So hopefully it'll be useful for someone other than just myself, please do send me feedback if you use this resource!

What will your tutees do this year? Will they use this opportunity to start afresh, what targets will they set themselves for this year? 1. A bad habit I'm going to break: 2. A new skill I’m going to learn: 3. A person I want to be more like: 4. A good deed I’m going to do: 5. A place I want to visit 6. A book I’m going to read: 7. A message I’m going to write: 8. A project I’m going to start: 9. A new food I’m going to try: 10. One thing I’ll do less of: 11. One thing I’ll do more of: 12. One way I’ll inspire others: 13. One way I’ll give back:

I always call my students minions of science, and as such I thought I'd welcome my new classes with a PowerPoint featuring Minions from Despicable Me! This PowerPoint lists the systems, sanctions and expectations I have in the classroom. It also features Ahmed the puppet!

I use this spread sheet in my long term planning, I use it in conjunction with SOW's and unit overviews to plot my progression across the year and to ensure all courses are finished in good time. It includes a calendar side section so you can factor in key dates such as inset days and bank holidays. The two versions attached contain the dates for the school year 2015-2016.

These are the resources for a short unit on waves, light, reflection, refraction, diffraction, filters, sound and hearing . QM stands for Quality Mark which is a levelled formative assessment based on scientific skills. In the powerpoints I use: -Yellow boxes- to show the students what to write in their books. - Blue boxes- for tasks that the students should do. LA after a powerpoint's name means it is for Low Abilities HA after a powerpoint's name means it is for High Abilities I do not own all of the content in these resources, no copyright is intended, any offending resources will be removed.

These are the resources for a short unit on animals, adapatations, food chains and populations. QM stands for Quality Mark which is a levelled formative assessment based on scientific skills. In the powerpoints I use: -Yellow boxes- to show the students what to write in their books. - Blue boxes- for tasks that the students should do. I do not own all of the content in these resources, no copyright is intended, any offending resources will be removed.

These are the resources for a unit on types of electricity, condutors, insulators, circuits, series, parallel, fruit batteries, static electricity, electromagnets, magnets, QM stands for Quality Mark which is a levelled formative assessment based on scientific skills. In the powerpoints I use: -Yellow boxes- to show the students what to write in their books. - Blue boxes- for tasks that the students should do. I do not own all of the content in these resources, no copyright is intended, any offending resources will be removed.

These are the resources for a unit on types of energy, fuels, electricity generation, renewable energy, forces, speed QM stands for Quality Mark which is a levelled formative assessment based on scientific skills. In the powerpoints I use: -Yellow boxes- to show the students what to write in their books. - Blue boxes- for tasks that the students should do. I do not own all of the content in these resources, no copyright is intended, any offending resources will be removed.

These are the resources for a unit on substances, acids, alkalis, indicators and neutralisation. QM stands for Quality Mark which is a levelled formative assessment based on scientific skills. In the powerpoints I use: -Yellow boxes- to show the students what to write in their books. - Blue boxes- for tasks that the students should do. I do not own all of the content in these resources, no copyright is intended, any offending resources will be removed.

These are the resources for a unit on organisms, cells, organs, and reproduction. QM stands for Quality Mark which is a levelled formative assessment based on scientific skills. In the powerpoints I use: -Yellow boxes- to show the students what to write in their books. - Blue boxes- for tasks that the students should do. I do not own all of the content in these resources, no copyright is intended, any offending resources will be removed.

These are the resources for Chemistry unit C1.3 on properties of metals, metal ores, extracting metals, purification of metals, copper and alloys. QM stands for Quality Mark which is a levelled formative assessment based on scientific skills. HA= high ability LA= low ability In the powerpoints I use: -Yellow boxes- to show the students what to write in their books. - Blue boxes- for tasks that the students should do. I do not own all of the content in these resources, no copyright is intended, any offending resources will be removed.

These are the resources for Chemistry unit C1.2 on limestone, quarrying, and the limestone cycle. QM stands for Quality Mark which is a levelled formative assessment based on scientific skills. HA= high ability LA= low ability In the powerpoints I use: -Yellow boxes- to show the students what to write in their books. - Blue boxes- for tasks that the students should do. I do not own all of the content in these resources, no copyright is intended, any offending resources will be removed.

This is the free version of an assessment for KS4 students who are studying hydrocarbons, fuels, alkanes, how number of carbons in a molecule affects properties, combustion, graph plotting and data handling. I have also produced a resource pack available to purchase from TES at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/energy-release-per-carbon-quality-mark-assessment-full-resource-pack-11353565 The resource pack comes with several parts; 1. PowerPoint presentation to introduce the task, including a recap of naming alkanes and fractional distillation. 2. Word document printout for the students to stick in their books; one version has just the task, and the other version has both the task and level ladder merged together on one page. 3. Word document printout with a level ladder on so that the students can self/peer assess the work. 4. Word document containing a mark scheme. 5. Excel spreadsheet that can be used to automatically generate extended written feedback including improvement strategies for the teacher to give the students. A guide on how to use this resource can be freely accessed at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-automarker-11191496 6. Word document printout writing frame to assist students who may benefit from additional help with this task. 7. JPEG images showing a several hand-drawn versions of the graph, this may also be useful for students who aren't confident in starting to plot graphs. I've included sketches of the extrapolation of the data from the line of best fit, and highlighted the anomalous result This task is suitable for students at Grade E-A*, I have left these on however these can be so that you can use the old or new grading system.

This is the free version of an assessment for KS4 students who are studying limestone, building materials, matching properties to uses, thermal decomposition and method writing. I have also produced a resource pack available to purchase from TES at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/thermal-decomposition-of-carbonates-quality-mark-assessment-full-resource-pack-11347047 The resource pack comes with several parts; 1. PowerPoint presentation to introduce the task. 2. Word document printout for the students to stick in their books. 3. Word document printout with a level ladder on so that the students can self/peer assess the work. 4. Excel spreadsheet that can be used to automatically generate extended written feedback including improvement strategies for the teacher to give the students. A guide on how to use this resource can be freely accessed at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-automarker-11191496 5. Word document printout writing frame to assist students who may benefit from additional help with this task. This is based on an old AQA Chemistry Exam Paper. This task is good for training students to answer long questions i.e. 6 mark questions at GCSE, or preparing students from writing pieces of coursework that require method writing skills. This task is suitable for students at Grade E-A*, however I have removed some of these grades so that you can use the old or new grading system.

This is the free version of an assessment for KS4 students who are studying sub atomic structure. I have also produced a resource pack available to purchase from TES at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/structure-of-an-atom-quality-mark-assessment-full-resource-pack-11347791 The resource pack comes with several parts; 1. PowerPoint presentation to introduce the task. 2. Word document printout for the students to stick in their books. 3. Word document printout with a level ladder on so that the students can self/peer assess the work. 4. Word document containing a mark scheme. 5. Excel spreadsheet that can be used to automatically generate extended written feedback including improvement strategies for the teacher to give the students. A guide on how to use this resource can be freely accessed at… https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-automarker-11191496 This task is good for training students to answer long questions i.e. 6 mark questions at GCSE. This task is suitable for students at Grade E-A. This is based on an old AQA Chemistry Exam Paper.

This is the free version of an assessment for KS3 students who are studying digestion, the digestive system, organs, enzyme and nutrition. I have also produced a resource pack available to purchase from TES at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/journey-of-a-sandwich-digestion-quality-mark-assessment-full-resource-pack-11349330 This resource pack comes with several parts; 1. PowerPoint presentation to introduce the task. 2. Word document printout for the students to stick in their books. 3. Word document printout with a level ladder on so that the students can self/peer assess the work, there is also a column so the teacher can tick off the achieved criteria. 4. Excel spreadsheet that can be used to automatically generate extended written feedback including improvement strategies for the teacher to give the students. A guide on how to use this resource can be freely accessed at… https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-automarker-11191496 5. Word document printout writing frame to assist students who may benefit from additional help with this task. This task is suitable for students at level 3-7. When I have used this in lessons students have made some really nice posters, creative stories and great comic strips.

This is the free version of an assessment for KS3 students who are studying forces, specifically the extension of a spring (Hooke's Law). I have also produced a resource pack available to purchase from TES at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/extension-of-a-spring-quality-mark-assessment-full-resource-pack-11353627 This resource pack comes with several parts; 1. PowerPoint presentation to introduce the task. 2. Word document printout for the students to stick in their books. 3. Word document printout with a level ladder on so that the students can self/peer assess the work, there is also a column so the teacher can tick off the achieved criteria. 4. Word document with both the level ladder and task printout combined onto one page to reduce printing. 5. Excel spreadsheet that can be used to automatically generate extended written feedback including improvement strategies for the teacher to give the students. A guide on how to use this resource can be freely accessed at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-automarker-11191496 This involves the students plotting some results, identifying variables and evaluating their work. If you are limited for time you could provide the students with some sample results. This task is suitable for students at level 3-6.

This is the free version of an assessment for KS3, or low level KS4 students who are studying chemical reactions, specifically the reaction between metals and acids, this assessment investigates the link between the size of magnesium added to an acid and the volume of hydrogen gas produced. I have also produced a resource pack available to purchase from TES at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/model-cells-quality-mark-assessment-full-resource-pack-11350637 The resource pack comes with several parts; 1. PowerPoint presentation to introduce the task. 2. Word document printout for the students to stick in their books with just the task on, there is also a word document with both the task and level ladder combined onto one sheet to reduce printing. 3. Word document printout with a level ladder on so that the students can self/peer assess the work, there is also a column so the teacher can tick off the achieved criteria. 4. Word document containing a mark scheme. 5. Excel spreadsheet that can be used to automatically generate extended written feedback including improvement strategies for the teacher to give the students. A guide on how to use this resource can be freely accessed at… https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-automarker-11191496 6. Word document printout writing frame to assist students who may benefit from additional help with this task. 7. JPEG images showing a several hand-drawn versions of the graph, this may also be useful for students who aren't confident in starting to plot graphs. I've included sketches of the extrapolation of the data from the line of best fit, and highlighted the anomalous result. This involves the students plotting some given results on a graph, identifying variables, extrapolation from a line of best fit and evaluating their work. This task is suitable for KS3 students at level 3-7, however this could be adapted for KS4 students.

This is the free version of an assessment for KS3 students who are studying heat transfers, conduction, convection, radiation, lab safety, insulators, heat safety and materials. This could also be used for lower ability KS4 or as a recap exercise at the start of the GCSE. I have also produced a resource pack available to purchase from TES at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/heat-transfers-quality-mark-assessment-full-resource-pack-11353202 The resource pack comes with several parts; 1. PowerPoint presentation to introduce the task. 2. Word document printout for the students to stick in their books. 3. Word document printout writing frame to assist students who may benefit from additional help with this task. 4. Word document printout writing frame which is filled in with some appropriate answers, however there are a wide range of ways in which students could complete this task. 5. Word document printout with a level ladder on so that the students can self/peer assess the work, there is also a column so the teacher can tick off the achieved criteria. 6. Excel spreadsheet that can be used to automatically generate extended written feedback including improvement strategies for the teacher to give the students. A guide on how to use this resource can be freely accessed at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-automarker-11191496 7. JPEG images showing a hand-drawn versions of the diagrams for this task some of these have been inserted into the PowerPoint, but may also be useful for students who aren't confident in laying out their work. The first two images are simply diagrams of the saucepan, the next four images are based on a flow diagram used to represent to heat transfers in the example (one of my students came up with this idea!) This task is suitable for students at level 3-7, and is based on an old APP task. When I have used this in lessons students have made some really nice posters, and great descriptions

This is the free version of an assessment for KS3 students who are studying cells, organelles, body structure, organ systems, and adaptations. I have also produced a resource pack available to purchase from TES at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/model-cells-quality-mark-assessment-full-resource-pack-11350637 This resource pack comes with several parts; 1. PowerPoint presentation to introduce the task. 2. Word document printout for the students to stick in their books, I’ve also included an old version of this sheet that I don’t use anymore. 3. Word document printout with a level ladder on so that the students can self/peer assess the work, there is also a column so the teacher can tick off the achieved criteria. 4. Excel spreadsheet that can be used to automatically generate extended written feedback including improvement strategies for the teacher to give the students. A guide on how to use this resource can be freely accessed at… https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-automarker-11191496 5. JPEG images showing examples of models made by my previous classes when given this task, I've included a range of examples including an extremely high level project from the child of a professional cake maker! This task is suitable for students at level 3-7. When I have used this in lessons students have made some truly remarkable work but using cardboard, beads, Lego, plastercine, and cake!