Category Archives: Meta-skills

Peer assessment and proof reading

Peer assessment and proof reading is an integral part of the writing process.  In the first instance, proof reading was encouraged after every chapter was written to ensure that the writing was evaluated at natural breaks.

Once the shorts stories were finished the class participated in a detailed peer assessment process that focused on evaluating the if the ideas flowed, if the story made sense and correct punctuation.

To get further opinions of their short stories  P6.22 were recruited as editors to get further pointers on the next steps for the stories.

Meta skills, maths and materials

P6.21 have been enjoying creating den-like structures using natural materials found in the woodland area of the school.  The class relied on their knowledge of 3D shapes to help construct their structures and were able to evaulate the meta-skills that they were focusing on. The three main meta-skills that were identified by the class were focusing, communication  and critical thinking.