This has changed my marking life! Use this resource to cut down time spent marking, focus marking on skills rather than content. In this pack of resources you will find a generic marking tool for all Geography teachers and students to use in lessons, on written tasks and formal assessments; PPT, classroom poster (sent on purchase), assessment grid with mark code system and reflection sheets for use across key stages 3 and 4 to assist in feedback, assessment and marking. This resource will help you (the teacher) to streamline your marking using a generic tool that students will come to know, understand and trust. The tool uses the word DIGEST to encapsulate what makes great Geography and can be applied easily to any topic. I've been using it for 2 years, Geography outcomes have improved and I spend less time marking. You can use this tool to aid meaningful and accurate peer and self assessment and importantly it will help to focus students on their own strengths and improvements, aiding metacognition. It is adaptable to ANY topic. It will help with target setting, tumble marking and feed-forward. It will make your marking efficient and effective. Students love the ease of the tool, parents find it easy to understand.

Use these 8 "Only Connect" boards as a starter/ bell work activity or as a stretch and challenge activity for KS3&4. Only Connect is a BBC2 TV show hosted by Victoria Coren where players are given a board of 16 words and their job is to find 4 sets of 4 connected words. The boards are easy to print and laminate and can add to your range of activities as starters, plenaries or used for stretch and challenge activities when students have finished the task set.

This is a series of 7 lessons introducing Year 7 to their island nation. The lessons are a series of plug ‘n’ play powerpoints with associated WS included and resources. You will also need atlases. There are quick quizzes for summative assessment, integrated peer and self-assessment and one assessment to be marked by the teacher. This should be a great resource for non-specialists and new teachers and a starting point from which to build and adapt to suit your own particular needs and those of your students.