End of Key Stage Assessment Meeting

1. End of Key Stage Assessment Meeting Year 2 3rd February, 2016

2. National Curriculum subjects The National Curriculum, taught to all pupils, is made up of blocks of years, known as key stages: Years 1 and 2 in a lower school are known as Key Stage 1 Years 3 to 6 in lower school are known as Key Stage 2

3. The ‘New’ National Curriculum Compulsory Subjects: • English, Maths, Science - Core Subjects • Geography, History, Art, DT, P.E, Music, Computing - Foundation Subjects -Schools have to teach R.E, although parents have the right to remove their child from the R.E. Curriculum. -We follow the Beds Agreed Syllabus for R.E. -Now a big emphasis on spelling and grammar. -Curriculum is far harder than before.

4. End of Key Stage Assessments Pupils will take the new tests for the first time in May 2016. • Maths • Reading (comprehension) • Spelling, punctuation & grammar • These tasks are used to support the teacher’s on-going assessment of your child’s progress. • Our teacher assessment and the test outcomes will be reported to the local authority.

5. New Tests • The new tests consist of: • English reading paper 1: Combined reading book and answer book. • English reading paper 2: Reading book and answer book. • Spelling test. • English punctuation and grammar test. • Maths paper 1: arithmetic. • Maths paper 2: reasoning and problem solving. • Writing will be assessed through our teacher assessment.

6. What is Teacher Assessment? • Teachers constantly gather evidence from a variety of sources about pupil performance. • This on-going assessment is more reliable than tests which are just a snapshot of achievement. • Not all children will achieve their best in the tests and some may excel. Teacher assessment helps to create a balanced picture.

7. Assessments • The tests do not have set days but schools have to administer them during May. • These results will then be reported and are used to help the teacher assess the children’s work. • The teacher assessment is then moderated by your local authority. • Swallowfield were moderated last year in Early Years, Year 2 and Year 4 with outstanding results and good practice was taken away to share with other schools.

8. As part of the new national curriculum, levels have been abolished. • This is in response to concerns about the validity and reliability of levels and sub-levels. • These concerns had an impact on pupils’ learning, but also on the relationships between primary and secondary schools and the trust in their assessments. • Levels have also been recognised as the driver of undue pace through the curriculum, which has led to gaps in pupils’ knowledge.

9. Key Stage 1 Outcomes At the end of Key Stage One, a child can be levelled as: 1-Working towards the expected standard (Emerging) 2-Working at the expected standard (Expected) 3-Working above the expected standard (Exceeding)

10. Maths - Paper 1 - Arithmetic

11. Maths - Paper 2 - Reasoning • The questions will be arranged in order of difficulty. 5 Aural questions Independent questions Children are supported to read the questions and given as much time as they need to answer .

12. Reading – Paper 1 Non-fiction Fiction

13. Reading – Paper 2 Non-fiction & Fiction text Answer booklet

14. English: grammar

15. English: spelling 20 spellings with 15 minutes to complete

16. Phonics Testing • In Year 1 each child took part in the Phonics Testing. • In June- There will be the retest for those who didn’t pass in Year 1. • Pass score was 32 out of 40 but can change. • 90% pass rate for last year.

17. Year 2 End of Key Stage 1 Results 2015 Swallowfield are significantly above the national average and have been so for many years.

18. Key Points • If it is appropriate, children can have the Maths paper read to them. • No help can be given with the reading or spelling tests. • No child will be made to undertake test that is not accessible to them. • Teacher assessments (with evidence) are more important than test results.

19. Thank you for coming Any questions