End of Key Stage 1 Assessments

Year Key Stage National Assessment

Reception Early Years Foundation Stage

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End of Key stage Tests

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Year 5

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Year 2 will be assessed at the end of May, 2018. The tests will be spread out. Your child will be invited to a special breakfast club nearer the time.

• At the end of Key Stage 1 (Year 2), schools must report to the government on the Maths and English attainment of their pupils.

• In Year 2, teachers assess pupils using a range of information.

• The school will be sent tests by the government and the children will sit them in May.

• You will be informed of your child’s outcomes before the end of the year.

What will happen?

What are ‘scaled scores’?

115 – Maximum Score

85 – Minimum Score

105

110

100 – Expected Standard

95

90

What will be assessed?

Maths Reading Writing

Paper1:Arithmetic

Paper 1: Reading and answer booklet

Teacher assessed, based on a range of work

Paper 2: Reasoning Paper 2: Separate (and more challenging) reading and answer booklets

There is also an optional SPaG test, which we are choosing not to take.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2017-national-curriculum-tests-for-key-stages-1-and-2-information-for-parents

Maths

Two test papers – Arithmetic and Reasoning

Arithmetic

Reasoning

Reasoning

Practise times tables and addition facts – Learn Its!

Make sure that your child completes their maths homework, and asks the teacher for help when they

need it.

Talk about the maths that you see in the real world –use your home language if you would prefer. e.g.

This sweet costs 35p, and we are paying with 50p, so how much change will be get?

This baking tray makes 12 cupcakes. How many can we give to each person in the family? Will there be any left over?

Play on the Nrich website.

How to help with maths at home

Songs Friends of Ten: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0bKIeYdvCc That Makes Ten: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdlxSwokZRw Mr. DeMaio on YouTube does covers of pop songs for each times table,e.g. the 6 times table to ‘Cheerleader’.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9os1VUUp5ioLaughalongandlearn on YouTube have some very fun and memorable songs: 2 Times Table Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUIB-dZRCiA 3 Times Table Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzVyBQ5uTbo 4 Times Table Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBmSshEDVnQ 5 Times Table Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCjt1dbhvWU

Maths teacher assessment criteria

Maths teacher assessment criteria

ReadingThe Reading Test consists of two separate papers:

Paper 1 – Contains a selection of texts totalling between 400 and 700 words with questions about the text.

Paper 2 – Contains a reading booklet of a selection of passages totalling 800 to 1100 words. Children will write their answers to questions about the passage in a separate booklet.

Each paper is worth 50% of the marks and should take approximately 30 minutes to complete, although the children are not being assessed at working at speed so will not be strictly timed.

The texts will cover a range of poetry, fiction and non-fiction.

Questions are designed to assess the comprehension and understanding of a child’s reading.

Some questions are multiple choice or selected response, others requireshort answers and some require an extended response or explanation.

What will be assessed? ReadingTwo test papers – lower and higher demand

Reading teacher assessment criteria

Writing teacher assessment criteria

Help your child learn their weekly spellings.

Make sure that your child completes their weekly homework , and asks the teacher for help if they

need it.

Practice cursive handwriting.

Explore new words together, using full sentences.

Want to help with writing at home?

Read with your child at home every day.

Ask questions to make sure that they understand what the book says. Can they find information in the text? Can they

infer things?

Notice similarities and differences, illustrations, layout, words chosen, etc. and ask your child’s opinion.

Take turns – even if your child can read, let them listen to you as well.

Explore different types of text – newspapers or recipe books still count, as do books in another language!

Want to help with reading at home?

Please remember...

The tests are only part of our child’s assessment - teachers will take their class-work into account as well.

It is the school that will be judged on these outcomes, not your child. Please don’t make them feel under pressure.

If they do not reach the ‘expected standard’ we will give them more support at KS2, which is a good thing.