Talbot Primary School.

Year 2 SATsPresentation.

What are SATs?

• SATs are a mixture of standard tests, tasks and teacher assessment.

• In all state schools, SATs are implemented at the end of Key Stages 1 and 2.

• Children are assessed in reading, writing, speaking and listening, mathematics and science.

• The emphasis is on teacher judgement;

• Teacher assessment is on-going throughout the year.

• Teacher assessment enables staff to track children’s progress through their school life.

• The SATs tests and tasks are implemented in the Summer one half term to inform final teacher judgements.

Teacher Assessment.

VERY IMPORTANT!

• Teacher assessment carries as much weight as the test and task results when assigning levels.

• The tests and tasks support, and should be a reflection of, the level attained by children on a regular basis in class.

When will they happen?

• Tests and tasks will take place during the Summer one half term. They will be spread out over the half term.

• The tests and tasks will be part of the normal timetable.

• All SATs related activities will be complete by the middle of June.

Levels achieved in Year 2 SATs.

• There is a set of benchmark standards that measure children’s progress through Key Stages 1 and 2.

• The National Curriculum identifies 7 levels andsets out the knowledge, skills and understanding needed to demonstrate each level.

• At the end of Key Stage 1, the national expectation is that pupils have progressed to reach level 2b. Children will be awarded a level for the different parts of eachsubject (reading, writing, speaking and listening, mathematics and science)

• The levels awarded can be:12c2b2a3

• Level 3 is also split into sub-levels.

Literacy tests.

• Any child judged to be working at a level 2c or above will complete:

• A reading comprehension paper comprising of a fiction and non-fiction text• A spelling test• A long writing task• A short writing task

Mathematics tests.

• Any child judged to be working at a level 2c or above will complete a mathematics paper, including a short mental test.

Children working towards a 2c.

• Children who are judged to be working towards a level 2c will work in a 1-to-1 situation to complete a separate reading and mathematics task.

• Reading: the children will be asked to read a section of text and they will be assessed on their fluency, accuracy and verbal comprehension.

• Mathematics: the children will either complete short mathematical challenges where they will be assessed on their understanding and core maths skills. Some children will complete a level 2 maths paper with an adult reading certain parts of the paper to them.

The children will still sit the same spelling and writing tasks.

Children working above level 2.

• Children assessed by the teacher to be working above level 2a in reading and maths will be given a level 3 paper in both of these areas of the curriculum.

• The timings of the level 3 papers are the same as that of a level 2 paper.

• For the level 3 reading paper, the children will have separate booklets; one fiction text and one non-fiction text to read and one booklet where they record their answers. The reading paper will be conducted over a whole morning, enabling all children to have a rest between the fiction and non-fiction sections.

Reporting.

• We only report teacher assessment results to the Local Authority as the tests and tasks are used to inform our teacher assessments.

• Parents will receive an information sheet that contains details of the teacher assessment results with the end of year report.

What can you do?

• What you are already doing!

• Regular times tables practice.

• Daily reading, answering comprehension questions about the text.

• Spelling practice (particularly tricky and highfrequency words)

• Play word and number games.

• Practise telling the time, counting real money, weighing and measuring.

Any questions?