KS1 Assessment Information January 2017

Aims To find out about Teacher Assessment/Moderation Know what subjects children will be assessed in. Know the National Expectations for Y2 Know what SATs are. Know how to support your children

Teacher Assessment Teacher’s assessment is ongoing throughout the year and is reported to the borough. Moderation is in May/June, the borough look at the evidence to support teachers judgement. 25% of schools are moderated each year and we are due for moderation. Evidence is based on evidence in the children’s books, independent work samples and observations.

What do teachers assess? Teachers need to determine: - a level for reading and writing - a level for maths - an overall level in Science

At the end of Key Stage 1 children should be working within national expectations. Children will either be assessed to be: Working towards national expectation At national expectation Working at Greater Depth.

Writing To be working at the expected standard children have to achieve everything in the standard before as well as all of these (not best fit) There needs to be evidence over 6 pieces of writing and children need to achieve each standard at least 4 times.

Reading Reading is harder to evidence. The SAT’s is used to show this alongside reading carried out with the teacher, reading logs showing which books they are reading and how often they are reading at home.

(Give parents a copy of all maths standards) As before children have to meet all the expectations before as well as the expectations in the expected standard. These need to be meet 3 times – not on consecutive days (long periods in between) and one not taught within a lesson e.g. starter/ SATs Highlight importance of attendance as each lesson is a piece of evidence- even if I think they’re at expected if I don’t have the evidence they will be moderated as working towards.

The SATS Test SATs Tests are used to help support and confirm Teacher Assessments:

Testing period In KS1 the tests are administered across the month of May and we make it as relaxed as possible! Highlight we have a month when to test Small groups Familiar people ( I am out of class administering tests) Biscuits/drinks/toilet breaks Please don’t take any holidays during May

Reading Test Before the test useful words are discussed . Questions or section of the test cannot be read to children If children do not understand vocab etc no help can be given.

Paper 1 the storm / bad weather / the wind , the rough sea, the engine or the boat breaking down Cant accept- it broke.

Discuss difference types of questions- inference an interpretation that goes beyond the evidence.

Non-Fiction section different types of questions

Last year there was also poetry included in the booklet.

Paper 2 Show paper 2 and the amount of reading included – remind parents that all children have the opportunity to sit this paper.

Discuss use of why questions

Children are no longer allowed to use number apparatus to support them in either of the tests.

Arithmetic test covers the 4 main operations and fractions of numbers.

There is also subtraction/addition in word problems.

What you can do at home. Read often at home asking comprehension questions not just reading the book. · Play games and talk with your child to develop their vocabulary and ability to structure thoughts and ideas. · Encourage them to write for different purposes – letters, stories, information about something. · Practise key mathematical skills and facts(+, -, ÷, x, doubling, halving, number bonds, 2, 5, 10 times table , units of measure, telling time etc.