Y6 Parents core subjects, assessment and what you can do to help

the core subjects: English: reading, writing and SPAG mathematics science

The pupils take termly tests in reading and maths, and half-termly tests in SPAG and science. Writing is assessed continually based on the work in pupils’ books. We use these to track pupils’ progress in order to make sure no-one falls behind.

FORMAL MATHEMATICS assessment consists of ARITHMETIC (written test) REASONING (two written tests)

arithmetic

arithmetic

arithmetic

reasoning

reasoning

sample SPAG questions

Writing The pupil can: write effectively for a range of purposes and audiences, selecting language that shows good awareness of the reader in narratives, describe settings, characters and atmosphere integrate dialogue in narratives to convey character and advance the action select vocabulary and grammatical structures that reflect what the writing requires, doing this mostly appropriately- SEE BELOW contracted forms in dialogue passive voice modal verbs to indicate degrees of possibility use a range of devices to build cohesion within and across paragraphs SEE BELOW repetition adverbials of time and place pronouns synonyms ellipsis

Writing use verb tenses consistently and correctly throughout their writing use the range of punctuation taught at key stage 2 mostly correctly – SEE BELOW inverted commas in speech colons to introduce lists and semi-colons to separate items in a list semi-colons and colons to mark boundaries between independent clauses bullet points hyphens spell correctly most words from the year 5 / year 6 spelling list, and use a dictionary to check the spelling of uncommon or more ambitious vocabulary maintain legibility in joined handwriting when writing at speed

attainment vs progress attainment What a child achieves relative to national standard and other pupils in the country progress How much better a child becomes from foundation to KS1 and KS1 to KS2

Useful Books

for parents who want to prepare their children for the maths tests: KS2 Maths SATs Buster CGP Books There are several books in this series. They’re all very good. amazon www.cgpbooks.co.uk

for parents who might like some background SPAG and SPAG reading: Maths for Mums and Dads and More Maths for Mums and Dads Mike Askew and Rob Greenaway

for parents who want to prepare their children for the English tests KS2 English SATs Buster CGP Books There are several books in this series. They’re all very good. Amazon www.cgpbooks.co.uk

for parents who might like some background SPAG reading: This one is a short and fascinating go-to guide to grammar and punctuation - the best choice for an easy read. Oxford A-Z of Grammar and Punctuation John Seeley This one is a more in-depth discussion of grammar. Rediscover Grammar David Crystal

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