Assessment Information Year 2 Over St. John’s CE Primary School In September 2014 all schools had to follow a New National Curriculum. It gives us greater flexibility to teach different topics and in a more cross curriculum, creative approach. We can also vary the length of the lessons etc.

The National Curriculum In 2014 the Government launched a new National Curriculum The new National Curriculum is harder than the old The goal posts have moved National Curriculum has changed More content Pitched higher Have got leaflets for each year group.

Age Related Expectations Levels: 1c 1b 1a 2c 2b 2a 3c 3b 3a 4c 4b 4a 5c 5b 5a 6c Age Related Expectations Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 New curriulum gives age expectations. So old levels now replaced and we will be using bnads which relate to each year group With the new curriculum the government decided to take away the levels and sub levels to give schools greater flexibility to decide different assessment procedures. We are now in an era with a new curriculum and no levels. So how will we assess pupils? For each year group there are age related expectations which pupils are assessed against, not levels Pupils will be expected to work through the year group curriculum and by the end of the school year reach age related expectations. We call these expectations BANDS

An average Year 1 child would be expected to be working in Band 1 An average Year 1 child would be expected to be working in Band 1. A Year 2 = Band 2 etc.

However … Some children will be working above age related expectations and some below. In these cases their band will not be the same as their year group.

B W S At the end of the year On the end of the school year report your child will be assessed against these new end of year expectations and will get a number related to their band and a letter that shows where they are within the band The letter will be either B (beginning) W (within) S (secure) These bands are then further broken down into steps B W S

5 b B W S For Example The b shows that they are Beginning the band The five says they are working in Band 5 This means they are beginning Year 5 expectations B W S

4 w B W S For Example The w shows that they are Within the band The four says they are working in Band 4 This means they are within Year 4 expectations B W S

1 s B W S For Example The s shows that they are Secure the band The one says they are working in Band 1 This means they are secure with the Year 1 expectations B W S

End of Year 2 SATs Children in Year 2 this year will be the first cohort to be assessed against the new National Curriculum. The tests will take place during May for all children in Year 2.

The Tests Statutory tests will be administered in the following subjects: Reading English grammar, punctuation and spelling Maths

The Tests Writing and Science will be Teacher Assessed based on work they produce in class.

Reading The reading test for Year 2 pupils will involve two separate papers: Paper 1 consists of a selection of texts totalling 400 to 700 words, with questions interspersed Paper 2 comprises a reading booklet of a selection of passages totalling 800 to 1100 words. Children will write their answers in a separate booklet

Reading Each paper is worth 50 per cent of the marks, and should take around 30 minutes, but children will not be strictly timed, as the tests are not intended to assess children’s ability to work at speed. The texts in the reading papers will cover a range of fiction, non-fiction and poetry, and will get progressively more difficult towards the end of the test. Teachers will have the option to stop the test at any point that they feel is appropriate for a particular child.

Reading There will be a variety of question types: Multiple choice Ranking/ordering, e.g. ‘Number the events below to show in which order they happened in the story’ Matching, e.g. ‘Match the character to the job that they do in the story’ Labelling, e.g. ‘Label the text to show the title’ Find and copy, e.g. ‘Find and copy one word that shows what the weather was like in the story’ Short answer, e.g. ‘What does the bear eat?’ Open-ended answer, e.g. ‘Why did Lucy write the letter to her grandmother? Give two reasons’

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Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar Children taking Key Stage 1 SATs will sit three separate papers in grammar, spelling and punctuation: Paper 1: a grammar and punctuation written task, taking approximately 20 minutes, and worth 15 marks. Children will be provided with a prompt and stimulus for a short piece of writing, with a clear text type, audience and purpose. Handwriting will be worth four per cent of the marks.

Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar Paper 2: a grammar, punctuation and vocabulary test, in two sections of around 10 minutes each (with a break between, if necessary), worth 20 marks. This will involve a mixture of selecting the right answers e.g. through multiple choice, and writing short answers. Paper 3: a 20-word spelling test taking approximately 15 minutes and worth 10 marks.

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Maths The Key Stage 1 maths test will comprise of two papers: Paper 1: arithmetic, worth 25 marks and taking around 15 minutes. Paper 2: mathematical fluency, problem-solving and reasoning, worth 35 marks and taking 35 minutes, with a break if necessary. There will be a variety of question types: multiple choice, matching, true/false, constrained (e.g. completing a chart or table; drawing a shape) and less constrained (e.g. where children have to show or explain their method). Children will not be able to use any tools such as calculators or number lines.

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