Information and Guidance on the Changes and Expectations Welcome to Year 6 St. Martin’s Catholic Primary Presentation to Parents Thursday 26th September 2019 Information and Guidance on the Changes and Expectations for 2019/20

Responsibilities: House Captains School Councillors – both Junior and Infant Sports Ambassadors – whole school Safety Officers – whole school Hall and assembly monitors

Year 6 assemblies and masses. Holocaust Memorial Day including Education Trust Visit and talks from 2 survivors. Martin Luther King Jnr. Day. Christmas Advent Mass. Stations of the Cross. Year 6 Leaver’s Mass. Year 6 Music performance – clarinets. Whole school show led by Year 6. Year 6 Leaver’s Extravaganza and awards – on the final day.

Robinwood –20th – 22nd January 2020 Residential trips Robinwood –20th – 22nd January 2020 London – H.M.S. Belfast (overnight stay in London) Sometime in July 2020

Expectations and SATs (Statutory Assessment Tests or officially - National Curriculum Assessments) These will take place – week beginning Monday 11th May 2020 and will comprise the following: GaPS – grammar, punctuation and spelling. Reading. Mathematics.

Assessment and Reporting There is a major change to how your children will be assessed in this academic year. The Government has removed the Teacher Assessment element for the Reading and Mathematics subjects. The only subject that they will receive my assessment in is writing and they will be assessed up to the 19th June 2020. This means that their Reading, GaPS and Mathematics assessment will be purely based on their SATs scores. Luckily, for now their writing SATs mark remains in my domain.

Assessment and Reporting Last year to Achieve Standard (a scaled score of 100) the following raw marks applied: Reading 28 out of 50 GaPS 36 out of 70 Mathematics 58 out of 110 Last year to achieve Greater Depth within the Standard (a scaled score of 110) the following raw marks applied: Reading 41 out of 50 GaPS 55 out of 70 Mathematics 95 out of 110

Scaled Scores What is meant by ‘scaled scores’? It is planned that 100 will always represent the ‘national standard’. Each pupil’s raw test score will therefore be converted into a score on the scale, either at, above or below 100. The scale will have a lower end point somewhere below 100 and an upper end point above 100. A child who achieves the ‘national standard’ (a score of 100) will be judged to have demonstrated sufficient knowledge in the areas assessed by the tests. In July 2020 each pupil will receive: A raw score (number of raw marks awarded). A scaled score in each tested subject. Confirmation of whether or not they attained the national standard. What is meant by ‘scaled scores’? It is planned that 100 will always represent the ‘national standard’. Each pupil’s raw test score will therefore be converted into a score on the scale, either at, above or below 100. The scale will have a lower end point somewhere below 100 and an upper end point above 100. A child who achieves the ‘national standard’ (a score of 100) will be judged to have demonstrated sufficient knowledge in the areas assessed by the tests. In July 2016 for the first publication of test results, each pupil will receive: A raw score (number of raw marks awarded). A scaled score in each tested subject. Confirmation of whether or not they attained the national standard.

Scaled Score Examples On publication of the test results in July 2020: A child awarded a scaled score of 100 is judged to have met the ‘national standard’ in the area judged by the test. They will receive an Achieved Standard. A child awarded a scaled score of more than 110 is judged to have exceeded the national standard and demonstrated a higher than expected knowledge of the curriculum for their age. They will receive Greater Depth within the Standard. A child awarded a scaled score of less than 100 is judged to have not yet met the national standard and performed below expectation for their age. They will receive Working Towards the Standard. On publication of the test results in July 2016: A child awarded a scaled score of 100 is judged to have met the ‘national standard’ in the area judged by the test. A child awarded a scaled score of more than 100 is judged to have exceeded the national standard and demonstrated a higher than expected knowledge of the curriculum for their age. A child awarded a scaled score of less than 100 is judged to have not yet met the national standard and performed below expectation for their age.

The Tests Key Stage 2 National Curriculum Tests (SATs) take place nationally in the week commencing 11th May 2020. Statutory tests will be administered in the following subjects: Reading (60 minutes) taken on the Tuesday. Spelling (approximately 15 minutes) taken on the Monday Punctuation, Vocabulary and Grammar (45 minutes) taken on the Monday. Mathematics - Paper 1: Arithmetic (30 minutes) taken on the Wednesday. - Paper 2: Reasoning (40 minutes) taken on the Wednesday. - Paper 3: Reasoning (40 minutes) taken on the Thursday. In addition, some schools will be required to take part in Science testing, consisting of three tests in Biology, Physics and Chemistry. Not all schools will take part in this sampling, which takes place on a later date. All tests are externally marked by the Government. Writing will be ‘Teacher Assessed’ - internally. Key Stage 2 SATs take place nationally in the week commencing 9th May 2016. Statutory tests will be administered in the following subjects: Reading (60 minutes) Spelling (approximately 15 minutes) Punctuation, Vocabulary and Grammar (45 minutes) Mathematics - Paper 1: Arithmetic (30 minutes) - Paper 2: Reasoning (40 minutes) - Paper 3: Reasoning (40 minutes) In addition, some schools will be required to take part in Science testing, consisting of three tests in Biology, Physics and Chemistry. Not all schools will take part in this sampling, which takes place on a later date. All tests are externally marked. Writing will be ‘Teacher Assessed’ internally, as in recent

Conclusion: St. Martin’s is a special school and Year 6 are the best class in ‘our world’ – well that’s what I think. The figures we achieve next May, whatever they say are a testament to the hard work and dedication of all the children, staff and Mr. Hallman - as our Head. However, and to me the most important thing to remember is, it is YOUR children who make us the best and my aim is to make their final year at St. Martin’s a memorable one – SATs come and go, data can be manipulated to suit the needs of whoever is using it, but you cannot take away the reality that we are a family – St. Martin’s family.