End of KS2 assessment. Welcome.

Aims of the Evening To give you a better understanding of end of year expectations. To introduce the end of KS2 assessments and how your child will be tested. Have an understanding of what your child will learn throughout the year. To understand how we teach the core subjects. To give you suggestions of how you can help at home.

Reading The Reading Assessment 1 hour to read booklet and answer questions. There will be 3 texts and sets of questions which are all different difficulty levels and include both narrative and non-fiction extracts. (approx. 1500-2300 words, more fiction) There are a variety of questions to assess the depth of understanding Children cannot have any adult help to read and understand the questions

There are 4 main types of questions on the reading paper: Literal – answer is there in the text Deductive – look for clues Inferential – read between the lines Author intent – e.g. why does an author use a particular word

‘A Day in the English Countryside’ Sentence from: ‘A Day in the English Countryside’ As the afternoon light started to fade, the cow stopped eating grass, stood instead with its head over the gate and gazed expectantly down the lane. How light was it? (Literal) What three things did the cow do? (Literal) What time of day was it? (Deductive) Where was the cow? (Deductive) What do you think the cow was expecting? (Inferential) What strategies does the writer use to give the reader so much information in a single sentence? (Authorial intent)

Your turn On your desk there is a reading booklet. Please turn to the last section, California's Unlikely Warriors, and answer the following questions.

29. How long ago did the plague of scale insects attack in America? (1 mark) 31. The scale insects sound like an army. Find and copy two words in the first two paragraphs that support this idea. (2 marks) 36. Look at the second paragraph on page 9, beginning: When the unlikely warriors... How does the writer emphasise the success of the ladybirds? Explain fully, referring to the text in your answer. (3 marks)

How can parents help with reading? Ensure your child reads every night! Encourage them to read fiction and non-fiction. Try to ask them questions about the text. Help them with the different skills of reading especially ‘skim’ reading where they are looking for key words in the text.

Remember

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/

http://www.cgpbooks.co.uk/online_rev/ks2_choice.asp

Maths Welcome.

Key changes in Year 6: Long division Operations with fractions (all 4) Decimal equivalents of fractions Plotting points in 4 quadrants – reflections and translations Understanding radius & diameter and their relationship to each other Using basic algebra to calculate area and volume of 2D and 3D shapes e.g triangles, cuboids

Key recall facts they need to know! Addition and subtraction facts to 20 (including decimals) 18 – 11 = 7 + 6 = 4.6 – 3.2 = Multiplication and division facts for all times tables up to 12 × 12 – instant recall and apply this knowledge to answer questions including decimals e.g. 0.7 × ⃝ = 4.2 or ⃝ ÷ 60 = 0.7 Common factors of numbers; the factors of 24 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12 and 24. Convert between decimals, fractions and percentages 21 100 =0.21 = 21% Prime numbers up to 50

The secret to success is practising little and often The secret to success is practising little and often. Can you practise these while walking to school or during a car journey? Look at fact families; e.g. If 4 x 5 = 20, then we also know that 5 x 4 = 20, 20 ÷ 4 = 5, 20 ÷ 5 = 4. This is a fact family. Speed Challenge – Take two suits of playing cards. Turn over two cards and ask your child to multiply/add/subtract the numbers (Ace = 1, Jack = 11, Queen = 12). How many questions can they answer correctly in 2 minutes? Practise regularly and see if they can beat their high score. Mathsdrills.com live mathletics multiplication.com

End of KS2 assessment 1x arithmetic paper 35 questions in 30 mins (50 seconds per question – be ready to try it yourself!) 2x reasoning papers; 40 minutes each. (similar to old style SATS) Met or not met required standard only, no levels. Adults can read questions to children but can’t explain the meaning of any terminology or how to solve the problems.

678 54 x 63 37 2331 740 (37x20) 1591 1480 (37x40) 111 74 (37x2) 37 37 (37x1) 2712 33900 3 3 3 4 36612 1

Reasoning – skills in context

How can you help? Be positive about maths Practise instant recall of facts Practise little but often Play maths games How can you help? Give praise and encouragement Ask your child to explain Marianne Allow your child to complete maths homework independently, be there to help if asked.

Helpful websites BBC bitesize www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/maths/ NRICH nrich.maths.org/ Maths Warriors www.mathswarriors.co.uk Maths Anarchy www.mathsanarchy.com Live mathletics (how far can you get and beat the world) Multiplication.com – does what it says!

Spelling, punctuation and grammar

Grammar, punctuation and vocabulary One test paper Length: 45 minutes Marks: 50 The writing level is teacher assessed. Spelling One test of 20 words Length: about 15 minutes Marks: 20

The new test 2014 2016 20% name and identify 45% name and identify 80% grammatical accuracy 55% grammatical accuracy The SPAG test includes questions that assess the following elements of the English curriculum: Sentence grammar through both identifying and writing sentences that are grammatically correct Punctuation through identifying and writing sentences that are correctly punctuated Vocabulary through identifying and writing sentences in which a word is used correctly Spelling 

Constructed response: Selected response: Constructed response:

Spellings

How can you help? Copy some sentences from a book and get him to underline either the main or subordinate clause. Write down some unpunctuated sentences for your child to punctuate correctly. Call out a word and ask your child to tell you a synonym (a word that means the same) or an antonym (a word that means the opposite). When writing letters or emails, encourage your child to add an adjective or adverb to a sentence (e.g. ‘Thank you for my wonderful birthday present’) Call out words from the SPAG glossary and ask them for the definition. Practise spellings in the car.

Useful websites: Bitesize www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/english/spelling_grammar/ Topmarks www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/7-11-years/spelling-and-grammar Crickweb http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2literacy.html

Useful books Oxford Primary Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling Dictionary. CGP - KS2 English SATs Buster 10-minute Tests: Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling. CGP – SATs Buster Book (Year 6). CGP – Practice papers for the 2016 SATs and beyond.

Questions? Thank you for coming