KS1 Statutory Assessment

KS1 SATs, how are they different to KS2 SATs? Flexibility about when to administer the tests within the month of May. More emphasis on teacher assessment regarding writing. This means the results that are reported are a better reflection of a child’s ability.

Why do the tests? End of Key Stage Teacher Assessment is statutory. All tests inform teacher assessment. They help us to compare how well we perform as a school when compared to other schools.

What will children be assessed in? Speaking & Listening Science Reading Writing (including spelling, punctuation and grammar) Maths – arithmetic and reasoning

Reading

What can children who are secure at Stage 2 do in their reading? Children can: read accurately most words of two or more syllables. read most words containing common suffixes. read most common exception words (Tricky words where phonics doesn’t work). Are aware of punctuation & often react to full stops and exclamation marks. In age-appropriate books, the pupil can: read words accurately and fluently without overt sounding and blending, e.g. at over 90 words per minute sound out most unfamiliar words accurately, without undue hesitation. In a familiar book that they can already read accurately and fluently, the pupil can: check it makes sense to them answer questions and make some inferences on the basis of what is being said and done. Can talk about & discuss what they like and dislike about books they have read giving explanations. Realise when they’ve made a mistake and self correct or stop if it doesn’t make sense. Can retell stories, giving details of the main events and order events correctly.

Children may go further still… Often chooses to read for pleasure Sustains concentration Can read silently for long periods Reads widely but may have a favourite genre Can make comparisons with other books read May have a favourite author or series Is beginning to recommend books to friends

Writing Children are assessed on three different aspects of writing: Sentence structure Punctuation Composition and effect

Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar.

What can children who are secure at Stage 2 do in their writing? SENTENCE STRUCTURE Write sentences that make sense and that are grammatically correct. Will read their own writing regularly to check that it makes sense and when they identify errors they can suggest how to correct them. Use co-ordinating conjunctions to link two main clauses Use subordination conjunctions to bind a main clause and a subordinate clause. Can understand and use the terms “noun”, “adjective” and “verb”. Use adjectives and adverbs. Use powerful verbs. Can sort nouns into proper and common nouns. Can turn statements into questions, using a range of “wh” words and question marks.

What can children who are secure at Stage 2 do in their writing? PUNCTUATION Can use capital letters and full stops accurately. Can use exclamation marks and question marks. Use commas in a list.

What can children who are secure at Stage 2 do in their writing? COMPOSITION & EFFECT Write things that are relevant to the topic. Structure information in a way appropriate for the task. Show an awareness of the reader. Handwriting – uses some horizontal and diagonal joins.

Maths - Arithmetic

Maths – Reasoning Number and calculation.

Maths – Reasoning Shape, measure, position and movement.

Maths – Reasoning Data handling

What can children who are secure at Stage 2 do in Numeracy? Number & Calculation: The pupil can partition two-digit numbers into different combinations of tens and ones. The pupil can add 2 two-digit numbers within 100. The pupil can use estimation to check that their answers to a calculation are reasonable. The pupil can subtract mentally a two-digit number from another two-digit number. The pupil can recognise the inverse relationships between addition and subtraction and use this to check calculations and work out missing number problems (e.g. Δ − 14 = 28). The pupil can recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 2, 5 and 10 multiplication tables to solve simple problems. The pupil can identify 1/3, ¼, ½, 2/4, ¾ and knows that all parts must be equal parts of the whole. The pupil can use different coins to make the same amount

What can children who are secure at Stage 2 do in Numeracy? Shape, measure, position and movement: The pupil can read scales in divisions of ones, twos, fives and tens in a practical situation where all numbers on the scale are given (e.g. pupil reads the temperature on a thermometer or measures capacities using a measuring jug). The pupil can read the time on the clock to the nearest 5 minutes. The pupil can describe properties of 2-D and 3-D shapes (e.g. the pupil describes a triangle: it has 3 sides, 3 vertices and 1 line of symmetry; the pupil describes a pyramid: it has 8 edges, 5 faces, 4 of which are triangles and one is a square). Know what a right angle is and be able to understand and use vocabulary related to position and movement.

What can children who are secure at Stage 2 do in Numeracy? Data Handling: Interpret data from pictograms, tally charts, block diagrams and tables. Present data in pictograms, tally charts, block diagrams and tables. Ask and answer questions about totalling and comparing data. Be able to sort data.

Stage 2 Working towardsExpectedExceeding

What can you do to support? Continue to read with your child every day. Help your child to practise spellings regularly and work on their handwriting. Encourage your child to follow up topics and to talk about them. Keep up to date with what your child is learning at school and talk to them about it Find opportunities for your child to use numbers in everyday situations Encourage them to work out sums in their head and to practise explaining their reasoning and calculation.

Phonics Screening w/c 13 th June 2016