Key Stage 1 SATs 2016 Information and Guidance on the Changes and Expectations for 2015/16

A warm welcome! Thank you for coming. Purpose of the meeting: Update on national changes in Assessment arrangements Explain school arrangements for KS1 SATs Opportunity to look at the interim requirements Question Session

A new national curriculum was introduced in As a result, the Standards and Testing Agency (STA) is changing the tests so that they assess the new curriculum. Pupils will take the new tests for the first time in May 2016.

DfE position statement As part of the national curriculum review, levels have been abolished. This is in part in response to concerns about the validity and reliability of levels and sub- levels. These concerns had an impact on pupils’ learning, but also on the relationships between primary and secondary schools and the trust in their assessments. Levels have also been recognised as the driver of undue pace through the curriculum, which has led to gaps in pupils’ knowledge. The focus of the new curriculum is now deeper understanding to establish robust foundations on which to base future learning.

Our response to the changes… We are changing the way the tests are reported. From 2016, we will use scaled scores to report national curriculum test outcomes. We won’t need to change the way we prepare for, or administer, the tests because of the introduction of scaled scores. Within key stages, we will continue to assess what pupils understand and can do in a way that best suits our school. The tests will only support the overall teacher assessments that are carried out over the year. We will report the pupil’s scaled score and whether or not your child met the national standard in our annual report to parents.

KS1 Assessment arrangements At the end of Year 2, children will take SATs in: Reading English grammar, punctuation and spelling Mathematics SATs have to be carried out during May but there are no set dates nationally – this will be a school decision

Reading The new reading test for Year 2 pupils will involve two separate papers: Children must complete both papers and the score is combined over both. 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 Each paper 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. 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’

Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation Children taking Key Stage 1 SATs will sit two separate papers in grammar, spelling and punctuation: Paper 1: a grammar, punctuation and vocabulary test, taking about 20 minutes, worth 20 marks. This will involve a mixture of selecting the right answers e.g. through multiple choice, and writing short answers. This will require an understanding of technical grammatical terms. Paper 2: a 20-word spelling test taking approximately 15 minutes and worth 10 marks.

Spelling Sample Questions Spelling 1: The word is faster. Hannah ran faster than Lee. The word is faster. Spelling 2: The word is sunny. Yesterday it was very sunny. The word is sunny. Spelling 3: The word is face. I had a big smile on my face. The word is face. Spelling 4: The word is group. There was a large group of children at the party. The word is group. Spelling 5: The word is fingers. You pick things up with your fingers. The word is fingers. Spelling 6: The word is paints. The paints in the box are different colours. The word is paints. Spelling 7: The word is kitten. Our new kitten is black with white paws. The word is kitten. Spelling 8: The word is thanked. I thanked my friend for her help. The word is thanked. Spelling 9: The word is Saturday. We are going on holiday on Saturday. The word is Saturday. Spelling 10: The word is sweets. I am not allowed to eat too many sweets. The word is sweets. Spelling 11: The word is baking. My Grandad was baking a cake. The word is baking.

Mathematics The new Key Stage 1 maths test will comprise 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 are required to show their working out for longer questions Children will not be able to use any tools such as calculators or number lines.

How to help First and foremost, support and reassure your child that there is nothing to worry about and that they should always just try their best. Praise and encourage! Ensure your child has the best possible attendance at school. Support your child with any homework tasks. Reading, spelling and arithmetic, especially times tables at random, are always good to practise. The children have weekly spellings. Please practice them regularly. These words focus on the Year 2 word list and key phase 5 sounds. Talk to your child about what they have learnt at school and what book(s) they are reading (the character, the plot, their opinion). Read regularly, focusing on fluency and using punctuation.

Resources If you would like to look at further sample papers please follow this link: ns/national-curriculum-assessments sample-materials ns/national-curriculum-assessments sample-materials Please do not trawl through these papers with your child! Use them for ideas to support your child.

Interim Assessments The interim assessment document has been published for Children can be assessed at working towards, working at expected levels and working at greater depth in reading, writing and mathematics. To be assessed at working at expected Year 2 levels the children need to show evidence of ALL STATEMENTS in the section and the section before. It is no longer best fit.

Other Assessments Other national curriculum subjects, including English writing, speaking and listening, science and computing, will be assessed by your child's teacher based on their work throughout the year.

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