1. Year 2 Parent workshop

2. The tests New this year Much harder than previous testing We are in the same position as other schools

3. Test week 16 th May all week Monday – 2 reading papers Tuesday – SPaG and Spelling Wednesday – maths revision day Thursday – arithmetic Friday – maths problem solving

4. Maths Paper 1 – 40 minutes arithmetic Paper 2 - 40 minutes reasoning

6. Maths strategies in year 2

7. Example questions and how you can help See parent booklet Encourage children to underline the important information (e.g. more, less, altogether, half) and discuss what these words mean Encourage children to break down the numbers into tens and ones Encourage the children to spot the relationship between numbers E.g. 7 + 3 = 10 so 70 + 30 = 100

8. Other ways you can help http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/maths/ http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Interactive.aspx?cat=8 http://www.snappymaths.com/ http://games.e4education.co.uk/groupone/ http://mathszone.co.uk/ http://nrich.maths.org/8937 If you are looking for maths workbooks, we recommend the following:

9. Reading Paper 1 40 minutes – questions and answers in same booklet Paper 2 40 minutes – separate reading booklet and answer booklet

10. Reading test Children will be required to: Find information from the text and copy it Infer information based on what they have read Use reasoning skills to draw their own conclusions about what they have read Comment on the author’s language Give their own opinion about the text See example questions in booklet

11. Reading The booklet has: Example questions you could ask your child when reading to help with this A list of recommended reads for children in year 2

12. How you can help Encourage children to read at home and ask them the suggested questions in the booklet Enjoy reading!

13. How you can help Websites: Phonics games – select the free phonics play. Children need to know phase 1-6 http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/freeIndex.htm http://www.twinkl.co.uk/resources/reading-comprehension-worksheets/1 Choose different games to improve reading and spelling http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Interactive.aspx?cat=42 http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Interactive.aspx?cat=43 A range of grammar games http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/adventure/index.htm Different reading and writing activities and games for children http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/zgkw2hv http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/literacy/ If you are looking to buy revision guides, please make sure that they are in line with the new national curriculum Recommended books : If you are looking for something more to do, the following books are very useful:

14. SPaG 30 minute spelling test (year 1 and year 2 spelling lists) 30 minute punctuation and grammar test Spelling is also very important for the children’s writing!

15. SPaG examples

16. How you can help Please work on the spellings in the booklet Encourage the children to check their spelling when doing their homework

17. How you can help Phonics games – select the free phonics play. Children need to know phase 1-6 http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/freeIndex.htm Choose different games to improve reading and spelling http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Interactive.aspx?cat=42 A range of grammar games http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/adventure/index.htm Different reading and writing activities and games for children http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/zgkw2hv If you are looking to buy revision guides, please make sure that they are in line with the new national curriculum Recommended books : If you are looking for something more to do, the following books are very useful:

18. How you can help Please do not worry! The tests are new this year and much harder than before If the children do not pass the test it doesn’t matter They continue with their friends into year 3 and additional afternoon interventions will be put in place to help them