1. Changes to the Curriculum
Key Stage 1
Changes to the Curriculum

2. End of KS1 Expectations No more levels!
The children will be assessed as:
Below national standards
Working towards national standards
At national standards
Above national standards
Previously – Level 2b
Expectations are now much higher!
Not only learn skills! Apply, solve problems and reason!

3. Understanding the Performance Descriptors
Some 20%
Most %
Many 80%

4. Reading Chapter books by the end of Year 2!
Working at the expected standard
The pupil can:
• read accurately most words of two or more syllables
• read most words containing common suffixes*
• read most common exception words*.
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
Chapter books by the end of Year 2!

5. Example of Reading 90 words in a minute

6. Handwriting Joined handwriting in some writing
Working at the expected standard
Joined handwriting in some writing
Starting and finishing letters in the correct place
Most letters the correct way round
Capital and lower case letters the correct size
Spacing between words that reflects the size of the letters.

7. Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar
Working at the expected standard
Capital letters and full stops in most writing
Question marks and exclamation marks in some writing
Write sentences in different forms (statements, questions, exclamations and commands)
Use some expanded noun phrases to describe and specify
E.g. The bright blue butterfly
Use present and past tense mostly correctly and consistently
Use co-ordination (or / and / but) and some subordination (when / if / that / because)
segmenting spoken words into phonemes and representing these by graphemes, spelling many correctly
spelling many common exception words
spelling some words with contracted forms (I’m, he’ll, can’t)
adding suffixes to spell some words

8. Maths Numbers to 100 (Year 1) Number bonds to 20 (Year 1)
Working at the expected standard
Numbers to 100 (Year 1)
Number bonds to 20 (Year 1)
Partition 2 digit numbers e.g. 23 = 2 tens and 3 ones
Add up to 2 digit numbers
Estimate and check answers (e.g. knowing that will be less than 100).
Subtract mentally 2 digit numbers when there is no regrouping required (e.g. 74 − 33).
Use the inverse for missing number (e.g. ∆ − 14 = 28)
Know the 2, 5 and 10 times table. Can work out other times tables using arrays or other methods.
Know the fractions 1/3 , 1/4 , 1/2 , 2/4 , 3/4 and one whole.
Use different coins to make the same amount
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
The pupil can read the time on the clock to the nearest 15 minutes.
The pupil can describe properties of 2-D and 3-D shapes

9. Interim Testing Year 2 – May 2016
NO more SATs!
Reading Comprehension (Level 3 optional paper)
Writing
Spelling
Maths
New Tests
Reading Comprehension (2 tests)
Spelling
Punctuation and Grammar
Maths (2 tests) Reasoning and Arithmetic
No writing test!

10. Administering Tests Tests have recommended times NOT set times.
Short breaks permitted
No resources in maths tests
No date set – May 2016
All children must sit ALL tests.

11. Scoring No more levels! Test marks will not be given out
Working towards/at/above national standards
Pass marks will be released May/June 2016 (after the tests)

12. Phonics Screen – Year 1 (Year 2 retakes)
Week commencing 13th June
20 real and 20 pseudo words to test phonetic skills.
More information given before Easter
Phonics packs given out for Easter holidays.

13. What can you do? Reading Writing Maths Read as often as you can!
Talk about the book
Ask lots of questions about the word choice, characters and plot.
Writing
Practise spellings as often as you can.
Use the cursive handwriting!
When reading:
ask children to pick out nouns, adjectives, adverbs, verbs.
Pick out punctuation and sentence types.
Maths
Practising basic skills:
Number bonds to 20
Counting forwards and backwards in 2s, 5s, 10s and 3s.
Quick addition and subtraction
Practise times tables as often as you can!

14. On the tables: Example test papers End of KS1 performance descriptors
(Working towards/at/above)
Mastery tasks –
Green = At national standards
Blue = Above national standards
Books
(Glossary and useful sites/documents to be added to the website)