1. Year 2 New Testing Procedures Information Morning- Friday 4 th March 2016

2. New Testing Procedures Reading Spelling, Grammar & Punctuation (SPAG) Maths

3. General Information Assessments will be carried out during the weeks commencing 16 th May and 23 rd May Tests can be administered in small groups Tests are not strictly timed Rests are allowed if we feel appropriate Tests marked by teachers in school and are used to inform the overall teacher assessment

4. Reading Tests Paper 1 - Reading booklet with reading questions and answer space combined – a selection of texts Non-Fiction and Fiction (approx 30 minutes) Paper 2 – Reading booklet with associated answer booklet -a selection of texts Non-Fiction and Fiction (approx. 30 minutes) Marked by teachers Reporting - The raw score on the test (the total achieved marks out of the total of 40 marks) will be converted into a scaled score. The children will receive an overall result indicating whether or not he or she has achieved the required standard on the test. Example questions sent home already

11. Maths Paper 1 - Arithmetic questions - guidance time 15 minutes – No equipment allowed Paper 2 – Mathematical fluency, solving problems and reasoning- approximately 35 minutes Marked by teachers Reporting - The raw score on the test (the total achieved marks out of the total of 40 marks) will be converted into a scaled score. The children will receive an overall result indicating whether or not he or she has achieved the required standard on the test.

15. SPAG New paper The first section will focus on spellings The second section will be a mixture of grammatical and punctuation questions. Most of which involve completing missing words/punctuation, writing a correct known answer or answering multiple choice questions.

16. Grammar & Punctuation Paper 1 – Spelling - Missing Words Paper 2 - Grammar and Punctuation questions ▫ Grammatical terms/word classes ▫ Functions of sentences ▫ Combining words, phrases and clauses ▫ Verb forms, tense and consistency ▫ Punctuation ▫ Vocabulary Marked by teachers Reporting - The raw score on the test (the total achieved marks out of the total of 40 marks) will be converted into a scaled score. The children will receive an overall result indicating whether or not he or she has achieved the required standard on the test.

20. Writing No written paper An interim assessment framework table has been devised to track and tick off when children have achieved a particular objective in a piece of writing. A portfolio for each child with at least six examples of their best writing in will be created and marked off against the interim assessment framework table. Class teachers can choose samples to evidence. Teacher Assessments for writing don’t need to be submitted until 30th June. Children are allowed to have success criteria, word banks, word books, dictionaries, thesaurus etc. available to them as well as information on the working walls for writing tasks. It’s advised that you complete a long piece of evidence writing over a long period of time so children have the chance to edit and improve without the teacher’s guidance. This year the children do not have to secure the handwriting element to ‘meet’ the end of year expectations, but they do to be awarded a ‘greater depth’ judgement. The handwriting must also be consistent across all of the evidence provided in the portfolio of work.

21. Useful links for sample testing https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2016-key-stage-1-english- grammar-punctuation-and-spelling-sample-test-materials-mark-scheme-and- test-administration-instructions https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2016-key-stage-1-english- grammar-punctuation-and-spelling-sample-test-materials-mark-scheme-and- test-administration-instructions https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2016-key-stage-1-english- reading-sample-test-materials-mark-scheme-and-test-administration- instructions https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2016-key-stage-1-english- reading-sample-test-materials-mark-scheme-and-test-administration- instructions https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2016-key-stage-1- mathematics-sample-test-materials-mark-schemes-and-test-administration- instructions https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2016-key-stage-1- mathematics-sample-test-materials-mark-schemes-and-test-administration- instructions

22. Recommended Books

23. Questions?