1. Welcome!

2. Assessment Arrangements 2017

3. What are we doing to ensure your child reaches the expected level?
Children work in small groups in class and are targeted by the teacher and TA: working on common next steps.
After school booster group invitations will be coming out shortly.
Preparing children for the ‘test conditions’ by:
Periods of quiet independent work in class.
Talking about test technique.
Giving them practice tests.

4. Test Timetable Monday 14th May Tuesday 15th May Wednesday 16th May
Thursday 17th May

5. Content of Tests: Reading
Reading: Pupils will have a total of 1 hour to read the 3 texts in the reading booklet and complete the questions at their own pace. There will be a mixture of genres of text. The least-demanding text will come first with the following texts increasing in level of difficulty. Pupils can approach the test as they choose: e.g. working through one text and answering the questions before moving on to the next. The questions are worth a total of 50 marks.

6. Content of Tests: Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling
GPS Paper 1: Consists of a single test paper. Pupils will have 45 minutes to complete the test, answering the questions in the test paper. The questions are worth 50 marks in total.
GPS Paper 2: Spelling consists of an answer booklet for pupils to complete and a test transcript to be read by the test administrator. Pupils will have approximately 15 minutes to complete the test, but it is not strictly timed, by writing the 20 missing words in the answer booklet. The questions are worth 20 marks in total.

7. Content of Tests: Maths
There are 3 papers; Paper 1: arithmetic; Paper 2: reasoning; and Paper 3: reasoning.
Paper 1: arithmetic replaces the mental mathematics test. The arithmetic test assesses basic mathematical calculations. The test consists of a single test paper. Pupils will have 30 minutes to complete the test, answering the questions in the test paper. The paper consists of 36 questions which are worth a total of 40 marks. The questions will cover straightforward addition and subtraction and more complex calculations with fractions worth 1 mark each, and long divisions and long multiplications worth 2 marks each.
Papers 2 and 3 each consist of a single test paper. Pupils will have 40 minutes to complete each test, answering the questions in the test paper. Each paper will have questions worth a total of 35 marks.

8. School Journey Y6: Isle of Wight
Monday 4th June to Friday 8th June 2018

9. Aims Promote independence through an extended stay away from home
Promote social and friendship skills through room sharing and group work activities
Create a lasting memory of primary school before transition to secondary school
Educational experiences

10. Provisional Itinerary
Day Am Pm
Monday
Travelling
Osborne House
Arrive at Hotel.
Tuesday
Carisbrooke Castle
Fossil Hunting at Dimbola Lodge
Wednesday
TBA
Zoo
Thursday
Robin Hill from 10am to 4:30pm
Friday
10 am ferry
6pm arrive back at school

11. Fully inclusive costs:
Isle of Wight Experience booking and support
Coach and driver for the week
Wight Link ferry crossing
Sole occupancy of hotel
Entrance to activities throughout the week
Total Cost: £299

12. Supervision Group Leader Mr Jones: Senior Leadership Team
Teachers : Mr Jones and Mrs Hall
Teaching Assistants from classes
Other members of school staff

13. Next steps
After half term there will be a letter asking you to register your interest and pay a non-refundable £30 deposit. We will then provide you with an optional payment plan that will enable you to pay for the trip over a period of time.

14. There will be another meeting closer to the time about the IOW trip.
Any questions?
There will be another meeting closer to the time about the IOW trip.