1. How and why we assess children
September 2017

2. Aims of the Evening What is assessment and why do we do it?
At Havannah we ensure that each pupils entering our school makes the best possible progress given there starting point. We continually monitor progress through discussions, observations, marking etc.
In addition to this we complete cold and hot pieces in maths and English. These tasks allow the teacher to assess when the children are at the beginning and end of their learning topic.
There are also Formal tests taken in Y1, Y2 and Y6

3. Subject covered
The subject which are taught in school are grouped into core and non core groups. All subjects are assessment through formal and informal methods.
Core subjects
Foundation subjects
Literacy – Now English
Numeracy – Now Maths
Science – remains science
History
Geography
Design and Technology
PSH and C Ed
Music
ICT (now computing) PE
MFL RE

4. Changes
The new National curriculum is more prescriptive in English and Maths
Expectations are much higher
eg some Y5 expectations are now found in Y3
Old curriculum
New curriculum
English Level 4 writing
Vocab, Grammar & Punctuation Y5/6
Question marks, accurate use of speech punctuation. Commas in a list to occassionally mark clauses
Using brackets, dashes or commas to indicate parenthesis
Using commas to clarify meaning and avoid ambiguity.
Using hyphens to avoid ambiguity.
Using semi-colons, colons or dashes to mark boundaries between independent clauses.
Using colon to introduce lists.
Punctuate bullet points consistently
These skills are normally taught at year old but now expected at y5/6

5. Summarise new assessments (Summarised in the children’s home-school contact book)
The expected standard is 100 and to achieve a greater depth
A parent (Year 1, 2 and 6) presentation regarding formal assessment at Havannah is planned for the Spring Term.
Early Years
Year 1
Year 2
EYFS
Stage 1
Stage 2
(B)
(D)
(Ex)
(GD) M

6. Formal tests (there will be presentations later this term)
Reception – Foundation stage profile
Year Phonics Screening
Year SATs Reading, writing, spelling
Year Times Tables (from 2019)
Year SATs Reading, writing, SPAG
(spelling, punctuation and grammar)

7. How we track assessments
Children are assessed in September and are given an entry level grade (b) level.
Progress is then monitored on a termly basis and results are tracked using school’s internal tracking system.
A child is expected to make 6 point progress however this can be different, based on the needs of individual children.
Progress reports are sent home with the children’s end of term reports, they are also used to inform the children’s
Beginning -
Working below age related standards
Beginning
Working at age related expectations
Beginning +
Working beyond age related standards

8. Tracking B- B B+ D- D D+ E- E E+ Expected progress looks like this.
entry
End of Autumn
End of Spring
End of Summer B- E- B E B+ E+
Expected progress looks like this.
B- B B+ D- D D+ E- E E+
End of year expectations is now that children are ‘secure’ in their year group, this is where they need to be at the end of the year.

9. Increased expectations and breadth
The expectations of the new curriculum (set in 2014) are much higher at the end of each year group.
The current year 5 and 6 are the last classes to have made the switch from the old to the new curriculum as a result Pupils may still have gaps and may not reach the ‘expected outcomes for their year group’ as they have only complete half of the new curriculum.
There is also a focus on children being able to explore the curriculum in more depth, being able to apply their learning before moving on – the concept of MASTERY. So it is likely that not so many children will achieve this grade.

10. Performance Descriptors National Curriculum Test
Subject
Performance Descriptors
National Curriculum Test
Reading
National standard (scale score of 100)
Externally set, externally marked test
Writing
Master standard
Above National standard National standard
Working towards National standard Below national standard
No writing test There is a separate English grammar,
punctuation & spelling test
Maths
Science
Working at National standard
Teacher assessment