Welcome to the Year 2 Briefing

Testing and Assessment Arrangements for the end of Year

2

End of KS1 Assessments

• National assessments• Pupils are assessed in 2 ways:

Tests & Teacher Assessment using the Interim Framework

New Tests for Year 2Throughout May 2016….

• 2 Reading papers – comprehension focus 1 harder than the other but all children must

take both tests• Spelling test

• Grammar & Punctuation paper• Arithmetic paper – pure maths – number

understanding, place value, counting & formal methods of addition/subtraction etc

• Maths Reasoning paper- 5 mental maths questions then 30 minutes of using and

applying questions

Interim Framework – What is it?

• The Standards and Testing Agency has introduced an interim assessment for this year

• A set of expectations to be used by teachers at the end of Key Stage One to teacher assess how children have achieved against their curriculum

• It needed to be introduced as levels no longer matched the new curriculum

What are the standards?

• Under the umbrella of Key Stage One –

• Pre – key stage standard• Working towards expected standard• Working at the expected standard• Working in greater depth

How does the assessment work?

• Teacher assessment is used in the same way – building up a picture of your child’s classwork, (the tests in May are used to help to support the judgements made by the teacher)

• It has “I can” statements and your child will need to have all of these to be assessed at the standard

• The proceeding standard/s must also have evidence for them covered to be at the given standard

What does it mean for my child?• In class, teachers are still teaching the National

Curriculum and using school assessments but know and understand the framework to give the right opportunities for the children to meet their targets

• If they have an area they find tricky, it is no longer best fit, so they couldn’t be awarded something unless it is all covered.

• Spelling, handwriting, maths … help at home advice

Spelling 2015-16

New Curriculum/New Expectations

•Age related spelling patterns•Age related ‘common exception words’•Regular assessment of independent use within English writing

What we do in school…

•Spelling Board in classroom•Morning/Booktime work•Handwriting•Access resources•Individual Word books•Additional provision

Common Exception Words

HANDWRITING

HandwritingKey skills your child needs by the end of the

year.

• Letters correctly formed using a cursive form.• Lower case letters all sizes accurately.• Upper case letters formed correctly and accurately sized.• Using horizontal and diagonal joins accurately.

What are horizontal joins?

• These joins are often called washing line joins.

• They can be tricky for children as they often exit with a downwards movement.

• They are where the letter exiting from requires a slide across join into the new letter e.g. oa

What are diagonal joins?

• These are when the letter you are joining into requires a diagonal slide up to the new letter e.g. ae

• Diagonal to no ascender ei• Diagonal to an ascender ad

Example of writing where letters are not sized

• Example of writing where letters are not formed correctly daniel

• Example of writing where joins are not correct Arnie

Ways to help at home

Think three P’s• Posture• Pencil grip• Paper position

Regular practice of key skills for words and short sentences.

Useful websites: letterjoin.co.ukteachhandwriting.co.uk/letter-joins

Apps: crazy cursive letters - joined

MATHS

Maths in Year 2

How can you help at home?•Place value

•Addition facts to 10, 20 and 100 and related subtraction facts

•Multiplication facts and there related division facts-2’s, 5’s and 10’s

•Practical activities linked to real life-Fractions-Money-Measures

Any questions?