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Assessment Update
Here is the final instalment of my recent updates on assessment and testing of the new National Curriculum. Many of
you will be aware that Key Stage 2 SATs tests take place for Year 6 pupils next week. These are important tests for pupils
as they will inform their secondary education and be used by their new schools to arrange grouping and set targets. At
Winton we make every effort to ensure that pupils know these tests are just a part of their education and that their time
in school and their learning is far more than just what is covered in the tests. They are much more what we consider, as
adults, to be tests than the type the children lower down the school sit. However we remind pupils all the time that they
are just an opportunity for them to show off their skills and what they have learnt and as long as they give the tests their
best effort everyone will be proud of them and they will feel proud of themselves. This year we will be serving breakfast
before the tests and ensuring that the children are as calm and relaxed as possible and really do feel like it is their chance
to show off their learning. Many of you will have seen the video about the changes to the tests this year and what the
tests will look like. If you haven’t yet seen it go to the “Our Learning” tab of the website and click Year 6 then follow the
link. It provides a quick and easy route to access a summary of the changes.
Year 6 parents will receive, with their child’s report in July, the results of these tests and teacher assessments of where
their child is working in relation to the new National Curriculum expectations for their age. It is important to realise this
is now totally different to the Key Stage 1 results they got in Year 2 and no longer involves a child being given a
level. Children will be judged as
� Working below age expectations
� Working towards age expectations
� Working at age expectations or
� Working at greater depth within age related expectations
The parents will also receive their child’s score and scaled score from the test, with their report. The scaled score will be
100 for a child working at the expected standard, children may score higher or lower than a 100. As yet we do not know
what the scale will go from, or to, as this cannot be calculated until children have sat the test and the results across the
country have been collated.
For children in Years 3-5 we will make similar teacher assessments and these will all use the interim frameworks that the
Department for Education have published as the starting point for making the judgement. We remain in a transition
period from one curriculum to another so children cannot yet be expected to have mastered the whole of the new
curriculum. For example a child in Year 5 should have had 5 years of the curriculum by now but they have only been
taught the new curriculum for 2 years. At Winton, across Key Stage 2, we will use a combination of tests and teacher
assessment to reach the judgement for each child. Your child’s report will include the teacher’s judgement about where
your child is working, in relation to expectations for their age.
I do hope providing this overview has been useful for parents, if you have any questions please don’t hesitate to pop in
and see me, or another member of staff, to discuss them.
Neil Tarchetti
Headteacher
06/05/2016
PFA News
Summer Discos - Wednesday 25th May 2016
Year 1 & 2 3.30pm – 4.30pm
Year 3, 4, 5 & 6 5.00pm – 6.30pm
Wisepay bookings will close on Monday 23rd May at 11.30am giving parents plenty of time to log in and purchase a ticket. Places are limited to 150 spaces per disco so to
avoid disappointment please don't delay in booking. The PFA will be available at school on Monday 9th May
and Monday 16th May at 3.15pm with laptops for anyone who needs help or internet access to book. Please
come to the school office.
It is important that if you are purchasing a ticket for a child other than your own that you complete ALL the
boxes required on Wisepay. We need the child’s full name and their class.
As you know the PFA events are run by parent volunteers, at this moment we do not have enough volunteers
to safely run the disco so if you are able to help for a few hours, please get in touch by texting: 07806570350 or
E-mail [email protected]. There are two shifts available; Disco 1: 3.15 - 4.30 or Disco
2: 4.45 - 6.30 Just let us know which one (or both) you'd like to help with and we'd be very grateful.
If there are insufficient helpers the discos may not go ahead and you will be informed accordingly and any
payments made via Wisepay will be reimbursed through the system.
Diary of PFA events Wednesday 25th May
Mufti day (£1 donation)
Summer term disco
Monday 13th June
Free Mufti day (Royalty related/red, white & blue) & HRH the Queen’s Birthday Celebrations; BBQ and games
on the field after school. Refreshments, organised games for the whole family run by teachers, ice cream van,
candy floss & bouncy castles. Bring a blanket and relax in the sun while the kids have fun.
Saturday 16th July
Summer Fayre 12 – 3pm. If you or anyone you know would like a stall at the fayre, please contact the PFA by
e-mail: [email protected]
Please read the school newsletters or the PFA Facebook page to keep updated.
Children of Achievement
Imogen in 2SM completed a ‘Mini-Mudder’ race last weekend, Mini Mudder is a 1-mile
obstacle course, featured at all US, UK and Ireland Tough Mudder events, for children
under 13 years old and 42 inches (1.1m) tall and over. Mini-Mudder is not a race but a fun,
teamwork-oriented challenge. Well Done!
Congratulations to Joshua in 1LB for achieving his ‘Rainbow Distance 5M’ award in swimming this week!
Foundation
What Colour are your Knickers?
This week foundation stage have read ‘What Colour are your Knickers?’ by Sam
Lloyd. This is a very funny story which focuses on rhyming words. The children
have had a lot of fun innovating this story to create
their own versions.
They have also been investigating materials, naming and sorting them and
deciding which materials would be good to make pants.
Don't forget to design and make some pants for the aliens as your home
learning for this topic.
Mrs James, Head of School, Reception
Year 1 & 2
Year 1 have been busy working on their outside garden area. They have done
lots of planting and decorating of stones with minibeasts for the borders.
Please remember to fill in your availability for our garden workshops on
Thursday 26th and Friday 27th May and send slips back to school. They have
also sent a letter to Prince William asking him about the
conservation work he is doing for rhinos. Next week the
children will be making jeeps, so please make sure your child has got a
box in school to make the jeep out of.
In Year 2 this week, the children have been learning how to solve problems involving addition
and subtraction of money in maths. They have also been writing an exciting story based on
the animation 'The Happy Duckling' and have begun looking at instruction texts through the
humorous story 'How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth'. Work is continuing for the collection
of art work based on their topic of bees through sketching bees and creating decoupage
style pictures which look really effective!
Polite reminder: Year 2
Gates open at 8.30am, however……….
Parents are responsible for their children before 8.40 am and should not leave their children unattended until
staff are on playground duty at 8.40 am.
Mrs Brewer, Assistant Head, Year 1 and 2
Year 3 & 4
This week, although shorter, has been jam packed full of learning!
Year 3 have been learning a new talking text and looking at features of non-
chronological reports so that they are ready to write their own report about the
Stone Age next week!
In maths they have been ordering and comparing fractions with the same
denominator. Please could you practise adding and subtracting fractions with the
same denominator at home together and also find fractions of amounts - making the links with division and
multiplication. This would really support learning in the classroom.
Many thanks also to all the children and staff from 4RCA who put on a fantastic parent class assembly on Tuesday to
share their learning. They also successfully managed to sell some sweets and share some tasty treats that they had made!
A reminder to all those children in Year 4 who are taking part in the swimming booster classes
this term, they will need their swimming kit every Thursday until May half term.
Year 4 are looking for crafty parents who might be handy with a
needle and thread as every child in Year 4 is attempting to make their very own hand puppet.
If you think you could volunteer some time in class please talk to your child's class teacher and
we can arrange a good time for you to come in, we would be very grateful.
Over the next week, the children are writing non-chronological reports about their chosen animal. It is therefore
extremely important that they have completed their research home learning and have their home learning book in
school every day.
Please ensure that you continue to practise daily reading and times tables at home together to further
support your child’s confidence. This will really help them apply these skills in all their learning at
school and enjoy success. Please ensure that reading diaries are brought to school each day and are
kept up to date for Sparkle Points.
Water bottles and named PE kits must be in school at all times please.
Mrs Lidster, Assistant Head, Year 3 and 4
Year 5 & 6 Year 5
If you would like your child to sit the Grammar School tests then you can now
register. Registration is open from Monday 11th April until Friday 9th September
2016 and the forms are available on the respective school websites. If you want
your child to be considered for both schools, either Bournemouth School for Girls
and Parkstone Grammar, or Bournemouth School for Boys and Poole Grammar,
you must put this on the registration form but your child will only sit the test once
at their nearest Grammar School.
Year 6
Year 6 have been working hard to set an excellent example to the rest of the
school of how to be 'Silent and Slow' in the corridors. Through doing this, they are
helping make our school a safer place. Well done year 6!
They have also been brushing up on all their reading, grammar and maths skills
before they sit their SATs next week. They should be really proud of the effort they have put in this year in preparing
themselves for secondary school. Have fun this weekend but ensure a good sleep ready for Monday morning!
Mrs Houlston, Assistant Head, Year 5 and 6
Dates for your diary
May Where Who What time Event
9th - 13th Year 6 SATS Week
10th Small Hall 3VT 2.50pm Parent Assemby
10th Yr 5 9.00am Crazy Creatures visit - Year 5
16th - 20th Living Streets' Walk to School week
17th Small Hall 1HP 2.50pm Parent Assembly
17th Small Hall 1.30pm-4.00pm Class photos
18th Small Hall 9.00am-4.00pm Class photos
18th - 20th Year 6 Osmington Bay Residential
19th Yr 4 2.30pm Year 4 World Music Show
24th Small Hall 2KL 2.50pm Parent Assemby
25th Main Hall Yr 1 & 2 3.30pm-4.30pm PFA Summer Disco
25th Main Hall Yr 3, 4, 5 & 6 5.00pm-6.30pm PFA Summer Disco
26th KS2 KS2 Sports Day
27th 3.15pm Last day of summer term 1
