WELCOME TO YEAR 2 SPRING CURRICULUM

EVENINGCLASS 9

Teacher –Mr Moore

Teaching Assistant – Miss Reynolds

AIMS OF THE EVENING

• Curriculum Overview• Dates for the diary• What are SATs?• An outline of the tasks and tests• Teacher assessment• Levels• The results• What you can do to help

Individual children will not be discussed this evening.

DATES FOR THE DIARY

Forest School – Friday 16th January, Friday 6th February, Friday 6th March.

Cowboy Day – Wednesday 11th February

Parent’s Evening – Monday 19th and Tuesday 20th January

Class Photos – Monday 2nd March

Non-Uniform – Friday 20th March

WHAT ARE SATS?

Children are assessed in;ReadingWriting, spellingsMathematics.

In KS1 the emphasis is on teacher assessment, the tests support this judgement.

Judgement based on…Evidence, work, reading cards, confidence, ability etc.

TASKS AND TESTSAssessment Area

Reading Reading paper[Level 2] or [Level 3]

or Reading task with teacher.Sharing a book; running record, and discussion.

Writing Spelling Test [All]

Long task [All]Approx 45 mins

Short task [All]Approx 30 mins

Maths Test paper[Level 2] or [Level 3]

Chn can have help reading questions.

or Maths task with teacher.

READING TASK: NOT written. Can achieve level 2 based on answers

given. Your child will read a book they have

chosen from a selection and answer questions about it.

Will your child use; Phonemes? Context? Picture clues?

Is your child; understanding? Predicting?

READING TEST: Taken in class groups. Involves reading a

story and a non fiction text. Your child will answer written questions

that assess children's understanding. Practice questions. No support materials. Look for answers in the text. Practise at

home.

MATHS TASK:

NOT written. 1:1 teacher assessment. Can achieve level 2 based on

answers given. Includes addition, subtraction,

mathematical language, sequencing.

MATHS TEST:

Teacher will read out all of the questions for children slowly and can repeat 3 times.

Practice questions. Level 2 – 100 hundred square, number

line, and ruler. Level 3 – no equipment used, purely

based on maths knowledge.

NumbersCountingPatterns & Number SequencesOrdering and Comparing NumbersFractionsProperties of NumbersPlace ValueRounding & Estimating   CalculationsAddition & SubtractionDoubling and Halving Multiplication & Division

Solving ProblemsWord & Real Life ProblemsInvestigations & Puzzles Money Problems

Measures, Shape & Space

Measures

2-D and 3-D Shapes

Patterns & Symmetry

Position & Direction

Time

WRITING TEST:

• Two tasks. Short task and long task.

• Two different text types

• Long task – 45 mins approx.

• Short task 30 mins approx.

HOW ARE THEY ASSESSED?• How imaginative and interesting the writing is.

• How appropriate the writing is to the task and for the reader.

• How well they sequence their ideas and information.

• How well they use paragraphs.

• How varied their sentences are (Sentence openers, connectives).

• The accuracy of punctuation. (. ? ! “” ,)

• The range of vocabulary. (adjectives, adverbs)

• And, but, so, when, because

• Handwriting.

Example of a level 3 piece of writing

Once upon a time there was a little girl and her name was Lily. She was only 3 and a half but she liked giants. They never scared her. Every night her mum told her a story with a giant in it but one day Lily lost her storybook in the forest. She looked under every tree. Then under one tree Lily’s mum saw a light blue glow. Lily saw it was a blue pebble and it was not scary at all. Lily’s mum picked it up and suddenly she disappeared. Suddenly Lily was scared. She used a spade to pick up the pebble, put it in her pocket and went off to find her mum.

TEACHER ASSESSMENT

The child's final levels are decided by externally moderated teacher assessment.

The tests are done as subtly as possible to ensure undue pressure is not placed on the children.

LEVELS

W = Working towards level 1

Each level has subdivisions.C – just entering the level, not yet secureB – secure in the levelA – secure and moving towards next level

National Average for end of Year 2 > 2B

Level 1 and 3 subdivisions not shown on SATs results.

W 1 2c 2b 2a 3

THE RESULTS

Results are reported to the LEA, after which they are then externally moderated.

The children's overall results will be included in their end of year reports.

WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HELP? Read together every day and ask questions about

the story.

Use number problems in every day life, at the shops, on the bus, telling the time, etc.

Continue to work on any targets that may be discussed at parents evening.

Explicit revision is not necessary.

Children already familiar with question format through subtle teaching.

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