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Year 2 SATsInformation Evening
Thursday 5th March 2015
• To share important information about the KS1 SATs and how they are administered.
• To answer any questions you may have about the KS1 SATs.
• To discuss/share ideas about how you as a parent can help your child at home
• To share how we are supporting them at school.
Welcome!Aims of the session
• Statutory Standard Assessment Tests
• All children have to be tested before they leave KS1
• They provide assessment information for the end of KS1 and identify progress made since leaving the Foundation Stage
• Purpose – assign National Curriculum levels to children before they enter KS2
What are the KS1 SATs?
• The national expectation is that all children are working at a level 2b by the time they leave KS1 but of course all children are different!
• Level 1 – below age related expectation
• Level 2 (c, b, a) – age related expectation
• Level 3 – above age related expectation
The National Expectation
• Teacher assessment draws together everything the teacher knows about a child so they can level a child based on a whole range of evidence rather than one test.
• There can be a difference between teacher assessment results and test levels.
• The teacher assessment is used as the final judgement and this will be submitted.
Teacher Assessment
• KS1 SATs will be administered throughout the month of May.
• All children must sit the tests at the same time.
• Please ensure that your child is in school every day during SATs week and that they are on time.
• Please don’t book anything during this week e.g. doctor’s appointments, holidays etc.
• If your child is ill, please let us know immediately.
• Feed their brain – breakfast is important!
How is SATs organised?
WritingLonger Task – Amazing Pebble
Children given a story starter
Planning time included
Shorter Task – What Am I?
Poster used for discussion
Handwriting – 3 marks
Spelling Test (have a go!)
Writing - how can parents help?• Encourage children to write for fun/enjoyment, praising
them for using their imagination.
• Practise basic skills including the use of accurate punctuation, checking their writing makes sense.
• Encouraging your child to complete all homework to a high standard and discussing their work with them.
• Spelling homework – spelling lists set each week, discuss these words with the children so they can create higher level sentences.
Reading
• Reading – includes both fiction and non-fiction
• Level 2 paper (all)
• Level 3 paper (some)
• Testing reading comprehension
• Work through practice questions
Reading - how can parents help?• Ensure your child reads every night!
• Encourage them to read fiction and non-fiction.
• Try to ask them questions about the text.
• Comprehension focus.
• Level 2 paper (all) and Level 3 paper (some)
• Includes both mental maths, written calculations and problem solving
• Staff can read questions out to the children but they cannot read operations/symbols
• Some practical resources can be used
• Showing working out encouraged
Maths
Maths - how can parents help?• Support with Education City homework
• Help your child with their times tables (in particular the 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10)
• Maths in context – use everyday examples e.g. shopping and money
• Daily counting/mental maths
• Range of resources on Education City
What are we doing?•Preparing the children in a variety of ways
•Covering all areas of Maths to ensure coverage of the curriculum
•Additional Maths and English support in the form of booster groups
•Timed questions – Big Maths. Let’s have a go!
•Encouragement and openness- a ‘you can do it!’ attitude!
• High attendance.
• Supporting homework.
• Good communication between the school and home - please let us know of any problems.
• Getting a good sleep on a school night!
• Don’t panic or stress! Keep things in perspective – please don’t use the terms ‘test’ or ‘SATs’ as we don’t want to worry the children – Special Challenges
How can parents help in general?
Useful Websiteswww.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/maths
www.topmarks.co.uk/interactive.aspx?cat=8
www.ictgames.com/resources.html
www.nrich.maths.org/frontpage
www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/literacy
www.topmarks.co.uk/interactive.aspx?cat=40
Google – KS1 Maths/Writing/Reading/Spelling
Links on the class pages