End of KS2 assessment.

Aims of the Evening

• To give you a better understanding of end of year expectations.

• To introduce the end of KS2 assessments and how your child will be tested.

• Have an understanding of what your child will learn throughout the year.

• To understand how we teach the core subjects.• To give you suggestions of how you can help at

home.

The Reading Assessment

•1 hour to read booklet and answer questions.

•There will be 3 texts and sets of questions which are all different difficulty levels and include both narrative and non-fiction extracts. (approx. 1500-2300 words, more fiction)•There are a variety of questions to assess the depth of understanding

•Children cannot have any adult help to read and understand the questions

•There are 4 main types of questions on the reading paper:

•Literal – answer is there in the text

•Deductive – look for clues

•Inferential – read between the lines

•Author intent – e.g. why does an author use a particular word

As the afternoon light started to fade, the cow stopped eating grass, stood instead with its head over the gate and gazed expectantly

down the lane.

Sentence from: ‘A Day in the English Countryside’

1. How light was it? (Literal)

2. What three things did the cow do? (Literal)

3. What time of day was it? (Deductive)

4. Where was the cow? (Deductive)

5. What do you think the cow was expecting? (Inferential)

6. What strategies does the writer use to give the reader so much information in a single sentence? (Authorial intent)

Your turnOn your desk there is a reading booklet. Please turn to the last

section, California's Unlikely Warriors, and answer the

following questions.

29. How long ago did the plague of scale insects attack in America?

(1 mark)

31. The scale insects sound like an army. Find and copy two words in the first two paragraphs that support this idea.

(2 marks)

36. Look at the second paragraph on page 9, beginning: When the unlikely warriors...How does the writer emphasise the success of the ladybirds? Explain fully, referring to the text in your answer.

(3 marks)

How can parents help with reading?

• Ensure your child reads every night!

• Encourage them to read fiction and non-fiction.

• Try to ask them questions about the text.

• Help them with the different skills of reading especially ‘skim’ reading where they are looking for key words in the text.

Remember

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/

http://www.cgpbooks.co.uk/online_rev/ks2_choice.asp

Maths

Key changes in Year 6:Long division

Operations with fractions (all 4)Decimal equivalents of fractions

Plotting points in 4 quadrants – reflections and translations

Understanding radius & diameter and their relationship to each other

Using basic algebra to calculate area and volume of 2D and 3D shapes e.g triangles, cuboids

Key recall facts they need to know!• Addition and subtraction facts to 20 (including decimals)

18 – 11 = 7 + 6 = 4.6 – 3.2 =• Multiplication and division facts for all times tables up to

12 × 12 – instant recall and apply this knowledge to answer questions including decimals

e.g. 0.7 × M = 4.2 or M ÷ 60 = 0.7• Common factors of numbers; the factors of 24 are 1, 2, 3,

4, 6, 8, 12 and 24. • Convert between decimals, fractions and percentages

= 21%• Prime numbers up to 50

The secret to success is practising little and often. Can you practise these while walking to school or during a car journey? Look at fact families; e.g. If 4 x 5 = 20, then we also know that 5 x 4 = 20, 20 ÷ 4 = 5, 20 ÷ 5 = 4. This is a fact family.

Speed Challenge – Take two suits of playing cards. Turn over two cards and ask your child to multiply/add/subtract the numbers (Ace = 1, Jack = 11, Queen = 12). How many questions can they answer correctly in 2 minutes? Practise regularly and see if they can beat their high score.

Mathsdrills.com live mathletics multiplication.com

End of KS2 assessment• 1x arithmetic paper 35 questions in 30 mins (50

seconds per question – be ready to try it yourself!)

• 2x reasoning papers; 40 minutes each. (similar to old style SATS)

• Met or not met required standard only, no levels.• Adults can read questions to children but can’t

explain the meaning of any terminology or how to solve the problems.

678 54x

271233900

3 3

3 4

366121

37 2331 740 (37x20) 1591 1480 (37x40) 111 74 (37x2) 37 37 (37x1) 0

63

Reasoning – skills in context

How can you help?

Practise little but

often

Give praise and

encouragement

Be positiveabout maths

Ask your child to explain

Practise instant recall of

facts

Allow your child to complete maths homework

independently, be there to help if asked.

Play maths games

Helpful websitesBBC bitesizewww.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/maths/NRICH nrich.maths.org/Maths Warriors www.mathswarriors.co.ukMaths Anarchy www.mathsanarchy.com

Live mathletics (how far can you get and beat the world)

Multiplication.com – does what it says!

Spelling, punctuation and grammar

Grammar, punctuation and vocabulary

One test paperLength: 45 minutesMarks: 50

SpellingOne test of 20 wordsLength: about 15 minutesMarks: 20

The writing level is teacher assessed.

The new test 2014 2016

20% name and identify 45% name and identify

80% grammatical accuracy 55% grammatical accuracy

The SPAG test includes questions that assess the following elements of the English curriculum:Sentence grammar through both identifying and writing sentences that are grammatically correctPunctuation through identifying and writing sentences that are correctly punctuatedVocabulary through identifying and writing sentences in which a word is used correctlySpelling

Constructed response:

Selected response:

Spellings

How can you help?• Copy some sentences from a book and get him to underline either

the main or subordinate clause.• Write down some unpunctuated sentences for your child to

punctuate correctly.• Call out a word and ask your child to tell you a synonym (a word that

means the same) or an antonym (a word that means the opposite).• When writing letters or emails, encourage your child to add an

adjective or adverb to a sentence (e.g. ‘Thank you for my wonderful birthday present’)

• Call out words from the SPAG glossary and ask them for the definition.

• Practise spellings in the car.

Useful websites:

Bitesizewww.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/english/spelling_grammar/Topmarkswww.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/7-11-years/spelling-and-grammarCrickwebhttp://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2literacy.html

Useful books

• Oxford Primary Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling Dictionary.

• CGP - KS2 English SATs Buster 10-minute Tests: Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling.

• CGP – SATs Buster Book (Year 6). • CGP – Practice papers for the 2016 SATs and

beyond.

THANK YOU FOR COMING

Questions?