Year 2 SATs meeting

How do we assess?

Interim assessment framework• Evidence collected throughout the year• Written work, practical activities, observations, tests

• What level are they given?• 3 different standards• working towards, working at, greater depth• reading, writing, maths and science

Reading

What evidence do we use?• guided reading notes• comprehension tasks• test papers

How should they be reading?• fluency and expression• talk about what they have read

This video is an example of how we would expect a Year 2 child to be reading at the end of the year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4c_DMS-3IE

SATs papersWhen and where will they sit the tests?

• May• In their own classroom

How do the tests work?• Two test papers• All children sit the test• The second paper has a separate reading booklet• Each section has a practice question• We have comprehension tasks throughout the year to prepare• Complete practice papers so they get used to the layout• Different question types

Example paper 1

Example paper 2 reading booklet

Example paper 2 answer booklet

WritingWhat evidence do we use?

• all written work• handwriting must be legible and cursive• Spellings are assessed as part of this• Spelling homework links to work in school• Spelling and grammar papers - May

Spelling and grammar paper

Expected standard

MathsWhat evidence do we use?

• all work from throughout the year• Two maths papers sat in May

• First paper is arithmetic • No access to resources

• Number bonds and times table facts essential

• Second paper is problem solving and reasoning• graphs, money, time, shape and word problems

Example paper 1

Example paper 2

ScienceWhat evidence do we use?

• all work from throughout the year• No test papers

Reporting to ParentsHow do we know how the children have done?

• In the child’s report at the end of the year

All the examples of past papers can be found on the internet at:

https://www.sats-papers.co.uk/ks1-sats-papers

Please only look at papers from 2016 onwards

Thank you

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