Assessment in Year 2 and Year 6

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SATs are Standard Assessment Tests

They are:-

a snapshot of how your child performs on a particular occasion
only assessing certain aspects of a subject
marked against specific criteria
a ‘summing up’ of a child’s progress at the end of a key stage

Teacher Assessment

Is on going from entry in school
Covers all aspects of the curriculum
Informs our teaching and planning of future activities
Informs us about your child’s understanding
Takes different forms (talking about work, marking work, observing children carrying out activities)
Is matched to ‘Age Related Expectations’ set by the DfE

When are the tests in 2019?

Key Stage 1: throughout May and June

Key Stage 2: Monday 13th May – Thursday 16^th May

Children should not go on holiday during these periods, or leading up to the tests.

Children in Year 2 and will be tested in English (reading & writing) & maths) and children in Year 6 will be tested in English (reading, writing, grammar & spelling) and in maths.

PLEASE REMEMBER …All children are individual!

What we should celebrate, as parents and as teachers, is that each individual child has made progress – not necessarily focus on the level a child has attained.

PLEASE RESIST THE URGE TO COMPARE ONE CHILD UNFAVOURABLY WITH ANOTHER

(your own or someone else’s!)

Great Websites!

BBC Bitesize Revision
SATs Tests Online
Moon Maths for Tables Practice
www.stmatthewsceprimary.com class pages or Kids’ Zone

Helping at Home

Do not put undue pressure on your child.
Support with homework and targets discussed at Parents’ Evening.
Read regularly and discuss a variety of texts – not just ‘listening’ to your child read.
Short bursts of mental maths, times tables and problem solving etc
Please! DO NOT use the previous test papers as we use them in school as assessment and practice for the children and using the same papers at home makes it difficult for us to prepare the children adequately.