PHONICS CHECK AND Y2 SATS INFORMATION SESSION
PHONICS CHECK AND Y2 SATS INFORMATION SESSION
Thursday 14 April 2016
PRESENTATION OVERVIEW • Phonics check • • • • •
Purpose Content of test Timeframe Who takes it? How can you help?
• Y2 SATS • Test content • Timetable • Results and reporting
• Dates for homework club
PHONICS CHECK • Purpose
• Assess whether children have learned to phonically decode to the “expected standard”
• Content
• 20 real words and 20 pseudo / “alien” words • 1: 1 with teacher – answers recorded
• Timeframe • • • • •
Week commencing 13 June Internally assessed Threshold mark published on 27 June Schools report to DFE by 1 July Schools report to parents in end of term report - 6 July
• Who takes it?
• All children in Y1 • Children in Y2 who did not sit / pass last year
HOW CAN YOU HELP? • Regular reading routines at homes • See and talk about words and meaning in context
• Writing in play • Shopping lists • Magnetic letters / whiteboards • World around them – road signs, billboards
• Games • Draw alien pictures – make up names • Have relaxed fun with it!
PHONICS CHECK
Y2 SATS 2016 • First year of New Curriculum testing • More rigorous and demanding in concept and content • New SPAG test for KS1 • New Arithmetic test for KS1 • Standardised scores for each subject • Measure progress within cohort, against county and against national results • 100 = expected standard
Y2 SATS 2016 – TEST CONTENT • Maths • • • •
2 papers Arithmetic (20mins) Reasoning; 5 questions read aloud, rest of paper written (35mins) Number and Fractions accounts for 80% - 90% of total score
• Reading • 2 reading papers • Question Paper with booklet; 2 short texts with practice questions (30mins) • Question paper with separate answer booklet; 1 longer text (40mins)
• SPAG • 2 papers • Spelling – accounts for 50% of total marks • Grammar and punctuation (20mins)
HOW CAN YOU HELP? • Talk about what you read together • Ask questions using inference and deduction • Ask children to find words the author uses to show character behaviour • Discuss what type of book it is and how you know
• Practise time tables • Relate x to ÷ • Relate + to – • Missing number numbers;
34 + ? = 40
• Contextualise maths at home • Change from shopping • Reading numbers on signs / adverts
Y2 SATS 2016 – TIMETABLE WEEK COMMENCING 18 APRIL
Monday 18 April Practice Maths tests
Tuesday 19 April Practice Reading Tests
Wednesday 20 April DFE SPAG test
Thursday 21 April
Friday 22 April
Visit to Valley Park Farm
Papers marked internally
DFE collect SPAG papers
WEEK COMMENCING 9 MAY Monday 9 May
Tuesday 10 May DFE Maths Test
Wednesday 11 May
Thursday 12 May
Friday 13 May
DFE Reading Test
ASSESSMENT RESULTS TIMELINE 3 June Schools receive scaled score conversion
27 June
During June
Phonics check Period of threshold published moderation to verify scores
30 June
6 July
Schools submit Y2 End of Year Report Teacher to parents with assessment to DFE results
DATES FOR HOMEWORK CLUB • 20 April • 27 April • 4 May • 18 May
Thursday 14 April 2016
PRESENTATION OVERVIEW • Phonics check • • • • •
Purpose Content of test Timeframe Who takes it? How can you help?
• Y2 SATS • Test content • Timetable • Results and reporting
• Dates for homework club
PHONICS CHECK • Purpose
• Assess whether children have learned to phonically decode to the “expected standard”
• Content
• 20 real words and 20 pseudo / “alien” words • 1: 1 with teacher – answers recorded
• Timeframe • • • • •
Week commencing 13 June Internally assessed Threshold mark published on 27 June Schools report to DFE by 1 July Schools report to parents in end of term report - 6 July
• Who takes it?
• All children in Y1 • Children in Y2 who did not sit / pass last year
HOW CAN YOU HELP? • Regular reading routines at homes • See and talk about words and meaning in context
• Writing in play • Shopping lists • Magnetic letters / whiteboards • World around them – road signs, billboards
• Games • Draw alien pictures – make up names • Have relaxed fun with it!
PHONICS CHECK
Y2 SATS 2016 • First year of New Curriculum testing • More rigorous and demanding in concept and content • New SPAG test for KS1 • New Arithmetic test for KS1 • Standardised scores for each subject • Measure progress within cohort, against county and against national results • 100 = expected standard
Y2 SATS 2016 – TEST CONTENT • Maths • • • •
2 papers Arithmetic (20mins) Reasoning; 5 questions read aloud, rest of paper written (35mins) Number and Fractions accounts for 80% - 90% of total score
• Reading • 2 reading papers • Question Paper with booklet; 2 short texts with practice questions (30mins) • Question paper with separate answer booklet; 1 longer text (40mins)
• SPAG • 2 papers • Spelling – accounts for 50% of total marks • Grammar and punctuation (20mins)
HOW CAN YOU HELP? • Talk about what you read together • Ask questions using inference and deduction • Ask children to find words the author uses to show character behaviour • Discuss what type of book it is and how you know
• Practise time tables • Relate x to ÷ • Relate + to – • Missing number numbers;
34 + ? = 40
• Contextualise maths at home • Change from shopping • Reading numbers on signs / adverts
Y2 SATS 2016 – TIMETABLE WEEK COMMENCING 18 APRIL
Monday 18 April Practice Maths tests
Tuesday 19 April Practice Reading Tests
Wednesday 20 April DFE SPAG test
Thursday 21 April
Friday 22 April
Visit to Valley Park Farm
Papers marked internally
DFE collect SPAG papers
WEEK COMMENCING 9 MAY Monday 9 May
Tuesday 10 May DFE Maths Test
Wednesday 11 May
Thursday 12 May
Friday 13 May
DFE Reading Test
ASSESSMENT RESULTS TIMELINE 3 June Schools receive scaled score conversion
27 June
During June
Phonics check Period of threshold published moderation to verify scores
30 June
6 July
Schools submit Y2 End of Year Report Teacher to parents with assessment to DFE results
DATES FOR HOMEWORK CLUB • 20 April • 27 April • 4 May • 18 May
