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Serious Learning,
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Learning in Year 2
25th January 2016
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Aims of our Assessment Meeting
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To outline the expectations of the new curriculum
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To inform you of how we assess the children in Year 2
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To share the format of and approach to SATs in Year 2
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To offer guidance on how you can support your child
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What is the National Curriculum?
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A Government document that states
what your child is supposed to learn in
a range of subjects and when.
National Curriculum is statutory in
maintained primary schools.
In 2014 a new version of the National
Curriculum was introduced.
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What does the New Curriculum
mean?
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A greater focus on core skills.
More ambitious end of year
expectations for every year group.
Changes to what your children learn at
school.
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Assessment Language
At the end of Year 2 your child will either be:
 Working at greater depth within the expected
standard
 Working at the expected standard
 Working towards the expected standard
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Growing development of the expected standard
P-levels
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Reading in Year 2
A typical Year 2 child in reading is expected to:
 Read most words quickly and accurately, without
sounding out.
 Show awareness of punctuation marks.
 Identify when reading does not make sense and quickly
self-correct.
 Use clues from what they have already read to make
predictions.
 Discuss reasons for events, using inference (Why? When?
How?
 Summarise a story giving the main parts in the correct
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order.
What can I do at home to help
develop my child’s reading skills?
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Listen to your child read at some point every day.
Even if they have already read at school.
Talk about the reading book.
Encourage your child to make predictions.
Ask about characters’ feelings and talk about their
actions.
Discuss the meaning of words specific to the book
that you think your child might be unsure of.
Ask questions throughout to ensure your child is
understanding what they are reading.
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Writing in Year 2
A typical Year 2 child in writing is expected to:
 Write simple simple sentences which are grammatically
correct.
 Include some co-ordination and subordination, e.g. or,
and, but, when, if, that, because.
 Use a range of punctuation accurately.
 Spell common exception words correctly.
 Use legible handwriting, including some joining.
 Self check their writing and make improvements.
 N.B. Above needs to be across fiction and non-fiction
writing.
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What can I do at home to help
develop my child’s writing skills?
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Encourage your child to write at home for a range
of purposes.
Model writing for your child.
Talk about your child’s writing, e.g. How could we
improve this?
Use the correct grammar and punctuation
terminology when reading with your child.
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Maths in Year 2
A typical Year 2 child in maths is expected to:
Count in steps of 2, 3 and 5 from 0, and in tens from any number
forwards and backwards.
Recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 2, 5 and 10
multiplication tables.
Add and subtract two 2-digit numbers.
Solve problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and
division.
Recognise, find, name and write fractions ½, 1/3, ¼, 2/4, ¾ of a
length, shape, set of objects of quantity.
Tell and write the time to five minutes.
Find different combinations of coins that equal the same amounts of
money and can recognise and use symbols for pounds (£) and pence (p).
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What can I do at home to help
develop my child’s maths skills?
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How do we make assessments?
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Collecting evidence all day every day.
Reading 1:1, in a group or
conversations during story time.
Written pieces of learning.
Talking to the children.
Working along side the children
Observations of activities.
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Statutory Assessment in Year 2
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SATs are just one piece of evidence
used to assess in Year 2.
Format of SATs has been overhauled to
reflect the New Curriculum.
Take place during May.
Low key.
Children will be used to the format of
the papers.
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SATs - Reading
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Two reading papers; both contain 2
texts, one fiction and one non-fiction.
Paper 1: Sections of text and then
questions.
Paper 2 = Long section of text followed
by questions.
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SATs - Grammar, Punctuation
and Spelling (GPS)
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Two GPS papers.
Paper 1: Spelling. Task 1: Children write
down the words that they hear. Task 2:
Dictation – Children asked to follow and
fill in the gaps.
Paper 2: Grammar, Punctuation and
Spelling. Questions presented in a
range of formats. Focus on vocabulary.
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Example questions from GPS
paper
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Example questions from GPS
paper
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SATs - Maths
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Two maths papers.
Paper 1: Mental arithmetic.
Paper 2: Reasoning.
Focus on number fluency.
Only equipment: Pencil, ruler and a
rubber.
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Example questions from maths
papers
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Example questions from maths
papers
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Example questions from maths
papers
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Materials in your pack
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Explanation of expected standard in
reading, writing and maths.
Maths – How you can help leaflet.
GPS Glossary.
Words to support spelling.
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Thank you for joining us this
evening
Any questions?
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