1. KS1 Assessment

2. Writing Writing is no longer assessed through a formal test. It is now based upon teacher assessment. Children are reported as being working towards, meeting or exceeding the expected standard for writing. There are a series of features of writing that must be evidenced at least three times for a child to be meeting the standard.

3. Features of writing for a child who is working towards the expected standard: Demarcating some sentences with capital letters and full stops. Segmenting spoken words into phonemes and representing these by graphemes, spelling some correctly. Spelling some common exception words.(e.g. beautiful, clothes, should, parents) Forming lower case letters in the correct direction, starting and finishing in the correct place. Forming lower case letters of the correct size relative to one another. Using spacing between words.

4. Features of Writing for a child who is working at the expected standard: Demarcating most sentences with capital letters and full stops, question marks and exclamation marks. Using sentences with different forms: statements, questions, exclamations and commands. Using expanded noun phrases. Using past and present tense correctly. Using co-ordination (or/and/but) Using some subordination (when /if/that/because) Spelling many common exception words. Adding suffixes to spell some words correctly eg –ment –ness -ful - less -ly. Using the diagonal and horizontal strokes needed to join letters. Writing capital letters and digits of the correct size and orientation to one another and to lower case letters.

5. Features of Writing of a child who is working at greater depth within the expected standard: Using the full range of punctuation taught at key Stage 1 including: commas to separate items on a list. Apostrophes to mark singular possession in nouns. Spelling most common exception words. Spelling most words with contracted forms. Adding suffixes to spell most words correctly in their writing e.g. -ment -ness -ful -less -ly Using the diagonal and horizontal strokes needed to join letters in most of their writing.

6. Writing Standards There needs to be evidence on at least 3 occasions where a child has independently written the aforementioned features to be awarded that standard. If there is not evidence to support each statement your child will not be awarded that standard. Therefore if your child does not meet every statement in the working at expected standard they will be graded as working towards the expected standard. If your child is not joining their handwriting they will be working towards the standard.

7. Numeracy There are 2 papers to sit at the end of Key stage 1. Paper 1 : Arithmetic. This is a short paper lasting approximately half an hour. The children will be tested on their mental maths skills. They will need to know their 2/5/10 and 3 x tables. Paper 2: Reasoning. A longer paper which requires the children to apply their maths skills and answer word problems using the 4 operations, data handling, 3d shape, time and money.

8. Example of a question from the arithmetic paper:

9. Example of a question from the reasoning paper:

10. Numeracy All children are expected to sit both papers. The scores from both papers are added together, the raw score is then converted to a scaled score. If your child is awarded a score of 100 or more then they are working at the expected standard. If they score less than 100 then they will not have met the standard. However teacher assessment can be used to award a final judgement.

11. Reading There are 2 reading papers and each child is expected to sit both papers. Both papers hold equal weighting. Paper 1: This paper consists of a single reading prompt and answer booklet. Paper 2: This paper consists of a reading paper booklet and a separate reading booklet.

12. Reading The scores from both papers are added together, the raw score is then converted to a scaled score. If your child is awarded a score of 100 or more then they are working at the expected standard. If they score less than 100 then they will not have met the standard. However teacher assessment can be used to award a final judgement.

13. SPAG (Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar) Paper 1: Spelling The children will be given an answer booklet whilst the teacher will read a transcript, this will consist of a piece of text with missing words in it. The children will need to spell the missing words. Paper 2: Grammar and Punctuation For eg the children will be asked to insert commas and full stops in the correct place. Asked to identify a noun or a verb in a sentence, identify which type of sentence is being used and identify an expanded noun phrase.

14. Example of a question from the Grammar paper.

15. SPAG (Spelling Punctuation and Grammar) The scores from both papers are added together, the raw score is then converted to a scaled score. If your child is awarded a score of 100 or more then they are working at the expected standard. If they score less than 100 then they will not have met the standard. However teacher assessment can be used to award a final judgement.

16. Phonics Screen Test At the end of year 1 your child’s phonic knowledge will be assessed. They will sit with a teacher and be asked to read from a booklet of 40 words. 20 of these words will be real words and 20 will be ‘alien’ words. The alien words do not make sense, your child will need to use their phonic knowledge to decipher them. Therefore they cannot rely upon word recognition. The children will be taught phonics daily in Year 1 through the ‘RWI’ programme. The pass mark is usually set at 32 out of 40. If your child does not pass the test at the end of Year 1 they will take it again at the end of Year 2.

17. Alien words examples : The phonic spelling pattern ‘igh’ = bligh The phonic spelling pattern a-e = smake The phonic spelling pattern ai = traik The phonic spelling pattern oa = hoach