1. Parents Information Evening Key changes in Assessment Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling (GPaS) information

2. Changes in Assessment Levels are no more!

3. Key changes -  What are AGE Related Expectations (AREs)?  National curriculum 2014  We’ve broken down what the age related expectations are and have shred them on our website – www.middleton.derbyshire.sch.uk under the Useful Information & Assessment tab.www.middleton.derbyshire.sch.uk  Reading  Writing  Speaking and Listening  Maths  Science

4. How well is my child doing?  We assess what your child can do independently.  We focus on what they are secure and confident to do.  Commencing – your child is confident and secure with less than 30% of the statements.  Developing – your child is confident and secure with between 30% - 70% of the statements.  Secure – your child is secure and confident with between 70% - 80% of the statements.  Advanced – your child is secure and confident with between 80% - 90% of the statements.  Deep – your child is secure and confident in applying their knowledge of statements across all contexts.

5. Assessment – what might my child’s report look like? ChildYear 1Year 2Year 3Year 4Year 5Year 6 TerrySecure ChildYear 1Year 2Year 3Year 4Year 5Year 6 FredSecure Advanced Deep ChildYear 1Year 2Year 3Year 4Year 5Year 6 DaveSecureAdvancedSecureAdvancedSecure Developing

6. Ongoing Assessment  Talk to the children about their learning.  Observe and ask questions to ascertain their understanding.  Do I know how to improve? Do children know if they are successful? What are their next steps in their learning?  Clear marking and feedback strategies.  Time for children to review their work and make improvements from teachers feedback. We call it ‘Fix it time’.  Understanding their learning against the expected AREs. (Targets for learning)

7. Early days ……..  This is the first year we have assessed using AREs, we do not have a data comparison.  We will work with other schools and the Local Authority to moderate our judgements.  We may well carry out end of year testing to help us to assess against the standards.

8. Assessment arrangements  In May Key Stage 1 children (Year 2) will sit: - English Reading - 2 papers - English, grammar, punctuation and spelling paper - Mathematics paper & arithmetic paper  The week of the 9 th of May Key Stage 2 children (Year 6) will sit: - English Reading paper - English, grammar, punctuation paper and spelling paper - 3 Mathematics papers (1 arithmetic & 2 mathematical reasoning papers) - 3 Science papers (biology, chemistry & physics – Science sampling)  The scale score of 100 will always represent the ‘national standard’. However, due to the small differences in difficulty between tests, the ‘raw score’ (ie the total number of correct responses) that equates to 100 might be different (though similar) each year.  Scaled scores maintain their meaning over time so that two pupils achieving the same scaled score on two different tests will have demonstrated the same attainment.

9. Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling (GPaS)  Grammar, punctuation and spelling are key areas in the teaching of English.  Expectations of the National Curriculum have been heightened and children are now expected to have a good understanding of these areas and use correct terminology.  At the end of Year 2 and Year 6 children will sit a GPaS test.

10. New Curriculum Expectations- Year 1 Grammar and Punctuation:  Regular Plural Noun Suffixes (es, oes)  Suffixes and Prefixes  Verbs  Adjectives  Connectives  Singular and Plural  Capital letters, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks

11. New Curriculum Expectations– Year 2 Grammar and Punctuation:  Nouns using suffixes  Adjectives using suffixes  Adverbs  Subordination and coordination  Expanded Noun Phrases  Sentences with different forms Present/Past/Continuous Tense  Capital letters, full stops, question marks, exclamation marks, commas and apostrophes

12. New Curriculum Expectations– Year 3 & 4  Grammar and Punctuation:  Nouns and prefixes such as super_, anti_, auto_ Determiners - a and an  Consonant and vowels  Conjunctions  Adverbs  Prepositions  Paragraphs  Headings and subheadings  Perfect form of verbs  Inverted commas  Clauses  Word families

13. New Curriculum Expectations – Years 5 & 6  Converting nouns or adjectives into verbs using suffixes (e.g. – ate, -ise, -ify)  Using verb prefixes (e.g. dis-, de-, mis-, over-, and re-)  The difference between vocabulary or informal speech and vocabulary appropriate for formal speech and writing (e.g. said versus reported)  Relative clauses beginning with who, which, where, why or whose  Modal verbs  Use of the passive voice to affect the presentation of information in a sentence  Expanded noun phrases  Differences between formal and informal speeches  Devices to build cohesion within a paragraph  Linking ideas across paragraphs using adverbials  Layout devices such as headings, sub-headings, columns, bullets or tables  Brackets, dashes of commas to indicate parenthesis  Use of commas to clarify meaning  Use of semi colon, colon and dash  Use of hyphens

14. Please take the time to ……  Look at the overview of GPaS skills  Have a look at the glossary of terms to clarify understanding  Talk to teachers about how we teach these skills in school  Try some of the activities – how did you do?!!!  Visit our school website - under the Home Learning tab – Writing & Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling  Thank you!