1. National Curriculum End of Key Stage 1 Expectations
Information Evening for Year 2 Parents
February 2017

2. A change of emphasis...
The current curriculum has been designed to develop deeper, more consistent understanding of the basics.
No more levels. Now, children are expected to cover content set out for each year group, broadly at the same pace, some in greater depth.
More emphasis on traditional areas of grammar, spelling, punctuation and handwriting in English
An attempt to learn more facts, faster, in maths.

3. End of Year Tests – May 2017
At the end of Year 2, all children will sit the National Curriculum Tests for Key Stage 1. These will be for the subjects:
Maths – Arithmetic Test and Reasoning Test
English – Reading Test
Optional tests for Spelling and for Punctuation and Grammar
Tests will be marked in school. Mrs Walsh and Mrs Watkins will work together to apply the mark scheme.

4. Testing Arrangements
Tests will take place during May as planned by Mrs Walsh and Mrs Watkins to best meet the children’s needs
The setting will be informal.
The children will be tested in small groups, within normal classroom routines as far as possible.

5. Interim End of Year Expectations
As in previous years, Year 2 assessment will be a combination of teacher judgement and testing. Children will be assessed against three standards:
Working towards the expected standard
Working at the expected standard
Working at greater depth within the expected standard.

6. English
Reading:
Read accurately phonetically decodable words; words containing common suffixes and most common exception words
Articulate and justify answers and opinions; listen and respond to opinions of others
Reading age appropriate texts with fluency and expression
Discuss words and meanings
Check that what has been read makes sense and self correct reading where necessary
Make predictions about what might happen next
Answer questions about the text, including inference

7. English Writing - Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling :
Write longer sentences using coordinating and subordinating conjunctions
Use full stops, question marks, exclamation marks and commas in lists
Use apostrophes for omission (can’t) and possession (the boy’s jumper)
Use the present and past tenses correctly
Use diagonal and horizontal joins between letters
Write capital letters and digits of correct size and orientation
Spell longer words by breaking them into phonemes.

8. Maths
During Key Stage 1, there is a big focus on developing basic number skills by:
Securing a good understanding of place value and recognising and knowing by heart the number bonds to 20
Adding and subtracting numbers mentally and using objects, including two digit numbers
Learning the multiplication and division facts for the 2x, 5x and 10x tables
As fraction work now includes calculating halves, quarters and thirds of quantities, knowledge of 3x and 4x tables is also desirable
Solving problems including + - x and ÷ symbols.

9. Reporting to Parents
You will receive teacher assessment outcomes with your child’s end of year report in July.

10. What the tests will look like...
There is a link on the website to last year’s papers for you to have a look at.

12. End of Year Tests – Maths
This will include a short arithmetic test of 15 questions, and a second paper of broader mathematics which will last around 35 minutes.
Arithmetic questions examples: =
…. + 5 = 9
87 − 40 =
8 x 10 =
2 x 0 =
35 ÷ 5 =
¼ of 20 =