1. Year 2 – End of Key Stage 1 Expectations and End of Year Tests This year the Year 2s are working on the new National Curriculum, alongside the rest of the school.

2. New National Curriculum. There are now no longer any levels. For Year 2 there are government set tests for Reading, SPAG (Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar) and Maths. The teachers will administer and mark the tests which will then be sent away and a scaled score will be created. Children will be judged against a national standard. We will report the scores to you. The tests are in May. Please can we stress the importance of keeping your child in school rather than taking them on holiday as this is a big year for them.

3. Reading- Taken from National Curriculum There are 4 tests for reading. Expectations: -Fluent readers, able to use phonics and reading knowledge to accurately read books at an appropriate level (Show examples). -Comprehension – predicting what might happen, making inferences and explaining what they have read. -See examples of Reading Papers.

4. End of Year Tests Reading Comprehension Paper Example – there will be 2 reading tests. Example SATs Paper - ReadingReading

5. Writing – Taken from National Curriculum. Expectations: -Able to write words with graphemes from Phase 2, 3 & 5 – choosing the correct spelling for different words. (Show phonics sound mats). -Add prefixes and suffixes correctly. -Handwriting should be neat and correctly formed – by Year 3 they should be joining correctly. (Could give Handwriting rules as guideline). -All writing should have: finger spaces, conjunctions, joining clauses, punctuation – Capital letters, full stops, commas, question marks, exclamation marks, speech marks, possessive apostrophe. -Capital letters for People, Places and Days of Week etc. -Speed.

6. Writing - Continued Some types of Writing that we will use to assess their work: Narratives about their personal experiences - stories. Writing about real events - Recounts Poetry Traditional Tales & fictional stories. We assess against the whole process – verbal planning, written planning, making additions & revisions, proof-reading, checking for sense, writing up and evaluating their own work.

7. End of Year Tests Reading Comprehension Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar – Example Test Example Test Handwriting is also assessed in these tests. Tip: When helping your children read & complete homework – look for Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar to help them. Homework is the perfect opportunity to give your child the 1:1 support that they need to become confident with using these skills.

8. Maths – Taken from the National Curriculum Expectations for Number work: -Count in steps of 2, 3, 5 and 10. -Know and understand place value. -Estimate -Compare and order numbers -Use numbers up to 100 in numerals and words. -Use number facts to solve problems.

9. Maths – Taken from the National Curriculum Expectations for Addition & Subtraction work: -Solve problems with addition and subtraction. -Recall and use addition and subtraction facts to 20 fluently – use them to help work out facts to 100. -Add and subtract using objects. -Show that addition can be done in any order. -Recognise and use the inverse of addition and subtraction and use it to solve problems (e.g. 9 + 1 = 10, so 10 – 1 = 9 or 10 – 9 = 1)

10. Maths – Taken from the National Curriculum Expectations for Multiplication & Division work: -Recall and use facts for the 2, 5 and 10 times tables. -Recognise odd and even numbers. -Write and work out multiplication & division problems using the correct symbols (x ÷ =) -Show that multiplication of 2 numbers can be done in any order. -Solve problems using – materials, arrays, repeated addition, mental methods and known facts.

11. Maths – Taken from the National Curriculum Expectations for Fraction Work: -Recognise, name, find and write the fractions: 1/3, ¼, 2/4, ¾, ½ of a shape or set of objects. -Write simple fractions and recognise the equivalence: e.g. ½ of 6 = 3. 2/4 is the same as ½ -Count in fractions up to 10 on a number line. -E.g. ½, 1, 1 ½, 2, 2 ½, 3 etc.

12. Maths – Taken from the National Curriculum Expectations for Measurement Work: -Choose when to use m/cm, kg/g, degree celsius, litres/ml. -Use rulers, scales, thermometers and measuring vessels. -Compare and order length, mass, volume/capacity and record the results using or = -Use the symbols £ and p -Find different combinations of coins to make a set amount. -Solve money problems – real life contexts. -Compare and sequence intervals of time. -Tell the time to within 5 minutes. -Know the number of minutes in an hour and hours in a day.

13. Maths – Taken from the National Curriculum Expectations for Geometry Work: -Recognise and name common 2-D & 3-D Shapes with their properties – sides, corners, edges, vertices, faces. -Identify lines of symmetry. -Recognise and name common 3-D Shapes -Recognise 2D and 3D shapes in different orientations and sizes. -Compare and sort 2D & 3D shapes. -Order and arrange combinations of objects in patterns and sequences. -Describe position and direction – including movement in a straight line or rotation. -Understand that rotation is a turn – right angles of ¼, ½, ¾ turns clockwise and anti-clockwise.

14. Maths – Taken from the National Curriculum Expectations for Statistics Work: -Interpret and construct pictograms, tally charts, block diagrams and simple tables. -Ask and answer questions about data in categories. -Sort the categories by quantity. -Ask and answer questions about totalling and comparing categorical data.

15. Maths – Taken from the National Curriculum There are 2 tests for Maths – Arithmetic and Reasoning. Example of Arithmetic TestArithmetic Test Example of Reasoning TestReasoning Test

16. End of Year Tests Reading Comprehension Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar Mathematics Note: When judging children’s attainment we need to have evidence of all areas and targets. So we base our results on a very wide range of work rather than just one piece.

17. Importance of Parental Help Just before we finish we would just like to stress the importance of your help for homework, reading and any writing/maths they use at home. The skills we teach at school are skills that will be used throughout life and you can make a massive difference to whether your child has a basic understanding or an in- depth knowledge of a topic/skill and can therefore apply the skill to many different situations. School is only one part of their learning time, children learn by playing and doing – so learn it with them too! HAVE FUN!!