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Sats.
At the end of each key stage, your child’s teacher will formally assess their sats performance. This assessment or sats test is used along with the national tests to measure your child’s progress. Of course, your child’s teacher will be informally assessing their sats learning at other times, in order to plan future teaching. They might, for example, listen to your child read or look at their maths work. Some schools will also use optional sats tests to assess children’s progress.
National Curriculum levels. The National Curriculum is divided into eight levels. At Key Stage 1 the school will send you a report telling you what level your child is working at. The level will be based on the teacher's assessment and will take into account results from national tests and tasks.At Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3, the school will send you a report telling you what National Curriculum level your child has reached in the ‘end of key stage’ tests and teacher assessments.
‘End of key stage’ sats tests, at the end of Key Stage 2 and key stage 3 your child will take national tests. The tests – which children can’t ‘fail’ - are intended to show if your child is working at, above or below the target levels for their age, so that the right plans can be made for their future learning.
Key Stage 1 teacher assessments, tasks and sats tests Teacher assessment for seven year olds covers: reading, writing, speaking, and listening, Maths, Science. These assessments take account of how your child performed in Key Stage 1 tasks and tests for seven year olds covering: reading, writing, handwriting, spelling, Maths. The tasks and tests can be taken at a time the school chooses. They last for less than three hours altogether. The teacher assessment is moderated by your local authority. This is to make sure teachers make consistent assessments of children’s work.
The National Curriculum, taught to all pupils in state or maintained schools, is made up of blocks of years, known as key stages:
• Year 1 and Year 2 of primary school are known as Key Stage 1
• Years 3 to 6 of primary school are known as Key Stage 2
Your child will take the same compulsory National Curriculum subjects in Key Stage 1 and key stage 2:
• English
• Mathematics
• Science
• Design and technology
• Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
• History
• Geography
• Art and design
• Music
• Physical education

Text books are available for all these subjects from skoolzone
National Curriculum levels
For Key Stage 1, key stage 2, and key stage 3, the National Curriculum is accompanied by a series of eight levels, used to evaluate your child’s work compared to pupils of the same age throughout the country. By the end of Key Stage 1, most children will have reached level 2, and by the end of
Key Stage 2 most will be at level 4. At the end of Key Stage 1 and key stage 2 your child will take national tests.
Primary National Strategy
The Primary National Strategy (PNS) grew out of the National Numeracy and Literacy Strategies. The main focus of the Strategy is on raising literacy and numeracy skills among primary school children.
Literacy, Under the PNS, your child will receive daily literacy teaching. This involves a number of activities to help them learn to read and write. Parents are also encouraged to support this at homeusing the text books available from skoolzone.
Numeracy, Your child will also receive a daily maths lesson, which develops mathematical thinking and number skills. The PNS tries to involve parents as much as possible. There is also a comprehensive suite of catch-up programmes designed to help pupils in Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 who have fallen behind.
Sats revision can seem ominous but there is a large industry out there to help. Sats revision books come in all the core subjects, there are sats revision past papers and sats revision workbooks and text books to help you. Revision books and text books are available in all subjects. There are now many revision books publishers including letts , bond assessment, CGP revision books and Skoolzone. Revision books or text books provide a cheap and effective way to help prepare for any exam. Test papers are also an essential part of revision. Practising on old test papers will help the student to prepare themselves for the exam by becoming familiar with the layout. Test papers for sats and the eleven plus 11+ exam are readily available. Bond assessment papers text books are available in maths, English, verbal reasoning and non verbal reasoning. Bond assessment papers are very popular amongst private tutors and home school groups as a preparation for the 11+ exam. Cgp revision books are a funky and fun way of helping your child through school from Foundation stage to A level. The Cgp revision books or text books cover all subjects at key stage 1, ks1, key stage 2, ks2, key stage 3, ks3, gcse and a level. Cgp revision books have a fun format and provide work books as well as revision books. Key stage 1 comes at the end of the year 2. Work begins in the foundation stage and progresses through year 1. The key stage 1, ks1, sats test is completed in year 2. sats are a way of assessing the standard of the children. Key stage 2 sats comes at the end of year six. Ks2 sats are used by the secondary schools to assess children as they arrive . Ks2 sats cover science maths and English. Key stage 3, ks3, subjects are much broader. KS3 is a preparation for the Gcse exams and will help children to decide on the subjects to be taken. Key stage 3, ks3 sats tests are progressively harder. GCse exams are sat in year 9. GCSE exams cover a wide spectrum of subjects. Gcse science, gcse maths, gcse history, gcse physics, gcse French , gcse German, gcse Spanish, gcse English text books are available. There is wide variety of revision books available for help with gcse exams. A Level exams are taken at age 16. A level is now broken down into A2 level and as level. A2 level, being the final exam, and as level, being an intermediate level. Normally three a levels subject are studied and they will be used to obtain a place at university. Educational Software is a growing business for schools and colleges. With home computers being so prevalent in households that lots of educational software can now be found to compliment all levels of study and revision. Sats tests come at key stage 1, key stage 2, and key stage 3, Sats tests are national tests, sat by all children. National comparisons are drawn from them. The eleven plus exam is often used by Grammar schools as an entry test. The 11+ exam is not like sats. It comprises of more verbal reasoning and non verbal reasoning questions. The 11+ or eleven plus exam was very popular in the 50’s but has lost its importance as the number of grammar schools declined. Key stage 1 subjects. Key stage 1 maths, ks1 maths. Key stage 1 English, ks1 English, Key stage 1 science, ks1 science. Literacy , Numeracy, PSHE , citizenship, religious education, Spelling, Writing , reading, phonics. Key stage 2 subjects: Key stage 2 maths, ks2 maths, Key stage 2 English, ks2 English, Key stage 2 science, ks2 science, phonics, reading, and writing. Key stage 2 history, ks2 history, Spelling, Writing. Key stage 3 subjects: Key stage 3 maths, ks3 maths, Key stage 3 science, ks3 science, Key stage 3 history, ks3 history, Key stage 3 geography, ks3 geography, Key stage 3 English, ks3 English
Key stage 3 French, ks3 French, Key stage 3 ICT, ks3 ict, Gcse subjects Gcse maths, Gcse English, Gcse chemistry, Gcse physics, Gcse biology, Gcse Spanish, Gcse French, Gcse ict, Gcse business studies, and also A level maths, A level English, A level French, A level physics, A level biology, A level chemistry A level business studies, A level history. S.E.N – special educational needs. Schools have a wide range of responsibilities under the inclusion policies. Children with a wide range of educational needs are now in main stream schools. These include children with Autism, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Social skills. Learning games are a great way of having fun in the class room or at home school. There are a lot of card games available such as Snap, Shapes, Times tables, Numbers, Letters, Words and Colour recognition. Learning games prove to be highly successful.
Revision tips Start NOW. Don't leave revision until the last moment. buy some text books. With careful planning you should be able to take the exams in your stride. 2. Identify the subjects that require a lot of revision and the areas that you feel weak in. Work on these. 3. Your concentration will lapse if you try to do too much on a subject at once. Revision should last between half an-hour and one hour will probably be the optimum time. 4. Make out a revision program based on the time available. Try to make your revision timetable organized and detailed, 5. Make your revision active. Don't just sit in front of a book staring at it!!! It doesn't work! (a) Revise a small section for 5-10 minutes. (b) Then test yourself on the facts/ideas studied, (c) Possibly work through past test papers questions or essay titles to ensure that you can apply your knowledge. (d) For some subjects brief summaries of a topic / model-answer can be usefully made on to postcards or index cards. (These can be very useful as last minute revision.) (e) If there are problems, see the teacher, who teaches you,
Revision should start early think about revising at these levels. Sats ks1, Sats ks2, Sats exams, Sats ks3, Ks1 sats, Ks2 sats, Ks3 sats. Verbal reasoning bond assessment papers contain carefully graded papers that practice all the key skills. It provides a thorough coverage of the essentials in verbal reasoning - the National Curriculum and more! It is designed for consolidation, revision, exam practice and homework. It is presented in a new modern format and layout, which makes it even easier to mark. Non verbal reasoning The key issue with non-verbal reasoning is that the questions are genuinely testing - and the questions in Bond Assessment Papers certainly are! They cover all the types of non-verbal reasoning questions currently set in exams. We also produce a short step-by-step guide to tackling non-verbal reasoning questions. Perfect for 11+ revision. Revision guides and study guides can be purchased for eleven plus, 11+, A level, Sats, and Gcse levels. They are perfect for those in Home school groups or those Home schooling their own children. They help with Homework and all areas of the national curriculum. Study Guides are very helpful. Home school: Although education in the UK is compulsory, school is not, and more parents are now considering home schooling for their children. This may be because they are not happy with the education on offer, or because they feel that the different needs of their child are not being met.
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