Albion's Dream

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will continue the new 2016 KS2 SATs tests in English and Maths with some schools being chosen to sit Science tests. Excellent use of adventurous vocabulary RMc :) and lots of effective verbs. great work. Prize Box!!

I managed to persuade Em Sharp to let me keep the box to look at it. She wasn’t keen but said I could look at it but to be careful. I am not sure why she said that. Edward, I think it's finally time I told you this... I'm dead. I was murdered 100 years ago by what is in that box." she stammered. My face had gone pale and I had started to feel dizzy. Ocr tesseract 4.1.1 Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 0.9546 Ocr_module_version 0.0.10 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA-NS-2000158 Openlibrary_edition urn:lcp:albionsdream0000norm:epub:45ca052e-69a5-475a-aa3e-5c5cceb647ea Foldoutcount 0 Identifier albionsdream0000norm Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t0sr8vw9w Invoice 1652 Isbn 0571154255 Since the new style of test was introduced, each year we have seen a range of new question styles. We have become familiar with some and children have been well-prepared with the variety of question types and styles (Rising Stars Optional Tests and Progress Tests are great resources that familiarise children with this). Let’s take a closer look at the variety of questions that were included in the 2018 test and any that were presented in an unfamiliar way.

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Every school's KS2 SATs performance was made publicly available in December 2018 as part of the 2018 primary school league tables. 2018 KS2 SATs Exam Timetable Date From 2011 KS2 SATs Science tests were replaced with teacher assessments in Science but a random selection of schools should take national sampling Science tests to monitor standards. As we do not yet know how well children performed in this item, I would hope that although the layout of the question was different, many year 6 readers will have coped with this style of question. I took the box to the barn to investigate it further. When I opened it, I noticed that the figures were all of Greek Gods. The figures were carved with such detail I could make out Zeus the God of all Gods from the lightning bolt in his hand. Poseidon God of the Sea and Rivers from the rivers of water surrounding him. Hermes the messenger of Gods who leads the soles of the dead to heaven by the bodies of the dead around him. Hades the God of the Underworld by his three headed dog Cerberus. Athena the God of War and Wisdom from the shield and spear and Aphrodite the God of beauty and love by doves surrounding her.

We need 11. If we get 11 we have got a chance. We've got to get that, we cannot keep shooting ourselves in the foot."Still crying, I was determined to find out what was going on with it I told Em Sharp, that I'm sorry, and I won't do it again. Whilst preparing my own year 6 class for the KS2 reading test, I always use the analogy of, ‘ Year 6, you never know what starter, main course and dessert you will be served up this year when you open the reading booklet!’ referring to the choice of 3 extracts! That is certainly true. A Key Stage 2 Science sampling test was not created in 2013 as it was decided a new biennial pupil-level sampling system would be introduced in 2014. Approximately 9500 children will be randomly selected (based on 5 children from 1900 schools). C hildren will sit the test within a two week window from Monday 2nd June 2014 and it will consist of three separate papers, each taking no longer than 25 minutes to complete. No individual school or child will be subsequently identified. We began to play and talk about the good old times with her father, we laughed all night and there was a few sad moments but I think I can safely say we had a lovely evening. This year’s KS2 reading SAT contained an information text: The Giant Panda Bear; a poem: Grannie; and a fictional extract: Albion’s Dream. As a specially commissioned piece, The Giant Panda Bear contained several features we would expect in information writing aimed at children including: clearly signposted sections, supportive illustrations and graphic design features relevant to the content matter. Certainly the text included frequent reference to numerical facts, which may have been distracting for some pupils, e.g. ‘ An adult can grow up to 1.5 metres and weigh up to 150 kilograms,’ and ‘ Cubs stay with their mother for two to three years, reach maturity at five to seven years and live in the wild for about 25 years.’ And there were also some interesting vocabulary choices that may not have been fully recognised by all readers, e.g. ‘ razor-like claws’, ‘ densely populated’, ‘ bamboo supplies are diminishing’. But on the whole, this first text appeared reasonably accessible.

However, we do have three years of this style of tests that are certainly presented in a similar style; have broadly the same proportion of content domain questions and mark schemes that have been diligently worked on to be clear and concise. You only needed to see them training this week. They were boiling and angry. That is what gives us a chance." Texts are rich and challenging so that children are accustomed to reading at the level of the SATs. I stood rooted to the spot. What was so important that Em Sharp wanted so badly about this mysterious box? She stared at me with frustration and didn't blink. I had never seen her so worked up and angry before. She also looked a bit scared, I could see it in her eyes. Then I said "Why is it that you want this box so badly?!"For the third year running, inferring information from the text (2d) was the most tested aspect of the Reading Content Domain. There were two 2d marks available for The Giant Panda Bear, nine for Grannie and eleven for Albion’s Dream. Just like last year, the majority of these 2d marks came from the third text. And unsurprisingly, the least 2d questions were asked of the non-fiction text. Retrieving information (2b) was the second most tested aspect of the Reading Content Domain with nine marks available for The Giant Panda Bear, three marks for Grannie and one mark for Albion’s Dream. Vocabulary has now contributed to 20% of the available marks in the KS2 reading SAT for the past three years. The marks were fairly evenly distributed across the three texts with three for The Giant Panda, four for Grannie and three for Albion’s Dream.