Year 2 National Curriculum tests
In May 2016, children in Year 2 will be taking the first set of a new style of National Curriculum test to record their attainment at the end of primary school in maths and spelling, punctuation and grammar. Normally a reading test would also be administered in May alongside with the other tests. However the school will be carrying out the reading test early at the request of the government so that our scores, along with other selected schools' scores, can be used to produce the score boundaries. These will be used to decide whether children are working at the expected standard.
Phonics articulation - How to pronounce the phonemes
With the Year 1 Phonics Screening test fast approaching in June, this video may help with consolidating what they have learnt at school at home. This video shows how to pronounce each phoneme correctly up to Phase 3. Children will be taught blends and alternate graphemes in Phase 4 and 5.