information for parents key stages 1 and 2 statutory assessment arrangements
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Information for Parents Key Stages 1 and 2
Statutory Assessment Arrangements
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The Northern Ireland Curriculum (Primary) includes:
• Foundation Stage: Years 1 and 2• Key Stage 1: Years 3 and 4• Key Stage 2: Years 5, 6 and 7.
It sets out:
• Areas of Learning• Cross-Curricular Skills• Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities.
The Curriculum and Learning
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The Curriculum and Learning
The six Areas of Learning are:
• Language and Literacy• Mathematics and Numeracy• The Arts• The World Around Us• Personal Development and Mutual Understanding• Physical Education.
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The Curriculum and Learning
Children engage in active learning contexts across all areas of the curriculum to develop:
• Cross-Curricular Skills• Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities.
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The Curriculum and Learning
The three Cross-Curricular Skills are:
• Communication • Talking and Listening • Reading• Writing
• Using Mathematics• Using ICT.
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The Curriculum and Learning
The Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities are:
Thinking Skills• Managing Information• Thinking, Problem-Solving and Decision-Making • Being Creative
Personal Capabilities• Working with Others• Self-Management.
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Assessment
To improve your child’s learning, we need to know:
• what stage they are at in their learning• how well they are doing• how we can help them do better.
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Assessment
Teachers will assess your child’s progress in different ways, for example:
• classroom observation • discussion and asking questions• classwork• homework• class tests• assessment activities.
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Your child will be assessed each year in:
• the Areas of Learning• the Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities and• the Cross-Curricular Skills.
Assessing the Cross-Curricular SkillsIn Years 3–7, schools must use the Levels of Progressionfor assessing and reporting pupils’ progress.
In Year 4 and Year 7, the numerical level your child has achieved will be reported to you (not yet required for Using ICT).
Assessment
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Assessment of theCross-Curricular Skills
The Levels of Progression:
• apply to Communication, Using Mathematics and Using ICT
• range from Level 1 to Level 5 in Key Stages 1 and 2• describe what ‘pupils can’ do• indicate the knowledge, understanding and skills your
child needs to demonstrate to achieve each level.
See www.nicurriculum.org.uk
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Levels of Progression
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Reading Level 2
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Assessment of the Cross-Curricular Skills
Teachers assess your child’s progress in an ongoing way through:
• classroom observation• discussion and asking questions• monitoring their work and progress.
This helps them understand:
• the level at which your child is working• how best to help your child improve their learning.
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End of Key Stage Assessment
At the end of Key Stages 1 and 2, teachers will decide the level your child has achieved in each skill, based on:
• their knowledge of your child• assessment information they have gathered and• your child’s performance in planned assessment activities/tasks.
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The Levels through the Key Stages
Key Stage Levels of Progression
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 (Years 3–4)
2 (Years 5–7)
3 (Years 8–10)
Range of Levels for theCross-Curricular Skills
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Expected Levels for theCross-Curricular Skills
Expected Levels at the End of Each Key Stage
End of Key Stage 1 (Year 4) Level 2
End of Key Stage 2 (Year 7) Level 4
End of Key Stage 3 (Year 10) Level 5
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Expected Levels for theCross-Curricular Skills
Expected Levels at the End of Each Key Stage
End of Key Stage 1 (Year 4) Level 2
End of Key Stage 2 (Year 7) Level 4
End of Key Stage 3 (Year 10) Level 5
There is also:
‘a very clear expectation that individual pupils
should progress at least one level between each
Key Stage.’
(Department of Education, May 2010)
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Levels of Progression and Levels of Attainment
Note
The Levels of Progression replace Levels of Attainment.
The new levels place greater emphasis on skills
(not only knowledge and understanding) –
so they are expected to be more challenging.
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Quality Assurance and Quality Control
The Moderation Process
This will involve:
• teachers in each school working together to agree standards
• schools providing samples of pupil work to CCEA for external moderation.
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Annual Reports
The Annual Report will give you information about your child's progress in every aspect of the curriculum.
In Years 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6
Annual Reports will include a comment only about progress in Communication, Using Mathematics and Using ICT.
In Years 4 and 7
The Annual Report will include a numerical level and a teacher’s comment:
• for Communication and Using Mathematics (from 2012/13) • for Using ICT (from a date to be decided).
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For pupils in Years 4 and 7
The Annual Report will tell you the percentage of pupils in your school who:• attained each level • attained the expected level or above • are working towards the expected level • are exempt from assessment.
Annual Reports