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7yr old given YR6 paper. Teachers?

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Wizard19 · 12/02/2015 10:29

My DD 7yrs has parents evening in 2 weeks. Have been doing some assessments at school.

Whole class given a Maths paper to do, level 2 - 3. She was then given an extra Mental Maths test, and a full end of KS2 year 6 exam paper A( Level 3 - 5).

Teachers out there, is there no other bridging test to give a more accurate indication of a childs current ability. Many elements in the paper in question have not been covered by the teacher, one question involves drawing an irregular polygon with angles given, requiring use of a protractor.

Is that not too much testing for a 7yr old back to back?

How would you assess? I would expect the teacher to make up more questions to probe specifically at arrears of the curriculum covered to level 3.

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PastSellByDate · 16/02/2015 11:40

Hi spaniel - found Y3 optional SATs paper by typing Optional SATs in search on your primary tools site.

Afraid it's been so long now it's unlikely DD1 will remember but certainly in Y6 she definitely recalled KS2 past SATs papers (so Y6 SATs) from Y4 and Y5.

mrz · 16/02/2015 13:14

There are optional SATs tests for Y3-5 which many schools have used ( and no doubt some will continue to use them regardless of the change to the curriculum)

Wizard19 · 16/02/2015 21:55

Thanks all,
I have spotted the optional Papers with a smaller testing band.
Thanks for all the links.

I have found nrich.maths.org/frontpage which DD is having lots of fun with.

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