Y5 End of Year Scores

[Ceridwenn]

We had parents evening several weeks ago and were told DD scores for Maths (86) and English (96). She has extra help at school, but what would you suggest at home? We've bought a few maths books to match the school syllabus and are working through those. 10 mins a day. But not sure if this is enough. She was conscious of her scores compared to others.

Regarding English, it is more comprehension. She reads to us (dislikes reading fiction) and answers the questions fine. She says her brain doesn't work in tests.

Not sure whether we should plan some work over the summer ?

I can't see reference in your post to what type of tests these are. CAT tests?

I don't know what they were. Just Y5 assessments to see where there are. And they were her calibrated scores. They said 100 is for achieving the expected level and the lowest score is 80.

Is your DD at a state or private school? In England?

For state schools in England, there are SATs in May of Y2 and Y6, and the scaled scores for those are as you described (min 80, 'expected' 100, maximum 120).

There are no such statutory tests in Y5, although schools will do their own internal assessments each year. It's possible your DD's school has given them a Y6 SATs paper a year early, to see where they are at presently?

I don't know anything about CATs - I only mentioned those because they are often mentioned on this forum.

Without the context of what the tests are, what type of school your DD goes to, what sort of extra help she is getting and why, it's difficult to offer any suggestions. However, 10 minutes per day sounds like a manageable amount that is hopefully helping to consolidate on her learning at school and helping to close the gap with her peers.

Well done for getting her reading to you. Does she like no fiction at all? Does she read to herself, for pleasure?

Regarding whether or not to do any work over the summer, perhaps you can have a chat to her about what she would like to achieve in Y6, and what she thinks would help her to achieve it. If you come up with a plan together, she might be happier to do it than if you just impose a plan onto her.

Thank you for the advice.

She is state school in England.

She rarely reads to herself unless it's a non-fiction book such as on space but it's still difficult to get her to do any reading independently. She does write a lot and prefers to sit and write her journel in bed, or design an invention. She doesn't have the stamina to read more than a page really.

Lots of primary schools do these type of non statutory tests (similar in style to sats) to help with assessment at the end of each year. 96 is only just below and it may be an issue of timing or test technique in how to do the longer answers. What about doing reading with her where you take it in turns to read a page? Sounds like she would benefit from the extra maths. Hopefully school can offer support.