Albion's Dream

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Great idea to use Greek Gods ON. A very effective ending with a variety of adverbials. I really like your choice of vocabulary. Prize Box :) 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.

The position of both 3-mark questions being in the last 3 items of the paper may have impacted on some children who ran out of time. The last three questions totalled 8 marks which has implications for children and stamina.

2018 Key Stage 2 SATs Papers

If a child's score was 110 or over, they had exceeded the expected standard and were judged as working at greater depth. Suddenly, I heard Em Sharp drawing closer to the door. I could feel my heart racing as she bellowed, '' Edward what are you doing in there you have been told many times not to enter this forbidden room.'' Her voice becoming clearer as she entered the room. Soon she noticed the strange box in my arms as I was trying my best to cover it. She hesitated as she tried to figure out what it was. she soon recognised it,'' GIVE ME THAT BOX RIGHT NOW IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU IT IS VERY DANGEROUS!'' She screamed. I new she had no right to own this box it was mine and mine forever. Y-yes." I murmered, more scared than ever. I could see a big smile growing on her face. She looked happy, almost. "Well, Edward. I murdered your mother." She replied. I didn't know what to say. Was this a joke? I wanted to say it was but I could tell that it wasn't by her face. A tear streamed down my face. That leaves us to examine the second extract – the poem ‘ Grannie’. A closer look at the content domains tested in this extract (9/17 marks inference based) shows that this narrative poem was tested in a similar style to a straight-forward fiction text. This in itself raises implications for teachers of all year groups – how much narrative poetry is read by and explored/discussed in Key Stage 2?

However, one of the 3-mark questions was set out in a style that we had only previously seen in historic level 6 reading tests. After analysing the style of question 38, I hope that the structure given will have provided a scaffold for children to respond to. Rather than criticise this as an old level 6 style question now appearing in the KS2 test, we should embrace this style of question as the table provided children with a structure, so they could clearly present their points and evidence. It was just then when the awkwardness ended. A large hand, which belonged to Em, reached out and grasped tight onto the box. Edward pulled with his almighty strength and closed his eyes tight, as if to say: Just let me have it, it’s mine. His face went red, applying to Em, as well. They had each developed a sudden weakness, causing them to drop the box on to the floor boards. The grey dust awakened and slowly faded away. Em and Edward both looked up at each other. It was then that all turned dark. Em bent down as fast as ever and snatched the box out of sight. She had already escaped the room before Edward had a chance to make a move. The GPS tests comprise of two tests. Paper 1 is a grammar, punctuation and vocabulary test lasting 45 minutes with 50 marks available. Paper 2 comprises of a 20-word spelling test lasting approximately 15 minutes. I will not give it too you! I ran away as fast as I could with the box in my hand. Em Sharp was shouting behind me, I peered over my shoulder and saw that she had fallen over. I finally came to a stop and took 3 big deep breaths while I was looking for a place to hide, my heart was beating really fast and I was sweating with nerves. The last item in the collection, question 40, was the second 3-mark question. This was presented again with a clear structure perhaps allowing those less confident readers to attempt a response, but it definitely demanded a greater depth understanding of the text. If we put this into perspective, it is the last item in the test and is there to challenge those very able readers. That is exactly what it did.

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life is but the will to power, said the wizard to the board game, and to the boy, and to the boy's cousin, this wizard who was both school physician and Death Incarnate. life is but the power to force my will onto chaos, to create my own rules, to understand the universe's secrets so that they are but tools in my hand. I will make it happen! it's all so exciting to control fate, said the wizard. I shall exercise my mind and so enlarge my dominion, all shall be my puppets, the world itself my stage if I will it, wouldn't that be fun? 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. 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

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."In the 2017 KS2 reading test, both 3-mark questions appeared in the third tier. This year, we also saw this replicated. For the 2018 Key Stage 2 tests, it was decided that the Reading paper would again take place on the Tuesday following a successful trial in 2017. The 2018 SATs took place under exam conditions and were marked externally. KS2 SATs were taken in Maths, Reading and GaPS under formal exam conditions. These papers were marked externally whilst separate teacher assessments in Writing and Science were marked by their teachers. I ran to the door and shut it I still had the precious box in my hand. I hid it in the old rotten stables under the hay full of old smelly horse poo I knew she wouldn't be able to find it but soon enough she did. I heard the sound of the broken door burst wide open from the top floor. She ran down the stairs and managed to find me in the rusty wheelbarrow next to the pile of broken things. The door opened. It took her a few seconds to work out what I was doing; then she leapt towards me.

So what was the make-up of the 2018 KS2 reading test? Did it mirror some of the trends that we have identified over the last few years since the new suite of tests were presented to us? Here is a break-down of how the content domains were tested across the three extracts:

urn:lcp:albionsdream0000norm:epub:45ca052e-69a5-475a-aa3e-5c5cceb647ea Foldoutcount 0 Identifier albionsdream0000norm Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t0sr8vw9w Invoice 1652 Isbn 0571154255 I will not give it to you!” I shouted while running away with the box in my hand.I looked over my shoulder to find out she’s gotten stopped by all the people walking by.I found the perfect stop place a corner next to a house,I breathed heavily as I was moving my head side to side trying to find a place to hide.