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2018 Key Stage 2 SATs materials

29/5/2018

From today 29 May information relating to specific questions in the Standard Assessment Tests (SATs) papers for this year can be published.

You can find information relating to the National Curriculum Assessments practice materials here---->

Download subject specific test materials from the links below:

English Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation --->

English Reading --->

Mathematics --->

Virtual AR and VR

12/5/2018

Dare to have fun in the classroom.

Enhance learning for teachers and students with augmented reality, virtual reality and Google Expeditions:

If Chrome does not work, try internet explorer.

VR Cardboard --->

Discovery VR --->

Google Tour bus ---->

Street view ---->

Street View App ---->

Live Binder ---->

Augmented Reality

Olympians Live binder ---->

Google available expeditions docs--->

AR and VR resources ---->

VR resources ---->

Google official VR site --->

VR without a headset --->

VR demo --->

Tour creator --->

VR tour ELearning ----->

Google VR expeditions

Google expedition gallery --->

Moonshot expedition --->

12 AR apps ---->

kew gardens: glasshouse reopens

3/5/2018

Kew Gardens' glasshouse which is the world's largest Victorian glasshouse will reopen on Saturday 5 May after a major refurbishment which lasted five years.

Read more:

BBC News ---->

The Guardian ---->

Key stage 1 and 2 test dates

12/4/2018

Below is the link to the DFE test dates for Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2.

DFE test dates ---->

Reducing teacher workload

10/3/2018

The DFE has published its Policy paper on reducing teacher workload on the web link below. It includes independent reports which it hopes will help senior school leaderships to work with others in order to reduce workload in their schools.

The reports include:

DFE action plan to reduce teacher workload
Poster for teachers
Teaching blog
Project reports
A summary report

Click on this link to access the reports --->

bbc Civilisations series

25/2/2018

Make sure to watch this BBC series on civilizations.

CIVILISATIONS ---->

Key Stage 2 SATS papers THROUGH the pinhole

9/2/2018

The blog below by David Leighton of THIRD SPACE LEARNING follow individual SATs questions from conception (by the experts) to completion (by Year 6 pupils).

It is an interesting read which all primary school teachers, parents and other interested bodies should have a read of.

The Secret Life of SATs Papers --->

Download English Reading Paper test framework here --->

Download Mathematics Paper test framework here --->

Download English grammar, punctuation and spelling paper framework here --->

Download 2016 KS2 science sampling framework here --->

world book day

6/2/2018

World Book Day is on 1 March 2018. Visit the WBD website for plenty of ideas and resources to mark the day.

WRITING MODERATION MATERIALS

26/1/2018

Michael Tidd has published links in his blog to the STA updated guidance on writing moderation rules.

Access the training slides and the moderation training packs for Key Stage 1 and Key stage 2 here:

Michael Tidd blog --->

Schofield AND SIMS free resources

8/1/2018

There are good quality free resources for teaching spelling, grammar, maths, science and more on the web link below:

Schofield & Sims