Crosfields School Assessment Information for Years 5 to 8

Years 5-8 Assessment information booklet Summer 2021

Year 5-8 Summer Term 2021 Assessment Timetable

Year 5 Exam Timetable period 1

period 2

9.30-10.00 Maths - 40 minutes

9.00--9.30 Monday Tuesday

period 7

period 8

period 9

period 10 period 11 period 12 period 13 period 14

period 3

period 4

period 5

period 6

10.00-10.30

10.30-11.00

11.00-11.30

12.00-- 12.30--1.00 1.00--1.40 1.40--2.10 2.10--2.40 2.40--3.10 3.10--3.40 3.40--4.10 11.30-12.30 12.00 Geography - 1 hour Maths - 30 minutes

French: Reading/ Writing - 45 minutes History - 50 minutes

English - 1 hour

Wed

Science - 45 minutes

Thurs

French: Listening 20 min 5S/W

French: Listening 20 min 5A/C

Friday

Year 6 Exam Timetable period 3

period 4

period 5

period 6

period 7

10.00-9.30-10.30 10.00 English - 1 hour

10.30-11.00

11.00-11.30

11.30-12.00

12.00-12.30

period 1

period 2

9.00--9.30 Monday

period 8

period 9

period 10 period 11 period 12 period 13 period 14

12.30--1.00 1.00--1.40 1.40--2.10 2.10--2.40 2.40--3.10 3.10--3.40 3.40--4.10 Science - 45 minutes

Maths - 40 minutes

Tuesday Geography - 1 hour

Wed

Thurs

Maths - 50 minutes

Friday

RS - 30 minutes

French: Reading/ Writing - 45 minutes

History - 1 hour

French: French: Listening - Listening 20 min 20 min 6M/R 6W/MS

Year 7 Exam Timetable period 1

period 2

period 3

period 4

period 5

period 6

period 7

9.30-10.00-10.00 10.30 Science - 1 hour

10.30-11.00

11.00-11.30

11.30-12.00 Spanish Listening 20 min

12.00-12.30

9.00--9.30 Monday

Tuesday

English - 45 minutes

Wed Thurs

period 8

period 9

12.30--1.00 1.00--1.40 1.40--2.10 2.10--2.40 2.40--3.10 3.10--3.40 3.40--4.10 Maths - 45 minutes

RS - 45 minutes Maths - 1 hour

Geography - 1 hour

History - 1 hour

* Those children not doing French exam will contiue with HUB lesson or revise in their classroom during the exam

French: Listening - followed by French: Reading/ Writing Friday

period 10 period 11 period 12 period 13 period 14

English - 45 minutes

Spanish Reading/ Writing - 1 hour

Year 8 Exam Timetable period 1

period 2

period 3

period 4

period 5

period 6

period 7

9.00--9.30

9.30-10.00

10.00-10.30

10.30-11.00

11.00-11.30

11.30-12.00

12.00-12.30

Monday Tuesday

RS - 45 minutes 8S/ 8B Spanish Listening 30 minutes

period 10 period 11 period 12 period 13 period 14

12.30--1.00 1.00--1.40 1.40--2.10 2.10--2.40 2.40--3.10 3.10--3.40 3.40--4.10

English - 45 minutes

History - 1 hour

Spanish/ Latin: Reading/ Writing - 1 hour

French: Reading/ Writing - 1 hour

Friday

period 9

Maths - 1 hour

Wed

Thurs

period 8

8S/ 8B Science - 40 minutes French: Listening 30 Science - 40 minutes 8C/ 8F Spanish: Listening 30 minutes

Science - 40 minutes 8C/ 8F French: Listening 30 minutes Geography - 1 hour

English - 45 minutes

* Those children not doing French exam will contiue with HUB lesson or revise in their classroom during the exam Maths - 1 hour

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A reminder that the assessments are the week of 24th–28th May for Years 5-7 and the week of 7th-11th June for Year 8.

The purpose of these assessments is to allow classroom teachers to judge current pupil progress which will allow us to plan the next steps in learning.

As can be seen from the assessment timetable, as pupils progress through the school, more is expected in terms of assessment.

Assessment content will be provided to pupils and parents leading up to the assessments. Revision will take place in lessons and be set as prep in the run up to the assessments.

More time has been allocated to papers to allow for set up, instructions to be given and extra time allowed for.

For subjects not listed on the timetable, more continuous, in-class assessment has been used such as portfolios in Art and DT. Results from these assessments will be shared with parents in the form of a percentage via an upload to the parent portal before the end of the Summer Term (date TBC).

Year 5 Pupils will be prepared for the assessments during lesson time and with prep in the run up to the assessment week.

English: Reading Comprehension skills Skills covered - Retrieval and summary; Inference; Explicit and Implicit information; Author's use of language; Answering using the Point/Evidence/Analysis chain, and judiciously knowing when to use it according to the questions posed and the marks allocated.

Identifying and understanding the effect of - Simile; Metaphor; Onomatopoeia; Personification; Alliteration Maths: • Paper 1 An “applications” paper (40 mins): apply the concepts taught in Maths this year in a problem solving setting (for example using angle properties, plotting coordinates, finding terms in a sequence) • Paper 2 A “skills” paper (30 mins): demonstrate fluency with arithmetic procedures taught this year (involving the manipulation of whole numbers, fractions, decimals and percentages).

Topics to be covered - Arithmetic; Fractions, decimals and percentages; Number properties, factors and multiples Sequences; Ratio and Proportion; Angles rules and properties of 2D shapes; Constructions and measures; Perimeter and area (Set 1, 2 and 3); Algebra (Set 1) Science: Topics covered - Safety in Science; Earth and Space; Living Things and Their life cycles; Properties and Changes of Materials; Healthy Bodies; Physical Changes; Light; Classification and Keys French: 2 papers covering all topics covered this academic year .

One 45 minute exam: This paper will be divided into 2 sections Reading Comprehension and Writing One 15 minute exam : Listening Comprehension skills

Pupils will be given a specific list of vocabulary and grammar to revise from (in their exercise books and on Teams) Key topics - Talking about yourself and siblings; School Subjects and Timetable; Sports and Hobbies (and weather) Grammar - Verb to be / to have / ER verbs; Adjectival agreements and word order

History: One 50 minute exam covering all the topics we have studied this term up to Ancient Greek and Roman medicine.

Topics include: •

How do we do history? Writing skills, evidence, and chronology etc.

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Anglo-Saxons and Vikings. Saxon and Viking life. Long boats, Lindisfarne, Alfred the Great, the Danelaw, and the end of the Saxons and Vikings etc.

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Medicine and Disease. Prehistoric medicine, Ancient Egyptian medicine, Ancient Greek and Roman medicine.

The exam paper will be divided into three sections:

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A knowledge based section which will cover a whole range of questions taken from the topics that we have studied this year.

A question requiring a short paragraph response based on a topic we have studied recently – History of Medicine.

A choice of longer answer questions based on the topics we have studied this year.

Geography:

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Glaciers Knowledge based questions on Glacial Features and processes Explorers Long answer question based on an explorer covered in class or as a research project Map skills, Grid references, direction, Measuring distance, direction

Year 6 Pupils will be prepared for the assessments during lesson time and with prep in the run up to the assessment week.

English: Reading Comprehension skills Skills covered - Retrieval and summary; Inference; Author's use of language for effect; Author's use of Structure for effect; Explicit Denotation and Implicit Connotation; Answering using the Point/Evidence/Analysis chain, and judiciously knowing when to use it according to the questions posed and the marks allocated.

Identifying and understanding the effect of - Simile; Metaphor; Onomatopoeia; Personification; Pathetic Fallacy; Alliteration; Sibilance; Consonance

Maths: • Paper 1 A “skills” paper (40 mins): demonstrate fluency with arithmetic procedures taught this year (involving the manipulation of whole numbers, fractions, decimals and percentages).

• Paper 2 An “applications” paper (50 mins): apply the concepts taught in Maths this year in a problem solving setting (for example calculating averages, solving equations and finding areas of composite shapes) Topics to be covered - Arithmetic; Fractions, decimals and percentages; Number properties, factors and multiples Sequences; Ratio and Proportion; Angles rules and properties of 2D shapes; Measures, perimeter and area; Algebra - simplifying expressions, writing formulae, substitution and solving equations; Statistics; Calculations involving negative numbers (Set 1 and 2).

Science: Topics covered - Safety in Science; Earth and Space; Living Things and Their life cycles; Properties and Changes of Materials; Healthy Bodies; Physical Changes; Light; Classification and Keys; Electricity; Chemical Changes; Health and Microbes; Forces; Evolution

French: 2 papers covering all topics covered this academic year.

One 45 minute exam: This paper will be divided into 2 sections Reading Comprehension and Writing One 20 minute exam : Listening Comprehension skills Pupils will be given a specific list of vocabulary and grammar to revise from (in their exercise books and on Teams) Key topics: Talking about yourself and someone else (physical description and personality) School (school subjects, timetable, telling the time, describing your school day, describing what you eat/drink at lunch) Sports and Hobbies (and weather): give your opinion on sports/hobbies, say if you play/do any, how often you do them and which ones you do/play depending on the weather Describing where you live (name few places in your town/village and describe your town/village)

History: One 60 minute exam covering all the topics we have studied up to 1950s Britain.

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The History of Reading: Origins, Norman Reading, Abbey, Dissolution of the Abbey, Civil War, Rebuilding of Reading, Industrial Revolution, and Huntley and Palmers Crime and Punishment: Key definitions, crimes, detection, trials, punishments.

Modern Britain: Labour government after the war, 1950s Britain.

The exam paper will be divided into three sections: •

A knowledge based section which will cover a whole range of questions taken from the topics that we have studied this year.

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Historical evidence based questions.

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A choice of longer answer questions based on the topics we have studied this year.

Geography: Global locations – countries, continents, rivers, oceans, mountains Weather & Climate – measuring weather, the water cycle, hurricane Kartina Plate Tectonics – structure of the earth, plates,

RS: Judaism - History, festivals, symbols and prayer, beliefs.

Buddhism - History, festivals, symbols and prayer, beliefs.

Islam - History, festivals, symbols and prayer, beliefs.

Year 7 Pupils will be prepared for the assessments during lesson time and with prep in the run up to the assessment week.

English: • Paper 1: Reading Comprehension - Literary Prose Skills covered - Retrieval and summary; Inference; Author's use of Language for effect; Author's use of Structure for effect; Explicit Denotation and Implicit Connotation; Answering using the Point/Evidence/Analysis chain, and judiciously knowing when to use it according to the questions posed and the marks allocated.

Skills to be tested at the appropriate level (Level 1 or 2) include the following -basic understanding and vocabulary; use of text to illustrate answers; drawing of inferences; evaluation of style, language and purpose; delivery of opinions/judgements/arguments based on given material; awareness of how grammar, syntax and punctuation affect meaning; capacity to make comparisons and evaluate contrasts.

Use and Identification/Effect of - Simile; Metaphor; Onomatopoeia; Personification; Pathetic Fallacy; Alliteration; Sibilance; Consonance etc.

Paper 2: Transactional Writing Response to writing task Candidates are required to answer a question from a range of options. Some options require the use of prose for a practical purpose: to argue, persuade, explain, advise, inform in the form of a speech, letter or article.

Candidates will need to demonstrate that they can adjust their writing to fit Purpose, Audience and Form.

For this exam, Year 7s will be given the structure scaffolding to help them, so that they can focus on content, purpose and audience.

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Structure of a letter Structure of an article Structure of a speech

Maths: • Paper 1: Calculator - 45 minutes • Paper 2: Non-Calculator - 1 hour The two papers will focus on topics taught in Mathematics this academic year; questions on any of the topics below can occur on either paper, but the noncalculator paper will have an emphasis on arithmetic.

Topics to be covered - Sequences, Factors, Multiples and Primes; Arithmetic with positive and negative integers, fractions and decimals; BIDMAS; Algebraic notation, simplifying expressions, writing formulae and substitution Solving equations; Coordinates; Converting between Fractions, Decimals and Percentages Rounding and estimating; Area and perimeter; Circles; Conversion graphs and converting units; Probability Science: Topics covered - Particles; Energy; Cells; Forces and Motion; Physical Changes; Plant and Human Reproduction; Electricity and Magnetism; The Periodic Table French ·

Paper 1

A Listening paper (30 minutes). This will be based on a number of short passages in French. Instructions will be given in English.

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Paper 2

A Reading and Writing paper (60 minutes) Instructions will be given in English.

There will be several exercises of differing length, covering a range of different approaches to the development of reading skills. The writing will require 80-120 words of continuous writing in which pupils will need to show a knowledge of tenses* Key topics 1st year : Describing yourself and others , School (subjects, timetable) , Sports and Hobbies (*present tense of ER verbs) Other groups: Personality, friendship, music, clothes, television, cinema, reading, the Internet, describing past events, visiting Paris, describing where you live (*Present, past and future tenses) Spanish ·

Paper 1

A Listening paper (30 minutes). This will be based on a number of short passages in Spanish. Instructions will be given in English. ·

Paper 2

A Reading and Writing paper (60 minutes) Instructions will be given in English.

There will be several exercises of differing length, covering a range of different approaches to the development of reading skills. The writing will require about 6080 words of continuous writing about a topic studied this year. Pupils will complete a task where they need to fill in the blanks with appropriate words.

Key Topics: 1st year: Introducing yourself, talking about your personality, brothers and sisters, numbers, the alphabet, months, pets, free time, sports, the weather, school subjects, describing your school.

2nd year : Introducing yourself , Describing where you live (country, town , house), Hobbies and activities you do, telling the time (present and future tense) History: One 60 minute paper covering all the topics we have studied up to King John.

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Norman Conquest: claimants, Battle of Hastings, conquest, Feudal System, Domesday Book Religion: afterlife, getting to Heaven, key beliefs, the church, monasteries, Thomas Becket The Crusades: Causes, First Crusade, Outremer, Impact.

Monarchs: Key qualities of a monarch, Matilda & Stephen, King John

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Historical Knowledge – consists of short answer knowledge-based questions covering the topics we have studied this year.

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Evidence/interpretation – an interpretation or historical source question based on an event, person, or feature that we have studied recently.

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Extended Writing – a list of extended answer questions - answer one question. You are expected to show more developed understanding of an event, person, or feature that we have studied this year. The questions cover the full range of topics that we have studied.

Geography: Unit 1 – Introduction to the UK – 'our Island Home' - Britain, British Isles, UK, England, Scotland, Wales, Rep. Of Ireland, Northern Island, Land's End to John o'Groats, The UK and Europe (Trade, the EU, tourism), Local environments including OS Maps, rewilding.

Unit 2 – UK landscapes - how landscapes change, The Lake District as a case study, the rock cycle, river landscapes, waterfalls, coastal landscapes, mountain and glacial landscapes, RS: Philosophy - Plato and David Hume Sikhism - History, festivals, symbols and prayer, beliefs, and philosophical thought.

Ethics - Life and Death (Value of life, Just War)

Year 8 Pupils will be prepared for the assessments during lesson time and with prep in the run up to the assessment week.

English: • Paper 1: Reading Comprehension - Literary Prose Skills covered - Retrieval and summary; Inference; Author's use of Language for effect; Author's use of Structure for effect; Explicit Denotation and Implicit Connotation; Answering using the Point/Evidence/Analysis chain, and judiciously knowing when to use it according to the questions posed and the marks allocated.

Skills to be tested at include the following - basic understanding and vocabulary; use of text to illustrate answers; drawing of inferences; evaluation of style, language and purpose; delivery of opinions/judgements/arguments based on given material; awareness of how grammar, syntax and punctuation affect meaning; capacity to make comparisons and evaluate contrasts.

Use and Identification/Effect of - Simile; Metaphor; Onomatopoeia; Personification; Pathetic Fallacy; Alliteration; Sibilance; Consonance etc Paper 2: Transactional Writing Response to writing task Candidates are required to answer a question from a range of options. Some options require the use of prose for a practical purpose: to argue, persuade, explain, advise, inform, in the form of a speech, letter or article.

Candidates will need to demonstrate that they can adjust their writing to fit Purpose, Audience and Form. In addition, there is the option to write on one or more texts which candidates have studied in class or read for themselves.

Questions are general and not related to any specific text. They offer candidates the opportunity to deal with moments of drama, transition, contrast and various other ideas in their chosen texts. Texts studied should range across genre and period. Candidates should be able to discuss their reading and analyse their ideas closely.

Maths:

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Paper 1: Non-Calculator - 1 hour Paper 2: Calculator - 1 hour

The two papers will focus on topics taught in Mathematics this academic year; questions on any of the topics below can occur on either paper, but the noncalculator paper will have an emphasis on arithmetic.

Topics to be covered - Indices and Standard Form; Significant Figures; Averages and Frequency Tables; Ratio Bearings and Scale Drawings; Constructions and properties of quadrilaterals; Linear sequences and nth term formulae; Fraction arithmetic; Percentages; Algebraic notation, simplifying expressions, writing formulae and substitution; Solving Equations and Inequalities; Proportion; Area of Quadrilaterals; Circumference and Area of Circle; Volume and Surface Area of Solids Science: • Biology Cells; Plant and Human Reproduction; Photosynthesis; Interdependence; Breathing and Respiration •

Chemistry Particles; The Periodic Table; Physical Changes; Reactions of Metals; Acids and Alkalis

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Physics Energy; Forces and Motion; Electricity and Magnetism; Space; Quantitative Forces; Waves

French ·

Paper 1

A Reading and Writing paper (60 minutes) Instructions will be given in English.

There will be several exercises of differing length, covering a range of different approaches to the development of reading skills. The writing will require 80-120 words of continuous writing in which pupils will need to show a knowledge of past, present and future tenses. ·

Paper 2

A Listening paper (30 minutes). This will be based on a number of short passages in French. Instructions will be given in English.

Key topics: Mme Baldwin's groups: Personality, friendship, music, clothes, television, cinema, reading, the Internet, , visiting Paris, going to special events (Carnaval…) describing past, present and future events.

Mlle Merin's groups: Describing yourself and others, sports and hobbies , jobs, past and future holidays, transport, directions, body parts, health, daily routine, household chores.

Spanish ·

Paper 1

A Listening paper (30 minutes). This will be based on a number of short passages in Spanish. Instructions will be given in English. ·

Paper 2

A Reading and Writing paper (60 minutes) Instructions will be given in English.

There will be several exercises of differing length, covering a range of different approaches to the development of reading skills. The writing will require 80-120 words of continuous writing in which pupils will need to show a knowledge of past, present and future tenses.

Key topics: Mlle Merin's groups : describing your house, free time (present + near future), telling the time, sports, places in town, responding to invitations, the weather, descriptions, daily routine, nationalities, likes and dislikes, holidays (use of the preterite for -ar verbs + the verbs ir and ser) Mme Baldwin and Mme Boutant's groups: Describing yourself and others, holidays , hobbies and sports, telling the time the weather, likes and dislikes, opinion about food , going to the restaurant (present , past and future tense) Latin: One 60 minute paper Vocabulary - Vocabulary Booklet found on Teams; Numbers (1-20 L2, 1-100 L3) Grammar:

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Nouns - 1st, 2nd, 3rd (5th L3) Declension Nouns; Adjectives - 1st, 2nd, 3rd Declension Adjectives; Comparatives; Superlatives Pronouns - ego, tu, nos, vos, se, ille, hic, is (qui L3).

Verbs (covering 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and Mixed Conjugations); Present, Imperfect, Perfect, Future, Pluperfect Tenses in Active Voice; sum, possum, eo (and compounds).

Syntax - oncessive (quamquam) clauses; nonne and num.

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Non-Linguistic Studies:

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Greek Mythology - Perseus and Medusa; Theseus and the Minotaur; The Labours of Hercules; Jason and the Golden Fleece; The Trojan War; The Wanderings of Odysseus

History: One 60 minute paper covering all the topics we have studied up to the slave trade: The reformation (inc. Henry VIII & the counter reformation); The Spanish Armada; The Gunpowder Plot; The Civil War; Oliver Cromwell; The Restoration; Science; Fire of London; Glorious Revolution; Parliament; Causes of slave trade; Middle Passa

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Historical Knowledge – consists of short answer knowledge-based questions covering the topics we have studied this year.

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Evidence/interpretation – an interpretation or historical source question based on an event, person, or feature that we have studied recently.

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Extended Writing – a list of extended answer questions - answer one question.

You are expected to show more developed understanding of an event, person, or feature that we have studied this year. The questions cover the full range of topics that we have studied.

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Geography: Covering all topics covered this year including: A world of Extremes Our Unequal World Transport and Industry Map skills Global Locations (Europe and Asia) RS: Philosophy - Plato and David Hume, John Stuart Mill Sikhism - History, festivals, symbols and prayer, beliefs, and philosophical thought.

Christianity - History, festivals, symbols and prayer, beliefs, and philosophical thought.

Ethics - Life and Death (Value of life, Just War), Prejudice, Discrimination and Freedom.

Study Skills Educational research shows that you learn best when you are active. This means that sitting reading through notes is not the best way to prepare for your exams. It is important that you begin to discover which revision activities work best for you. Use these internal examinations to try some of the following strategies to help you revise effectively.

1. Be organised – check the assessment timetable.

2. Pay attention – when working, put distractions away.

3. Don’t panic if you have forgotten something – forgetting it is part of learning.

4. It’s ok to be anxious – it means you care.

5. Create mind maps and diagrams of key information – humans are better at visual tasks than written.

6. Self-test. Write questions on one side of a card and the answer on the others.

Test yourself and check the answers. Use timed conditions.

7. Create flashcards of important information

8. Collaborate. Get together with someone from your class and work together to produce a common product, such as a model essay or a table of key information

9. Practise 'spacing'. This is the opposite of 'cramming'. Plan to revise the same material three times in a week, doing something different each time. i.e. you might start with a mind map on Monday, and end up with a practice paragraph on Friday.

10. Search sites like Youtube for instructional videos. For example, there is a huge number of instructional videos from the Khan Academy

11. Condense your notes. Try to turn a side of A4 notes into a single post-it note or bullet points. These bullet points will become triggers in your mind for complex information