Goodbye SATs, hello assessment

Description

Aston Tower, Birmingham, serves the inner city. The year 2 teachers are anxious about how they can accurately build up a picture of children's skills at the end of KS1. They've worked with Maths consultant Val Worcester to design active assessment opportunities. In shape, Melanie works with a whole class. Each has a shape fan so they can make a visual response to the class puppet's (Melanie s) questions. She encourages discussion with a smaller number of focus children. In money, Vanessa works with a small group on an activity inspired by The Great Pet Sale . They use real coins to pay for the pets, adding the coin values together in pairs. In calculation, a group is throwing bean bags at printed numbers. They add the numbers mentally or with the support of resources they must choose for themselves. In capacity, celebrating Eid has presented a challenge. The children use water to find out how much juice they need to fill 30 party cups. We see how teachers assess progress.

Runtime

31 min

Series

Subjects

Geography

Genre

Date of Publication

2006

Database

Alexander Street

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