MARLBOROUGH PRIMARY SCHOOL HOW TO SUPPORT YOUR CHILD
MARLBOROUGH PRIMARY SCHOOL HOW TO SUPPORT YOUR CHILD IN ACHIEVING GREATER DEPTH WRITING IN UKS 2 6 th June 2019 Ms Bourne and Miss Gold UKS 2 Phase Leader English Leader
Aims of this workshop • To achieve a stronger understanding of what ‘Greater Depth’ means • To unpick the National Curriculum to understand the expectations of Greater Depth • To have the opportunity to look at examples of writing that meets the national expected standard and those that exceed ‘greater depth’ • To further understand SPa. G terms
What is Greater Depth?
What is the TAF? • The TAF is an acronym for the ‘Teacher Assessment Framework’ • TAFs support teachers in making statutory judgements for children at the end of their Key Stage • TAFs are available for Maths, Reading and Writing • TAFs focus on key aspects of the curriculum • The framework has a range of ‘Pupil can’ statements which guide teachers judgements
Expected– Year 6
Greater Depth – Year 6
Year 5 and 6 • Three are three main final judgements – Working Towards, Expected or Greater Depth Secure e. g. 6 E, 6 D, 6 S, 6 M • To judge that a pupil is working above age related expectations (GDS), the child must be incorporating ALL of the statements within their writing.
What is SPAG? • SPAG stands for ‘Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar’ • In Year 5 and 6, SPa. G is embedded into all English lessons • We also teach SPAG through quick-fire sessions daily called ‘SPAG fast five’ – this covers different SPAG elements and uses questions from the SATs so that children become more familiar with the style of questioning.
What is SPAG?
SPa. G for Parents
COMPOSITION YEAR 5 YEAR 6
SENTENCE STRUCTURE YEAR 5 YEAR 6
TEXT ORGANISATION YEAR 5 YEAR 6
PUNCTUATION YEAR 5 YEAR 6
SPELLING/HANDWRITING YEAR 5 YEAR 6
Year 5 and 6 spellings It is important that children are using a range of these spelling words within their writing so that there is evidence they know how to spell them. In order to be Greater Depth, children must also be seen to choose higher level vocabulary than those in the spelling list.
Year 5 Expected vs Year 5 Greater Depth
Year 6 Expected vs Year 6 Greater Depth
Year 6 Expected vs Year 6 Greater Depth
Year 5 vs Year 6 – Expected
Year 5 vs Year 6 – Greater Depth
QUESTIONS Thank you for listening
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