This week, the children have participated in their baseline assessments. For English, this has comprised of the reading and comprehension papers they sat at the end of Year 4.

This included the analysis of a piece of poetry, two pieces of non-fiction and one piece of fiction. For their writing, the children were asked to write a letter to a fictitious child joining the school describing what life at Nutfield Church Primary is like. These were then assessed according to the end of Year 4 writing expectations. With regards to Maths, the children sat the Year 4 tests from the last academic year.

Through this process, we are able to ascertain the learning the children have retained from the previous year and identify any gaps in their knowledge. This then enables us to give them the best start to Year 5 to ensure progression for all.

Next week, we shall be starting our new English text ‘The Man Who Walked Between Two Towers’ and in Maths we will be starting our first unit on Place Value.