Your child's age*

Year group

Key Stage

Target achievement Level**

SATS

5-6

1

1

2

6-7

2

TESTS IN ENGLISH AND MATHS

7-8

3

2

4

8-9

4

9-10

5

10-11

6

TESTS IN ENGLISH, MATHS AND SCIENCE

11-12

7

3

5/6

12-13

8

What subjects do they learn?

What are they taught about?

Maths

Examples of what most children can do at age 11:

• Tackle a problem using different approaches
• Apply maths to practical problems
• Present their results in a clear and organised way

• Numbers ?and the number system, calculations and ways of solving problems
• Shape, space and measurements 2 and 3-dimensional shapes, position, movement and measurement
• Handing data - using data to answer questions - collecting it, organising it and putting it into graphs and diagrams

English

Some examples of what 11 year-olds can do:

• Be able to develop and shape ideas and stories
• Understand important ideas, themes and characters from reading about them
• Write in a lively, thoughtful way, spelling words accurately most of the time

• Speaking & listening ?asking questions, working in groups, effective use of language
• Reading a broad range of materials are read and children learn to understand their meaning.  All children have a daily literacy hour.
• Writing they learn to plan their work, punctuate, check grammar and write neatly and clearly.

Science

Examples of what 11 year-olds should be able to do:

• recognise that science is based on evidence
• Be able to set up a test
• Make a series of observations and measurements
• Make prediction based on observations

• Life processes and living things their bodies and health, plant and animal habitats.
• Materials and their properties how they change, how they are used and how they are mixed and separated
• Physical processes electricity, magnets, gravity, friction, light and sound.  
• Basic facts about the Earth, Sun and Moon.

Design and technology

• See how products are made
• Practical skills such as cutting, joining, fixing and connecting
• Design and create their own products

Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

• Using a range of ICT tools such as software and the internet to support their other subjects

History

• Local, British, European and International history
• History from different viewpoints

Geography

• Study places such as a small area in the UK and an area of equal size in a less developed country
• Study themes, such as water, settlements and the environment

Art and Design

• Explore and develop ideas
• Mix different materials and techniques
• Review their work
• Combine colour, pattern and texture
• Investigate the role of art and design in different times and cultures

Music

• Singing and playing in a controlled way
• Performing in groups
• Listening to different types of music

Physical Eduction (PE)

• Dance, games, gymnastics, swimming and water safety, athletics, outdoor activities

Religious Education

Although there is no national programme of study, the guidelines say that

• Teaching must reflect the fact that the religious tradition in Britain is mainly Christian
• Other important religions of this country should be taught

Personal, social and health education and citizenship

(PHSE)

• Personal skills such as independence, recognising achievements and mistakes, right from wrong, safety and health
• Social skills such as effects of their choices on other people, getting on with different groups in society and why rules are made