Key Stage 2 Mathematics (Numeracy)
Pupils' Record of Achievement/Self Assessment Sheets

Assessment for Learning




These sheets are closely linked with the 1999 National Numeracy Strategy (NNS) Programmes of Study and scheme of work for mathematics in the UK.

For Target/Record of Achievement sheets linked to the 2006 Renewed Framework for Mathematics, Click Here.



The Target/Record of Achievement sheets for the 1999 strategy (see links below) were prepared to provide a manageable way for teachers to give relevant, individual pupil targets in maths which will contribute to the children’s record of achievement, encourage them to reflect on and monitor their own performance and recognise their achievements. As such, they can play a valuable part in a school's approach to Assessment for Learning.

Items on the sheets are based on the Key Objectives for the year group and objectives related to these drawn from the two previous years' programmes of study and following two years' programmes of study. Thus, for most of the objectives, there are five related target statements (with the middle one representing the expected level of achiement for most pupils in that year group).

The example below shows the statements for one target taken from the Year 4 Pupil Target and Record of Achievement sheet.

Year 2 related objective

Year 3 related objective

Year 4 Key objective

Year 5 related objective

Year 6 related objective

I know by heart all the facts for the 2 and 10 multiplication tables. (KO)

I know by heart all the facts for the 2, 5 and 10 multiplication tables

I know by heart all the facts for the 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 multiplication tables.

I know by heart all multiplication facts up to 10x10. (KO)

I know by heart all multiplication facts up to 10x10 really well and answer quickly. (KO)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Use the links below to download the Numeracy Pupil Target/Record of Achievement and Self Assessment sheets for Years 3-6.

Year 3 targets

Year 4 targets

Year 5 targets

Year 6 targets


For further information about the sheets and a way in which they could be used, please read on.

I would very much appreciate some feedback on the likely usefulness of this resource to other practising teachers. Please contact me if you have any comments at: g.jennings@ntlworld.com



What are the main features of the Numeracy Pupil Target/Record of Achievement and self assessment sheets?

How are the pupil target/Record of Achievement and self assessment sheets used?

Preparation:
Week by week, day by day:

Why use targets based on Key Objectives?

There need to be the “right” number of targets at the “right” level. There need to be enough targets to cover a good range of mathematical ideas – but not so many that each one cannot be revisited a number of times. Each term’s work outlined in the National Numeracy Strategy addresses a large number of objectives – too many (in my view) to give to pupils as individual targets. However, the strategy document identifies important objectives for each year group as Key Objectives. Most of these are (or can easily be) visited several times over the year – either as main learning or in the mental starter - making them suitable as pupil targets. The Key Objectives cover a range of mathematical ideas (although I am considering discussing with colleagues the possibility of adding a target across the year groups to encourage a focus on an area of maths that monitoring has shown to be comparatively weak in our school.

Why offer a series of statements for each target?

To work best, targets need to be at the individual pupil’s level, and these levels will be different for different children. However, a system of targets needs to be manageable for the class teacher and children in any class will be working at different levels. Different targets can be given to different pupils, but then these have to be updated or new ones provided, when they have been achieved. This needs a lot of monitoring and doesn’t easily allow for the forgetting/relearning cycle that teachers recognise as a normal part of children’s progress. By offering a series of graded statements, the same target – at different levels – can be used with whole class groups. This matches the style of whole class teaching recommended by the strategy and makes class management relatively easy. Through class activities and plenary discussions, the children (with the help of the teacher) would reflect on their work and indicate (by ticking or shading, for example) the level of work/understanding they had been capable of.




Use the links below to download the Numeracy Pupil Target/Record of Achievement and Self Assessment sheets for Years 3-6.

Year 3 targets

Year 4 targets

Year 5 targets

Year 6 targets




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