Useful Assessments
Unaided writing assessment
For younger children orally teach a nursery rhyme every day for a week then get them to write it - this removes the pressure of composition.
For older children you can use any sample of unaided writing. However, if all the children write out the same nursery rhyme or poem it can make looking for evidence a much quicker process.
Unaided writing assessment - The pond (pdf)
Evidence for different phases - The pond (pdf)
Unaided writing assessment - The rocket (pdf)
Evidence for different phases - The rocket (pdf)
Look through each child's writing and establish which phase they are working at.
Whole School Recording Grid (Excel)
Decoding assessment (Alien words)
See Letters and Sounds appendix
Or use this older version which includes trickier words and so may be more useful for KS2
Blending and segmenting assessments
See Letters and Sounds appendix
Oral Blending and Segmenting Assessment Sheet
GPC assessment
See Letters and Sounds appendix
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