Try our easy to implement, online testing and learning resource, measuring the achievement of key objectives in Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2, from:

	National Literacy Strategy (DfES Sep 2001)
	National Numeracy Strategy (DfEE Mar 1999)
	QCA Science Schemes of Work from the Standards Site at www.standards.dfee.gov.uk

	Tests are taken in sections matched to curriculum strands, to complement lessons; confirm progress and facilitate future lesson planning.
	Dedicated teacher notes for each question enable the tests to be reviewed once completed with individual children or in groups and methodology discussed.

Key Stage 1 - Science Year 2 - Objectives measured:
There is a separate test for each unit of the QCA Scheme of Work, which are delivered to measure the specific objectives listed below. These can be taken separately and in any order, to coincide with when the particular test is most appropriate for each individual child.
Unit 2A Health and growth No. of Questions No. Children should learn: 1 that animals (including humans) produce young and these grow into children and new adults 2 2 that we eat different kinds of food 1 3 that humans need water and food to stay alive 1 4 that we need exercise to stay healthy 1 5 that medicines are useful but are drugs not foods, and can be dangerous 1 6 that there are many different foods 1 7 to recognise hazards and risks in medicines and how to avoid these 1 8 that sometimes we eat a lot of some foods and not very much of others 1 9 to ask questions in order to make simple comparisons of babies and toddlers 1   Total number of questions in this section 10 Unit 2B Plants and animals in the local environment No. of Questions No. Children should learn: 1 that there are differences between local habitats 1 2 that there are different kinds of plants and animals in the immediate environment 1 3 to treat animals and the environment with care and sensitivity 1 4 to make predictions about the animals and plants found in different local habitats and to investigate these 1 5 that seeds produce new plants 1 6 that animals reproduce and change as they grow older 1 7 that flowering plants produce seeds 1 8 to turn ideas of their own, about what plants need to begin to grow, into a form that can be tested 1 9 to recognise hazards in working with soil 1 10 to recognise when a comparison is unfair 1   Total number of questions in this section 10 Unit 2C Variation No. of Questions No. Children should learn: 1 to observe and recognise some simple characteristics of animals and plants 1 2 that the group of living things called animals includes humans 1 3 to treat animals with care 1 4 that humans are similar to each other in some ways and different in others 1 5 that plants in the local environment are similar to each other in some ways and different in others 1 6 to explore human variation making observations and comparisons 1 7 to make observations and comparisons of local plants 1 8 that some differences between themselves and other children can be measured 1 9 that living things in the locality can be grouped according to observable similarities and differences 1 10 that humans are more like each other than they are like other animals 1   Total number of questions in this section 10 Unit 2D Grouping and changing materials No. of Questions No. Children should learn: 1 that water turns to steam when it is heated but on cooling the steam turns back to water 1 2 that there is a range of materials with different characteristics 1 3 that some naturally occurring materials are treated (shaped, polished) before they are used 1 4 that some materials occur naturally and some do not 1 5 to describe ways of making materials or objects change, using appropriate vocabulary 1 6 that many materials change when they are cooled 1 7 that materials often change when they are heated 1 8 that objects made from some materials can be altered by squashing, bending, twisting and stretching 1 9 to suggest how some materials might change when they are cooled 1 10 to make observations and simple comparisons 1   Total number of questions in this section 10 Unit 2E Forces and movement No. of Questions No. Children should learn: 1 that pushes and pulls are examples of forces 1 2 to explain how to make familiar objects move faster or slower 2 3 that sometimes pushes and pulls change the shape of objects 1 4 that pushes or pulls can make things speed up or slow down or change direction 1 5 to decide whether their comparison was fair 1 6 to decide what to do and what measurements to take 1 7 to use results to make comparisons and to evaluate whether the test was fair 1 8 to make measurements of distance using standard or non-standard units 1 9 to suggest questions about ways in which different objects move 1   Total number of questions in this section 10 Unit 2F Using electricity No. of Questions No. Children should learn: 1 that everyday appliances use electricity; these include things that light up, heat up, produce sounds and move 2 2 that some devices use batteries which supply electricity; these can be handled safely 2 3 that everyday appliances are connected to the mains and that they must be used safely 1 4 to make a complete circuit using a battery, wires and bulbs 1 5 that an electrical device will not work if there is no battery or if there is a break in the circuit 1 6 to make connections in circuits to the positive and negative poles of the battery 1 7 explore how to make a bulb light, explaining what happened, and using drawings to present results 1 8 to make and test predictions about circuits that will work 1   Total number of questions in this section 10