Aims of the meeting:
• to inform you about Year 6 SATs
• to encourage you to support your child
and make a significant difference to
their learning
What are SATs?
• Statutory Assessment tests which all
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They provide a snapshot of attainment in
English and Maths.
The tests will take place week beginning
Monday 12th May 2014.
We are expecting that the children will
achieve a Level 4/5+ in the tests.
Some children will sit the new Level 6
papers.
Timetable
Time
Monday
12th
Tuesday
13th
Wednesda Thursday
y 14th
14th
Am
Levels 3-5
Reading
Levels 3-5
Levels 3-5
English
mental
Grammar,
maths
Punctuation
and
Spelling
Levels 3-5
maths
Paper 2
Levels 3-5
maths
Paper 1
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Level 6
Reading
Level 6
No Level 6
English
paper
Grammar,
timetabled
Punctuation
and
Spelling
Level 6
maths
Papers 1
and 2
Friday
15th
Levels 3-5
writing
What are the results used
for?
• Monitoring school
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success
Guiding secondary
schools
Guiding the school on
how to improve and
develop – analysed
each year
The English Tests
There are 3 parts:
1. Reading
2. EGPS
3. Writing
• Reading Test
-15 minutes reading time
-45 minutes to answer questions
-Test can include a wide range of
texts ie poem, newspaper article,
story, play, report, advert
-Total of 50 marks
- No longer linked to one main
theme i.e. Water, environment,
Writing Test
• Writing is now teacher assessed using a
range of the children’s writing during
the year
• The children will complete a long and
short writing test
• We moderate within school and other
local schools
Key Stage 2 English
grammar,
punctuation and spelling
test
What is the English grammar, punctuation and
spelling test? The English grammar, punctuation and
spelling test assesses your child’s English skills in four key
areas in Year 6: spelling punctuation grammar; and
vocabulary. It forms part of the National Curriculum tests
(NCTs) which are taken by pupils at the end of Key Stage 2.
Why does my child have to
take this test?
• The Department for Education introduced
the test because they want to make sure
that when children leave primary school
they are confident in grammar,
punctuation and spelling. The test will
ensure that primary schools place a
stronger focus on the teaching of these
skills than in previous years.
• The end of Key Stage 2 is a key point of a
child’s education, and we expect parents
to want to know how well their child is
learning the most important skills. Just as
you will receive information from your
child’s school about how they perform in
reading and maths, you will also receive
information about how they are doing in
grammar, punctuation and spelling.
• The test results will provide teachers with
useful information about your child’s
progress in each of the key areas. Most
children will move to a secondary school
the following term, and their new English
teachers can use this information to focus
their lessons on areas of need.
Spelling
• 20 questions.
• Word read aloud
• Word read aloud within a sentence
• Word read aloud
• Eg. Spelling one: the word is dinner.
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We sat at the table to eat our dinner
The word is dinner.
Punctuation and Grammar
• 45min test
• Vocabulary
Contraction eg. Can not Can’t
Inverted commas eg “Hello,” he said.
In Summary
English SATs for 2014
• Writing- Teacher assessed throughout the
year
We collate writing throughout the year
• Reading- Monday 12th May
• ESPAG- Tuesday 13th May
What are we doing in school?
• Daily Grammar work
• Displays
• Homework/Blue work record books
• Activities on Learnanywhere
• Daily Literacy and Maths
• Cross curricular writing and maths
The Mathematic Tests
• There are three tests
- test A
- test B
- mental arithmetic
• Test A and B have 40 marks each
• Mental arithmetic has 20 marks
• There is no CALCULATOR paper – reasons
why?
It’s Your Turn!!
LEVEL 6 maths
What is it?
Who will take it?
What is required?
A dragon lived in a cave.
The dragon doubled in size
every day.
After 20 days the dragon filled
the cave.
After how many days did the
dragon half-fill the cave?
Kerrie and Karen each bought identical
T-shirts from the same shop.
Kerrie bought hers on Monday when there
was 15% off the original price.
Karen bought hers when there was 20% off
the original price.
Kerrie paid 70p more!
What was the original price?
This is a good example of a level 6 question because
the calculations involved are not particularly
extensive yet require an ability to think clearly.
The key is to recognise that the 70p represents 5% of
the original price. ( 20%-15%).
Once you have this you can see that, then it is a short
step to find 10% of the original price £1.40. (double
5%)
So the original price must be £14.00
Triangle ABC is equilateral.
A B C 108º x Not to scale
Calculate the size of angle x.
Again, to solve this we need to apply and adapt what we know about
angles.
The two facts are that angles in an equilateral triangle are all 60˚
The angles in a quadrilateral add to 360˚.
From here it is relatively simple to calculate angle x.
360 – (60+60+108) = 228
Teacher Assessment
• Teacher assessment results
are reported alongside the
test results. Both have equal
status and provide
complementary information
about a pupils attainment.
• However it is usually SATs
that are reported/quoted
Preparing for the tests at
home.
• Research has shown that
children who achieve Level 4
at the end of Key Stage two
will gain the expected five
GCSEs with grades A-C at the
end of Key Stage three.
Ways to Help at Home
• Read with your child at every
opportunity
• Help your child learn their
multiplication tables
• Encourage them to use educational
games on the computer (see websites)
• Talk about their learning
• Go through some practice papers
together (but not in test week!)
•Complete homework set from week 3
• Encourage them to do their best!
During the test week please make sure
your child:
-gets enough sleep
-eats breakfast
-comes to school with a mid morning
snack and water bottle
-Is encouraged. You cannot FAIL the
SATs!
Useful Websites
• http://www.channel4learning.com/support/websites/maths.html
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Interactive games and puzzles
http://www.stjosephspickering.nyorks.sch.uk/past_test_papers.htm
Past SATs papers
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/
BBC website with revision questions, games and activities
http://www.teachingtables.co.uk/
Times tables games and activities
http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/
Maths games and other resources which are useful. There is also Literacy
resources and SATs information
http://uk.ixl.com/
This is packed with lots of maths activities and other online fun stuff
http://www.mathsisfun.com/index.htm
Lots of games, help and support
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2literacy.html
Games, support and help for maths and Literacy
• Useful Revision Web-sites
• http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/revision/index.html
• This is Woodlands Junior School site and it points to a good many other
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revision.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/
This is the new BBC revision site for children. Not as extensive in its coverage
as BBC Revisewise was but
has a fresher look and the activities are more interactive.
http://www.gtchild.co.uk/content/
Lots of activities and worksheets here for practice before the SATs.
http://www.icteachers.co.uk/children/children_sats.htm
This is a site developed by teachers where children can practice with multichoice questions as well as revision material.
http://www.compare4kids.co.uk/literacy.php
Information, questions and activities.
http://www.satsguide.co.uk/
General information, past papers and examples to download.
http://www.sats-papers.co.uk/
Past papers to download and print
Books
• http://www.cgpbooks.co.uk/pages/home.asp
CGP Books
• Setting home work from Week 3
• More targeted books – Maths, Science and
Finally
• Don’t Panic
• Children tend to
be fine – it is the
adults who worry!
• We will do all we
can to support
your child!
Something to remember
• “Teachers open the door, but you must
enter by yourself"
-- Chinese Proverb
• If you wanted to be a good swimmer,
dancer, pianist, artist, footballer, runner
etc we would encourage them to practice.
It is the same with learning – little and
often
Any Questions?