KS1
SATs Testing
8th March 2016
Miss L Thorpe
Mrs B Fawell
What are the SATs?
At the end of Year 2, children are required to take
statutory tests in:
 Reading
 English grammar, punctuation and spelling
 Maths
There will also be a teacher assessment in writing but
this is not tested formally.
The KS1 tests will take place throughout May and we
have the whole month to complete the tests.
How will the results be
reported?
From 2016, KS1 national curriculum test
outcomes will no longer be reported using
levels. Scaled scores will be used instead.
Further guidance is still to be decided by
the government.
Teacher assessment is the main focus for
end of KS1 assessment and reporting.
Scaled Scores
•
It is planned that 100 will always represent the ‘national
standard’. Each pupil’s raw test score will therefore be
converted into a score on the scale, either at, above or
below 100.
•
A child who achieves the ‘national standard’ (a score
of 100) will be judged to have demonstrated sufficient
knowledge in the areas assessed by the tests therefore
will achieve ‘working at the expected standard.
•
Please note, this is subject to change as the
Government have not confirmed their definite plans at
the moment.
How we will report the data.

At the end of the academic year, you will receive a
report with your child’s end of year outcomes.

You will receive two separate judgements;
-
SATs Teacher assessment – Teacher assessment based on
the Interim Framework.
Gomersal Primary Teacher Assessment – based on the
National Curriculum for the whole year.
The judgements are:
Working towards the expected standard
Working at the expected standard
Working at greater depth
The Interim Framework
 In
February 2016, the government
released exemplification material to show
teachers what the children are expected
to achieve.
 We can now use the Interim Framework to
begin to assess children and ensure they
are ready to sit the tests.
 Please remember that standards are very
high but you can help your child by
supporting them at home and with their
homework.
Reading
Reading
The Reading Test
The Reading Test consists of two separate papers:
•
Paper 1 – Contains a selection of texts totalling between 400 and 700 words
with questions about the text.
•
Paper 2 – Contains a reading booklet of a selection of passages totalling 800
to 1100 words. Children will write their answers to questions about the passage
in a separate booklet.
Each paper is worth 50% of the marks and should take approximately 30
minutes to complete, although the children are not being assessed at working
at speed so will not be strictly timed.
Questions are designed to assess the comprehension and understanding of a
child’s reading.
Some questions are multiple choice or selected response, others require short
answers and some require an extended response or explanation.
Reading
Comprehension

Both of the reading papers test reading comprehension and
ask the children to read a passage before answering
questions. They will have to read both fiction and non-fiction
texts and this may involve some poetry.

The sample papers have given us some indication to the types
of questions the children will have to answer.
Reading
Example Questions
Reading
Example Questions
Reading
Helping your child at home
• First and foremost, focus developing an enjoyment and love of reading.
• Enjoy stories together – reading stories to your child is equally as important as
listening to your child read.
• Read a little at a time but often, rather than rarely but for long periods of
time!
• Talk about the story before, during and afterwards – discuss the plot, the
characters, their feelings and actions, how it makes you feel, predict what will
happen and encourage your child to have their own opinions.
• Look up definitions of words together.
• All reading is valuable – it doesn’t have to be just stories. Reading can involve
anything from fiction and non-fiction, poetry, newspapers, magazines,
football programmes, TV guides.
• When asking your child questions, encourage them to answer using what
they have read not just their prior knowledge.
Writing and SPaG
SPaG
The SPaG test.
The Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar test is also split into 2
papers:
 Paper 1: spelling (20 marks)
 Paper 2: questions (20 marks)
The spelling paper will require the children to apply the spelling
rules they have learnt using their spelling logs and the common
exception words.
The question paper will test the children’s knowledge of
grammar and punctuation.
SPaG
Example questions
SPaG
Example questions
SPaG
Example questions
SPaG
Helping your child at home
• Practise and learn weekly spelling lists – make it fun!
• Encourage opportunities for writing, such as letters to family or
friends, shopping lists, notes or reminders, stories or poems.
• Write together – be a good role model for writing.
• Remember that good readers become good writers!
• Identify good writing features when reading (e.g. vocabulary,
sentence structure, punctuation).
• Play some of the online SPaG games with your child.
• Show your appreciation: praise and encourage, even for small
successes!
Numeracy
Numeracy
The numeracy test

Paper 1- arithmetic, lasting approximately 25 minutes and
worth 25 marks. It covers calculation methods for all operations.

Paper 2- problem solving, reasoning and mathematical
fluency, lasts for approximately 35 minutes and is worth 35
marks.

Pupils will still require calculation skills and questions will be
varied including multiple choice, matching, true/false,
completing a chart or table or drawing a shape. Some
questions will also require children to show or explain their
working out.
Numeracy
Example questions
Paper 1- arithmetic
Numeracy
Example questions
Paper 2- reasoning
Numeracy
Helping your child at home
• Play times tables games.
• Play mental maths games including counting in different amounts, forwards
and backwards.
• Encourage opportunities for telling the time.
• Encourage opportunities for counting coins and money e.g. finding
amounts or calculating change when shopping.
• Look for numbers on street signs, car registrations and anywhere else.
• Look for examples of 2D and 3D shapes around the home.
• Identify, weigh or measure quantities and amounts in the kitchen or in
recipes.
• Play games involving numbers or logic, such as dominoes, card games,
draughts or chess.
We do still have fun too!
Thank you for coming 
Any questions?
Thank you for coming 
Around the room there are:
• Example SATs Papers (please do not do these
with your child, we are using them to inform our planning).
• A glossary of terms
• Support for handwriting
Please do not take these as they
are needed in school. All resources
you need will be available on the
school website.