Year 6 SATS Evening

1. Year 6 SATS Evening Can you solve this? No calculators! Have a go! Wednesday 30th January 2019

2. Aims of the session •To share information about KS2 SATs. •To answer any questions about KS2 SATs. •Discuss / share ideas about how you, as a parent can help your child at home.

3. What are KS2 SATs? Teacher Assessments • Writing Tests •Reading Comprehension •SPAG (Spelling, punctuation and grammar) •3 Maths papers

4. Teacher Assessment This year, only writing… What does teacher assessment involve, and is it different from testing? • All writing is teacher assessed against the criteria, set from the government. • Writing is moderated by teachers in school, teachers within local schools and the LA might choose to carry out an external moderation.

5. SATs Week • A timetable is issued to school, telling us on which days/sessions tests must be administered. • All children must sit the tests at the same time, but there are exceptions, that school can adhere to. • Tests are completed in Y6 classrooms and other rooms, with any displays that may help, covered over. • Children are divided into groups for test administration to ensure they are properly supported and feel secure.

6. SATs Table Year 6 SATs Week 13th May – 16th May 2019 On the day, a small breakfast snack will be provided. Lunchtimes will be as normal. Afternoon sessions will be as normal as possible – maybe some extra PE and Art.

7. Absence during the test period • If a pupil is absent on the scheduled day of a test and returns within a specified period, they will be expected to take the test. • Pupils who do not take all test papers for a subject will receive a raw score for the paper(s) they have completed but will not receive a scaled score. • If your child is poorly on the day of the test, please phone and ask to speak to a Y6 teacher or member of the leadership team and we can discuss the most appropriate action.

8. How can parents help? • Talk to your child about their learning and listen to any concerns your child has. • Get them to school every day and on time. • Help them to get a good sleep! • Make sure they have a healthy breakfast and bring a water bottle to school. • Children will not be allowed to wear watches of any kind.

9. English SATs English SATs consist of: • A reading test • A SPAG test (spelling, punctuation and grammar)

10. Reading SATs • There are a variety of different questions to be answered in different ways. • Children cannot have any adult help in this test. • The test is 60 minutes. • Reading booklet – could be fiction, non-fiction, poetry; 3 to 4 texts in increasing order of difficulty. • There is a greater focus on fictional texts. • Questions are worth 1 – 3 marks – which equates to what is expected of the children’s answers.

11. Profile of marks by question type

12. How can parents help with Reading? • Ensure your child reads every night! • Encourage them to read fiction and non-fiction. • Try to listen to your child read and ask them questions about the text. • Help them with the different skills, of reading, especially ‘skim’ reading where they are looking for key words in the text. • Encourage the children to write detailed responses to what they have read, similar to what they do in class, in their Reading Record.

13. SPAG: Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar • The SPAG test lasts 45 minutes with an aural spelling test of 20 words, lasting around 15 minutes. • The SPAG test will include two sub-types of questions: • Selected response, e.g. ‘Identify the adjectives in the sentence below’. • Constructed response, e.g. ‘Correct/complete/rewrite the sentence below,’ or, ‘The sentence below has an apostrophe missing. Explain why it needs an apostrophe.’

14. Example Spellings • discover • dissolve • possession • ominous • drawer • unavoidably • abundance • parachute • illusion • scent • sleigh • posture • gymnastics • country • delicious • sign • loose • mission

15. Mathematics Children will sit 3 papers in Maths: • Paper 1: Arithmetic - 30 minutes • Papers 2 and 3: Reasoning- 40 minutes per paper Paper 1 will consist of fixed response questions, where children have to give the correct answer to calculations. Papers 2 and 3 will involve a number of question types, including: • Multiple choice; • True or false, with justification; • Constrained questions e.g. giving the answer to a calculation, drawing a shape or completing a table or chart; and • Less constrained questions, where children will have to explain their approach for solving a problem.

16. Cont. • Some questions are worth one mark and therefore accuracy is important. • Other questions are worth two marks and even if the answer is wrong, a mark may be given for correct working. • Teachers may read questions in all written papers to pupils, if asked.

17. How can parents help with Maths? • Support with homework – not just helping with the Maths but reading the question can really help. • TIMES TABLES! • Help your child to check their work through – this will help them to spot mistakes that can sometimes be easily fixed. • Ask your children to explain how they would solve a problem. • http://www.thrapston-primary.northants.sch.uk/page/?title=Year+Six&pid=78

18. Before the SATS What are we doing? • Booster sessions. • Test preparation. • Special arrangements for pupils who may need extra support. • Homework books – especially designed to practise SATS skills.

19. Results of SATs Papers • Your child’s score will be converted to a scaled score to allow it to be compared to others’. Scaled scores will normally range between 80 and 120. • The scale will be set so that reaching a score of 100 will indicate that your child is working at the expected standard for the end of Key Stage 2. • Higher scores indicate more advanced attainment, with lower scores suggesting that your child may need some additional support to catch up with his or her peers. • We usually receive the results, in school, at the beginning of July. Once they have been validated, we will share with parents in a sealed envelope.

20. Anyquestions?