KS2 SATS 2018: Parent-Teacher Collaboration for Children's Success

1. Welcome! KS2 SATS 2018 St James RC Primary School Parents and teachers working together for the benefit of the children.

2. How are we preparing? • Practising previous SATS papers • Continuous Assessment • Booster Classes • Focused Maths Lessons • Focused Spelling Lessons • Focused GPS Lessons • Guided and Independent Reading • Writing Assessment Books compiled • Target Setting and Monitoring • ICT suite open for revision

3. WHAT WILL BE ASSESSED? ASSESSED BY TESTS (marked externally) MATHS READING GPS PAPER 1 PAPER 2 PAPER 3 ONE PAPER GRAMMAR PUNCTUATION AND SPELLING TWO PAPERS * No Calculators WRITING CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT SPEAKING & LISTENING CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT

4. MATHS 2018 MATHS (marked externally) PAPER 1 Arithmetic Lasts for 30 minutes. PAPER 2 Reasoning Lasts for 40 minutes. Lasts for 40 minutes PAPER 3 Reasoning The tests have questions of 1 and 2 marks and children are given marks for working out if they finish the task, but get the answer incorrect.

8. READING 2018 PAPER 1 There is only one paper based on reading comprehension of three to four different, un-linked texts, with a total of 35 to 40 questions. (Totalling 50 marks) The least demanding texts will come first with the following texts increasing in level of difficulty. Questions worth 1,2,or 3 marks each. Lasts for 1 hour (no ‘reading time’ to start) (marked externally)

9. READING SKILLS ASSESSED The most crucial aspects of reading at the end of Key Stage 2 are:- • Accuracy (decoding familiar and unfamiliar words correctly) • Fluency (speed and confidence) • Comprehension (drawing meaning from text) • 2a Explain the meanings of words in context. • 2b Retrieve and record information/ identify key details • 2c Summarise main ideas from more than one paragraph. • 2d Make inferences from the text using evidence to justify and explain. • 2e Predict what might happen from details stated and implied. • 2f Identify /explain how information/ narrative content is related and contributes to the meaning as a whole. • 2g Identify how meaning is enhanced through choice of words and phrases.

10. Reading Test Examples Some questions will ask the children to find answers directly from the reading booklets they are given.

11. Others will require the children to deduce answers by using words or phrases as evidence.

12. Some questions will ask the children to evaluate what they have read, again using the text to back up their answers.

13. GPS 2018 English - Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar PAPER 1 Comprises 40 to 50 short-answer questions covering grammar, punctuation and vocabulary. A spelling test with 20 questions. PAPER 2 (marked externally)

14. English Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling Assessment Criteria Grammar  Pupils should have a broad vocabulary, understand how to use word types and the grammatical functions of words, including: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions and articles.  The features of different types of sentence, including statements, questions and commands, and how to use them.  The grammar of complex sentences, including clauses, phrases and connectives.  The purpose of paragraphs, and how ideas can be linked.  How to proof read to check for spelling and punctuation errors, omissions and repetitions. Spelling  To sound out phonemes  To understand syllables  Standard spelling conventions  Common spelling patters  Prefixes and suffixes  Word families, roots and origins of words  Terminologies such as: vowel, consonant, homophone and syllable Punctuation  How to proof read to check for spelling and punctuation errors, omissions and repetitions.  Correct use of punctuation including full stops, question marks, commas, inverted commas and apostrophes to mark possession and omission.

15. Sample questions

16. WRITING 2018 This year a greater focus on the progress children make throughout the school year, as opposed to a test-day snapshot of what they know. • teachers will assess children’s writing composition. Children’s results for English writing will be a judgement of their work across Year 6. • children's grammar, punctuation and spelling skills will be assessed as part of their writing, but their creativity and writing style will also be evaluated. • Schools will moderate their judgements with other local schools and may be moderated by their Local Authorities too.

17. What is assessed in writing? • Composition and Effect • Text Organisation • Sentence structure and Punctuation • Spelling and Handwriting Children are expected to be able to write using a range of different genres including: • Report • Recount • Balanced argument • Advert • Instructions • Play script • Poetry • Newspaper report • Biography • Autobiography • Diary Entry • Narrative • Formal letter • Informal letter

18. Working Towards • The pupil can: • • write for a range of purposes • • use paragraphs to organise ideas • • in narratives, describe settings and characters • • in non - narrative writing, use simple devices to structure the writing and support the reader (e.g. headings, sub - headings, bullet points) • • use capital letters, full stops, question marks, commas for lists and apostrophes for contraction mostly correctly • • spell correctly most words from the year 3 / year 4 spelling list, and some words from the year 5 / year 6 spelling list * • • write legibly .

19. Expected Standard • write effectively for a range of purposes and audiences, selecting language that shows good awareness of the reader. • in narratives, describe settings, characters and atmosphere • integrate dialogue in narratives to convey character and advance the action • select vocabulary and grammatical structures that reflect what the writing requires, doing this mostly appropriately (e.g. using contracted forms in dialogues in narrative; using passive verbs to affect how information is presented; using modal verbs to suggest degrees of possibility) • use a range of devices to build cohesion (e.g. conjunctions, adverbials of time and place, pronouns, synonyms) within and across paragraphs • use verb tenses consistently and correctly throughout their writing • use the range of punctuation taught at key stage 2 mostly correctly^ (e.g. inverted commas and other punctuation to indicate direct speech) • spell correctly most words from the year 5 / year 6 spelling list , * and use a dictionary to check the spelling of uncommon or more ambitious vocabulary • maintain legibility in joined handwriting when writing at speed . 2

20. Greater Depth • write effectively for a range of purposes and audiences, selecting the appropriate form and drawing independently on what they have read as models for their own writing (e.g. literary language, characterisation, structure) • distinguish between the language of speech and writing and choose the appropriate register • exercise an assured and conscious control over levels of formality, particularly through manipulating grammar and vocabulary to achieve this • use the range of punctuation taught at key stage 2 correctly (e .g. semi - colons, dashes, colons, hyphens) and, when necessary, use such punctuation precisely to enhance meaning and avoid ambiguity.

21. SAT SCALES • The expected standard in each subject is 100. • Your child will receive a raw score and a standardized score. • The DFE will wait until pupils have taken the tests and marked before the national standard can be set (July 2018) • Lowest score is 80 and the highest is 120.

22. In 2017 to get an expected level (100) in the maths test the children had to get 57 out of 110. In 2017 to get an expected level (100) in the reading test the children had to get 26 out of 50. In 2017 to get an expected level (100) in GPS the children had to get 36 out of 70. These thresholds change each year.

23. WHEN ARE THE TESTS? All KS2 SATs will be held in the week beginning 14th May 2018 *Pupils who are ill on the day of a KS2 SATs test will be able to sit it within a week

24. SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS Some support can be given to children who have a ‘statement of educational needs’. Requests for additional time will be made by teachers using their knowledge of children and the children’s individual needs. A teacher can help a child to read instructions on the maths and GPS test. Children with visual impairment can have an enlarged copy of the test. Children who do not have English as a first language can have a translator for maths.

25. REPORTING RESULTS • Children’s progress, as well as their achievement, will be measured and reported on in school performance tables. • Teacher assessments will be passed on to secondary schools so they can be used in planning for year 7 teaching. • The results are returned via email mid July. • Written reports are given at the end of the summer term along with your child’s results and the results for school.

26. Revision Books; CGP, Letts, Rising Stars etc. Try not to put too much pressure on your child. Support with homework and targets that have been discussed at Parents Evening. Read regularly and discuss a variety of texts – not just ‘listening’ to your child read. Short bursts of maths, times tables and problem solving etc. Using Achieve 3000 once a week to help your child make accelerated reading progress. Using ICT suite at 8:30am. HELPING AT HOME

27. WE RECOMMEND:- • Early nights and lots of sleep • Good attendance • Good punctuality • A good breakfast • LOTS OF PRAISE AND ENCOURAGEMENT!

28. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revision/ This is an excellent site, providing revision help for KS2, KS3, KS 4 and KS5. This covers all subjects through activities and tests. http://www.icteachers.co.uk/children/children_sats.htm A wide range of KS2 SATs questions, from both past papers and their own team of teachers. http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/revision/index.html Revision pages at Woodlands Junior School. These revision pages support the work they do at Woodlands Junior School. They have been put together for their students to help them with their revision. Included are some sample questions taken from past Key Stage 2 SATs papers, as well as a whole host of interactive tests/quizzes. http://www.compare4kids.co.uk/maths.php This links to lots of other websites which have games and activities on specific subjects http://www.emaths.co.uk/index.php/4-students/past-papers/ks2-sat-papers Over 10 years of past SAT papers for you to use (Please do not use papers after 2007 as these will be used in school during revision lessons) http://www.parkfieldict.co.uk/sats/ English and Maths revision activities and games. USEFUL WEBSITES

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