SATs - Standard Assessment Tests

1. Dronfield Junior School SATs - Standard Assessment Tests

2. Self-esteem “The most important influence on a person's level of self-esteem are their parents. After parents have had their say, little else in life is able to modify the opinion of self thus formed" Nicolas Emler ; 2001 The Costs and Causes of Low Self-Esteem Joseph Rowntree Foundation

3. SATs Keeping a Balance Preparation or Pressure?

4. What SATs measure: Maths Reading Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling (Writing and science - teacher assessment)

5. Assessment to show Progression • Foundation Stage Profile (Reception) • Key Stage 1 (age 7 Teacher Assessment) • Key Stage 2 (age 11 - SATs) • Key Stage 3 (SATs dropped) • Key Stage 4 (age 16 – GCSEs) • Sixth Form (A Levels) • Further Education

6. KS2 SATs – the changes … • In 2014/15 a new national curriculum framework was introduced by the government for Years 1, 3, 4 and 5 • However, Years 2 and 6 (due to statutory testing) continued to study the previous curriculum for one further year. • In 2015/16 children in all years at Key Stage 1 and 2 are expected to now study the new national curriculum. • KS2 SATs (Year 6) will reflect the new curriculum for the first time this year. • Your children will be the first pupils to receive the new tests and the first to receive the new style of reporting results.

7. Assessment and Reporting • ‘Old’ national curriculum levels (e.g. Level 3, 4, 5) have now been abolished, as set out in the government guidelines. • From 2016, test scores will be reported as ‘scaled scores’. • This means it is very difficult to compare the assessment of a previous year with the current year. • Your child will still be taught with the highest expectations and cover all required elements of the curriculum, similar to previous years. • The new curriculum is more rigorous and sets higher expectations which all schools have had to work hard to meet since the beginning of last year.

8. Scaled Scores • What is meant by ‘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. • The scale will have a lower end point somewhere below 100 and an upper end point above 100. • A child who achieves the ‘national standard’ (a score of 100(?) the score needed to reach this national expectation has yet to be announced) will be judged to have demonstrated sufficient knowledge in the areas assessed by the tests. • In July 2016 for the first publication of test results, each pupil will receive: • A raw score (number of raw marks awarded). • A scaled score in each tested subject. • Confirmation of whether or not they attained the national standard

9. SATs Week Timetable 9 -13 May 2016 Monday Reading Test Tuesday Grammar, punctuation & Spelling Test Wednesday Maths Paper 1 and Paper 2 Thursday Maths Paper 3

10. Maths Children will sit three papers in Maths: • Paper 1: arithmetic, 30 minutes • Papers 2 and 3: reasoning, 40 minutes per paper

11. Maths

12. MATHS REASONING • Much greater emphasis on reasoning skills in the new curriculum. • Arithmetic – 1 paper 30mins (40marks) • Reasoning – 2 papers 40mins (35marks each) (70 out of the 110 in total). • “Reasoning enables children to make use of all their other mathematical skills and so reasoning could be thought of as the 'glue' which helps mathematics makes sense.” (Nrich) • Reasoning covers ALL areas of Maths on the new SATS papers.

13. REASONING IN NUMBER A pack of paper has 150 sheets. 4 children each take 7 sheets. How many sheets of paper are left in the packet? 4 x 7 = 28 (1mark) Show your method 150 – 28 = 122 (1mark) 2 marks

14. REASONING IN NUMBER Maria bakes a cake and sells them in bags. She uses this formula to work out how much to charge for one bag of cakes. How much will a bag of 12 cakes cost? Cost = number of cakes x 20p + 15p for the bag. 12 x 20p = 240p 240p + 15p = 255p 255p = £2.55 £ 1 mark

15. REASONING IN NUMBER Cost = number of cakes x 20p + 15p for the bag. Olivia buys a bag of cakes for £5.15. Use the same formula to calculate how many cakes are in the bag. £5.15 = ? X 20p + 15p £5.15 – 15p = £5 (1mark) Show your method 500p 20 = 25 (1mark) 2 marks

16. REASONING IN NUMBER • Look at the diagram below. It is not to scale. • An isosceles triangle labelled S is drawn inside a rectangle. • Calculate a.

17. Reasoning in data handling

18. Identify that milk chocolate represents ½ of the boys. Therefore, 25 boys chose milk chocolate. 25 would represent ¼ of the 100 girls. Since over ¼ of the girls chose milk chocolate, Dev is correct and more girls than boys chose mile chocolate.

19. English – Reading The reading test will be a single paper with questions based on three unrelated reading texts. • Children are given 60 minutes in total, which includes reading the texts and answering the questions. • A total of 50 marks are available. • Questions are designed to assess the comprehension and understanding of a child’s reading.

20. Reading There will be a series of question types: • Ranking / ordering • Labelling • Find and copy • Short constructed response • Open-ended response

21. English – Writing Punctuation Pyramid . . ? . ? , ! . ? , … ! ‘ “” . ? , … ! ‘ “” : ;

22. Spelling, grammar and punctuation test The grammar, punctuation and spelling test will consist of two parts: a grammar and punctuation paper requiring short answers, lasting 45 minutes and an aural spelling test of 20 words, lasting around 15 minutes. The grammar and punctuation test will include two sub-types of questions: • Selected response eg underline the verb form that is in the past progressive in the sentence. • Constructed response eg Correct / complete / rewrite the sentence below or the sentence below has an apostrophe missing. Explain why it needs an apostrophe.

23. Spelling, grammar and punctuation test

24. Spelling, grammar and punctuation test

25. Science Not all children in Y6 will take Science SATs. For those who are selected, there will be three papers: • Biology: 25 minutes, 22 marks • Chemistry: 25 minutes, 22 marks • Physics: 25 minutes, 22 marks Science sampling test period; weeks commencing: 6 June and 13 June

26. Be Positive! • First and foremost, support and reassure your child that there is nothing to worry about and they should always just try their best. Praise and encourage! • Take an interest rather than pressurise. • Ensure your child has the best possible attendance at school. • Support your child with any homework tasks. • Try to make it fun if you can • A little and often (20 minutes?) • Repeat and review • Vary the work • Keep other activities going sports, hobbies

27. Helping Your Child With Reading • Listening to your child read can take many forms. • First and foremost, focus developing an enjoyment and love of reading. • Enjoy stories together – reading stories to your child at KS1 and KS2 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 – you could use a dictionary, the internet or an app on a phone or tablet. • 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. • Visit the local library - it’s free!

28. Helping Your Child With Writing • 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. • Encourage use of a dictionary to check spelling and a thesaurus to find synonyms and expand vocabulary • Allow your child to use a computer for word processing, which will allow for editing and correcting of errors without lots of crossing out. • Remember that good readers become good writers! Identify good writing features when reading (e.g. vocabulary, sentence structure, punctuation). • Show your appreciation: praise and encourage, even for small successes!

29. Helping Your Child With Maths • Play times tables games egTTRockstars • Play mental maths games including counting in different amounts, forwards and backwards • Encourage opportunities for telling the time. Reading timetables (buses and trains). • Encourage opportunities for counting coins and money; finding amounts or calculating change when shopping • Look for examples of 2D and 3D shapes around the home, talk about their features • Identify, weigh or measure quantities and amounts in the kitchen or in recipes • Play games involving numbers or logic, such as card games, darts, draughts or chess

30. Using the Collins Guides Revision Guides with sample questions Write on them – tick the pages Read – Cover – Test – Check Parents mark with the child to check understanding – share the experience.

31. Good Health makes a difference • Exercise • Sensible eating (e-additives) • Sleep • Water