Year 6 SATsParents’ Briefing

Explain what the SATs are Give an idea as to what the tests involve

and when they will take place Explain what we in school are doing to

help and support your child Share ways to help support your child at

home An opportunity to ask questions

SATs stands for Standardised Assessment Tests

SATs are public examinations which are marked outside of school

They assess the attainment of Year 6 pupils in the core subjects of Maths and English.

Year 6 SATs are during the week of…

14th-17th May 2018

No Year 6 absence during this week please

On May 2016, children in Year 2 and Year 6 were the first pupils to take the new SATs papers

These tests in English and Maths aim to reflect the new National Curriculum and are intended to be more rigorous

Also introduced was a completely new marking scheme to replace the existing national curriculum levels

The previous national curriculum levels have been scrapped and instead, children are now given scaled scores.

Tests are marked externally and the results will become available in mid July.

You will be given your child’s raw score (the actual number of marks they get), alongside their scaled score and whether they have reached the national average or Age Related Expectations (ARE)

The raw score needed to reach the national average has yet to be announced, but in order to reach ARE, a standardized score of 100 needs to be achieved.

Helping your child with their homework, hear them read and learn their multiplication tables and spellings

Showing interest. Please ask your child how the test went

Encourage your child to do their best

Ensure that your child has a good night’s sleep

Plenty is being done in school to prepare your child for the SATs tests, but encouraging them to go over key things at home may well give them that extra bit of confidence.

Post-its Mind maps Revision booklets On-line games (e.g. BBC Bitesize KS2 – other

links are on school website) Get them to ‘be the teacher!’

Ensuring the best results for your child – school support

The Year 6 children will have had numerous practice assessment weeks

Free snack for each child in Year 6 during the Revision Lessons prior to the tests

Pastoral support for pupils who may feel the pressure in the lead up to the tests

Tests will take place in familiar environments

Ensuring the best results for your child – school support

Each child will be treated as an individualProgrammes of support have already been put in

place – Interventions led by Teaching Assistants, small group support within lessons

Booster Classes are up and running, helping to support target pupils

Some pupils will receive additional one to one or small group support during SATs Week and may sit their tests in different rooms

Revision material (including on-line support) will be provided

Monday 14th

May English Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling Test (SPaG): Paper 1 - short answer questionsPaper 2 – Spelling

Tuesday 15th May English Reading Test: Reading Booklet and associated Answer Booklet

Wednesday 16th May Mathematics: Paper 1 - Arithmetic Test, Paper 2 - Reasoning

Thursday 17th May Mathematics: Paper 3 - Reasoning

As a reward for all their hard work in the lead up to SATs week, a special day will be organized for our wonderful Year 6 pupils.

Although we have yet to finalize our 2018 SATs Reward Day, it has been proposed that we put on a range of free activities on Friday 17th May and pupils will be consulted about this.

It’s the very least they deserve!

What are the exams my child will take for literacy?

Key dates

The reading paper

The SPAG paper

Writing

1 hour to answer questions on 3

different articles which vary in style,

with a total of 35 to 40 questions of

increasing difficulty.

Paper 1 comprises 40 to 50 short-answer questions covering

grammar, punctuation and vocabulary,

taking 45 minutes.

Paper 2 is a spelling test with 20

questions, taking approximately 15

minutes.

Judged by your child’s teacher.

Given new targets every two weeks.

How can I help my child prepare for the SPAG paper?

rhythm / parliament

Weekly spellings

cull / ingenious

New vocabulary

SPAG detectives

How can I help my child prepare for

the reading paper?

50 MARKS

1 – Read with them and question their understanding. Make sure it is THEIR colour. Focus on SELECT / FIND / HOW / WHY / SYNONYM

SELECT / FIND / HOW / WHY / SYNONYM

“Stop yelling at me!” screamed Mazangrily.

“Calm down, Maz. I’m only trying to find out how you came across the money,” soothed Mrs Meyri.

As Mr Meyri listened to their 5 minute exchange of words, he knew that going to the police would be the next step.

1 – Read with them and question their understanding. Make sure it is THEIR colour. Focus on SELECT / FIND / HOW / WHY / SYNONYM

2 – Learn new vocabulary together3 – Set goals – word count / millionaire 4 – Ask for updates on their reading age5 – Keep up to date with their quizzing scores / word

count6 – Take out books together7 – Talk about the news8 – Read with siblings / other family members9 – e-books as a family – YouTube10 – Listen / discuss – new vocabulary

The Maths Tests

Arithmetic (paper 1 - 30 minutes)

Reasoning (Paper 2 – 40 minutes)

Reasoning (Paper 3 – 40 minutes)

3 tests

What’s OUT?

Calculators

Tracing paper

Mental maths test

What has changed?

What’s IN?

Reasoning

Raised expectations

Separate arithmetic test

Raised expectations?

Pupils MUST know their timetables to X12.

These are the expectations at the end of Year 4!

It is essential you help your child with their timetables at home – it supports ALL areas of maths.

Times Tables

How can you help?

Topmarks

Any queries – please speak to your class teacher.