Year 6 SATs

Prince of WalesPresentation to parents and carers

By Mr Taylor

Jan 2016

Information session

The purpose of this meeting is to give

you information about the Y6 SATs

and what that means for the

children at the Field Federation

(Churchfield and Houndsfield Primary

Schools).

New terminology/name:

LEVELS:• 1c 1b 1a• 2c 2b 2a• 3c 3b 3a• 4c 4b 4a• 5c 5b 5a• 6c

AGE RELATED EXPECTATIONS• Year 1

• Year 2

• Year 3

• Year 4

• Year 5

• Year 6

National expectations

Your child will be measured against the

new age expected standards.

This is what teachers use to plan and

teach lessons.

Details of the expected standards for

each year group are contained in the

National Curriculum document.

The National Curriculum is available on

the web as web pages or you can

download the document as a PDF

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-curriculum-in-england-primary-curriculum

The tests

SATs = Standardised Assessment Tasks

A statutory requirement nationally

Strictly administered and timed

A series of written tests which are

externally marked

Important for your child and for the

school

Leading up to SATs

Between now and May, your child’s teacher(s) will be

helping them to prepare for the tests. This will include:

Curriculum content covered

Revision lessons

Practice tests

Homework

Revision guides

Additional learning sessions (e.g. before/after school,

Saturdays, half term/holiday school)

Regular feedback to your child and to you

Test week arrangements made (e.g. breakfast club)

Further information (e.g. parents evenings, letters, etc)

How your child does in class every day is an important part of assessment and is usually reflected in his/her results.

This is another reason for ensuring your child has good attendance and punctuality!

Test week – May 2016

All children will sit the following papers on the following days:

Mon 9th May –

Reading test, paper

Tues 10th May –

Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation test, paper 1

Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation test, paper 2

Wed 11th May –

Maths test, paper 1

Maths test, paper 2

Thurs 12th May –

Maths test, paper 3

Reading test

(Mon 9th May)

1 hour

Reading booklet and associated

answer booklet

3 texts (increasing difficulty)

A focus on comprehension

Reading test examples

1. Having read the text “Gone Fishing” explain why the

author used italics?

2. Copy the phrase from the text that tells you Abigail

was feeling happy.

3. What happened at the end of the text. Tick ONE:

She went home

She got lost

She lost her belongings

Her belongings were at home

Spelling, Grammar and

Punctuation tests

(Tues 10th May)

Paper 1 – short answer paper (45 mins)

Focus on knowing and applying grammatical

terminology and full range of punctuation

Paper 2 – spelling (approx. 15 mins)

Answer booklet to write the spelling in which

the teacher will read out in context

Spelling, Grammar and

Punctuation test examplesPaper 1:

1. Underline the adverb in the following sentence:

My sister slowly ate her chips in front of the big, loud television

screen.

2. Add the punctuation to this sentence:

when the holidays come which i am really looking forward to i

am going to germany on an easyjet plane

Paper 2:

1. My cousin lives in a ____________ country.

2. On my way home I witnessed an _______________.

1. knowledge

2. accident

3. beginning

4. permanent

5. unnecessary

6. catalogue

7. biscuits

8. leisure

9. preferred

10. subtle

11. jewellery

12. foreign

13. synchronised

14. desperately

15. vicious

Maths tests

(Wed 11th & Thurs 12th May)

NO CALCULATORS ALLOWED

Wed 11th May:

Paper 1 – arithmetic (30 minutes)

Assesses basic mathematical calculations (e.g. addition and subtraction (including fractions), long multiplication and long division)

Paper 2 – reasoning (40 mins)

Assesses mathematical fluency, problem solving and reasoning skills.

Thurs 12th May:

Paper 3 – reasoning (40 mins)

Assesses mathematical fluency, problem solving and reasoning skills.

Maths test examples

Paper 1:

1. 56,784 + 3,416

2. 3/4 of 5,975

Papers 2 and 3:

1. My number is four times as big as my friend’s number

which is 32. What will my number be?

2. Multiply the 7th prime number and the 3rd composite

number together.

Is the answer prime or composite?

3. Tom has an isosceles triangle. If one angle is 43%, what

could the other angles be?

After SATs….

Once the SATs tests are completed, important

learning continues.

Writing and Science (which are not tested in

May), are assessed in June/July.

HOW YOUR CHILD DOES IN THEIR WRITING

AFFECTS THEIR OVERALL SATs RESULT.

The results!

Results of the tests/assessments will be available in July!

Your child’s marks will be converted to a scaled score. A scaled score

of 100 is the expected standard.

The Government expects that 65% of children will reach the expected

standard.

You will receive a written report which will contain your child’s

personal results. This will include a clear statement of whether or not

your child met the expected standard. There are many reasons why a

child may not meet the expected standard.

You will also be given information about how well the whole year

group of children have done and this will be compared to how Year 6

children did nationally last year.

In addition to the test results you will also receive a Teacher

Assessment judgements

All the results for your child will automatically be passed up to your

child’s secondary school.

DO support your child by: Ensuring your child is in school every day and arrives on time. Absences and lateness

cause gaps in learning.

Attending school meetings and events (e.g. Parent’s Evenings, special assemblies,

curriculum meetings, Bring your Parent to School mornings and Coffee mornings

(Tuesdays at Houndsfield, Thursdays at Churchfield))

Ensuring you know what your child’s next steps are in Reading, Writing,

Grammar/Punctuation/Vocabulary/Spellings, and Maths

Working with your child at home on the areas identified

Hearing your child read every day

Attending resource library every week to get games and activities your child can use

at home (Thursdays at Churchfield, Fridays at Houndsfield)

Regularly talking to your child about his/her learning at school

Meeting regularly with your child’s Class Teacher about how your child is getting on

with his/her learning

Taking your child to visit the local library and other local places

Reading and sharing stories in your home language

Ensuring your child completes any homework each week and returns this to school

Reading and responding to letters and messages the school sends home

If you have any questions about your child’s learning, please don’t hesitate to speak to

your child’s Class Teacher.

Thank you for

listening!

Any questions?

08/02/20

16Headteacher: 24

Science

Teacher Assessment – Practical Tasks on classroom investigations

Based on all Science work

done in KS2

E.g. Electricity/Solids & Gases/Plants/Water/earth & Space

Heavy revision programme in spring

term

Revision Books

Who? - All children at the end of Y6 moving

to Secondary.

What? – English and Maths.

When?- Monday 9th May – Thursday 12th May

2016

How? - Written tests sent off for external

marking.

08/02/20

16Headteacher: 25

KEY STAGE 2

9-13th May