SAT ASSESSMENT AND INFORMATION EVENING 29 TH FEBRUARY 2016

WHAT ARE SATS? SATS ARE A SERIES OF TESTS TO ASSESS YOUR CHILD’S KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING AT THE END OF KEY STAGE ONE AND TWO. THEY ARE ALSO USED TO TRACK YOUR CHILD’S PROGRESSION FROM KEY STAGE ONE TO THE END OF KEY STAGE TWO. THEY TAKE PLACE W/C 9 TH MAY YOU WILL GET THE RESULTS IN YOUR CHILD’S END OF YEAR REPORT OR AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER THE REPORTS HAVE BEEN SENT OUT.

WHAT DO THE TESTS CONSIST OF? THERE ARE THREE MATHS TESTS: ARITHMETIC30 MINSSCORE OUT OF 40 REASONING 140 MINSSCORE OUT OF 35 REASONING 240 MINSSCORE OUT OF 35 TOTAL SCORE OUT OF 110

WHAT DO THE TEST CONSIST OF? THERE ARE THREE ENGLISH TESTS: READING1 HOUR SCORE OUT OF 50 SPELLING, PUNCTUATION AND GRAMMAR (SPAG)45 MINS SCORE OUT OF 50 SPELLING15 MINS SCORE OUT OF 20 TOTAL SCORE OUT OF 70

WRITING AND SCIENCE ASSESSMENT YOUR CHILD’S WRITING AND SCIENCE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING IS ASSESSED OVER THE WHOLE IN YEAR, WITH THE MAIN FOCUS BEING ON THE NEXT EIGHT WEEKS. WE HAVE JUST STARTED OUR SCIENCE REVISION WHERE WE REVIEW ALL ASPECTS OF THE SCIENCE CURRICULUM IN KS2 (FROM YEAR 3 – YEAR 6). THE CHILDREN WILL SIT A RANGE OF INFORMAL TESTS AT THE END OF THIS TIME WHICH WILL BE USED, ALONG WITH THEIR WEEKLY CLASSWORK, TO ASSESS THEIR LEVEL. YOUR CHILD WILL BE ASKED TO WRITE IN A RANGE OF DIFFERENT GENRES OVER THE COMING WEEKS. WE WILL USE PUBLISHED EXEMPLIFICATIONS AND INTERIM REPORTS TO ASSESS YOUR CHILD’S WRITING.

MAIN CHANGES THIS YEAR THE INTRODUCTION OF THE ARITHMETIC TEST – THIS REPLACES THE MENTAL MATHS TEST. NO LEVEL 6 PAPERS – THERE WILL BE SEVERAL CHALLENGING QUESTIONS ADDED INTO EACH PAPER TO ASSESS THE CHILDREN WORKING AT ABOVE THE EXPECTED STANDARD. THERE ARE NO MORE LEVELS – YOUR CHILD WILL BE GIVEN A SCALED SCORE BASED ON THE RAW SCORE FROM EACH OF THE TESTS. THESE ARE THE FIRST TESTS BASED ON THE NEW CURRICULUM INTRODUCED TWO YEARS AGO.

SCALED SCORES A SCORE OF ‘100’ MEANS YOUR CHILD HAS ACHIEVED THE EXPECTED STANDARD FOR THE END OF YEAR 6. BELOW THIS SCORE INDICATES THEY ARE ‘WORKING TOWARDS’ THE STANDARD. ABOVE THIS SCORE INDICATES THEY ARE ‘WORKING ABOVE’ THE STANDARD. WE WILL NOT KNOW HOW THE RAW SCORES CONVERT TO THE SCALED SCORES UNTIL THE RESULTS ARE PUBLISHED IN JULY 2016.

SATS TIMETABLE THE TESTS TAKE PLACE W/C 9 TH MAY 2016 MONDAY 9 TH READING PAPER TUESDAY 10 TH SPAG AND SPELLING WEDNESDAY 11 TH ARITHMETIC AND REASONING PAPER 1 THURSDAY12THREASONING PAPER 2

QUESTIONS?

NOW IT’S YOUR TURN!

HOW YOU CAN HELP AT HOME SCHOOL WEBSITE REVIEWING CLASS PAPERS CGP ‘10 MINUTE TESTS’ REVIEWING HOMEWORK ENSURE YOUR CHILD HAS TIME TO RELAX AND TAKE TIME OUT