Mrs Hill and Ms Hadfield Wednesday 25 th February

Agenda: Update on national changes in assessment arrangements Explain school arrangements for KS2 SATs Opportunity to look at sample test materials Question and Answers

A new National Curriculum was introduced in As a result, the Standards and Testing Agency (STA) is changing the tests so that they assess the new curriculum. Pupils will take the new tests for the first time in May 2016.

At the end of Year 6, children will take SATs in: Reading English Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling Maths Writing will be given a grade from Teacher assessments. KS 2 Assessment Arrangements

 Y6 have to sit the tests on set dates.  This year it is Monday 9 th May to Thursday 12 th May.  Teacher assessment for writing has moved to the end of June.

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The reading test for Year 6 pupils will be a text booklet and the children will have 1 hour in which they have to answer questions ( 50 marks) The texts in the reading papers will cover a range of fiction, non-fiction and poetry, questions will get progressively more difficult at the end of every text.

There will be a variety of question types: Ranking/ordering, e.g. ‘Number the events below to show the order in which they happen in the story’ Labelling, e.g. ‘Label the text to show the title of the story’ Find and copy, e.g. ‘Find and copy one word that suggests what the weather is like in the story’ Short constructed response, e.g. ‘What does the bear eat?’ Open-ended response, e.g. ‘Look at the sentence that begins Once upon a time. How does the writer increase the tension throughout this paragraph? Explain fully, referring to the text in your answer.’ The children have been practising in class already. They are aware of how on 3 mark questions they need to give detailed answers in order to secure the 3 marks.

Children taking Key Stage 2 SATs will sit two separate papers in grammar, spelling and punctuation: Paper 1: a grammar and punctuation written task, taking 45 minutes, and worth 50 marks. Paper 2: a 20-word spelling test taking approximately 15 minutes and worth 20 marks.

 The grammar and punctuation test will include two sub-types of questions:  Selected response, e.g. ‘Identify the adjectives in the sentence below’  Constructed response, e.g. ‘Correct/complete/rewrite the sentence below,’ or, ‘The sentence below has an apostrophe missing. Explain why it needs an apostrophe.’

The new Key Stage 2 maths test will comprise two papers: Paper 1: arithmetic 30 minutes long (40 marks) Paper 2: reasoning 40 minutes long (35 marks) Paper 3: reasoning 40 minutes long (35 marks) Children will only be allowed to use pencils, rulers and protractors.

 Paper 1 will consist of fixed response questions, where children have to give the correct answer to calculations, including long multiplication and division.  Papers 2 and 3 will involve a number of question types, including:  Multiple choice  True or false  Constrained questions, e.g. giving the answer to a calculation, drawing a shape or completing a table or chart  Less constrained questions, where children will have to explain their approach for solving a problem

 Levels have been replaced by scaled scores  The expected standard will be a score of 100. Scores of above or below 100 will show pupils exceeding or failing to meet the expected standard.  Each pupil registered for the tests will receive:  A raw score  A scaled score  Confirmation of whether or not he/she attained the expected standard

 Home learning  Booster clubs  Reading regularly  Practise of times tables  Practise of written methods  SPAG glossary  CGP 10 minute SAT buster test books – option to buy ks2_SATS_Maths.book_EMXB23 ks2_SATS_Maths.book_EMXB23