SATs Information Evening Year 6 SATs Information Evening 7th March 2017

Aims of the session To share important information about end of KS2 SATs To answer any questions about KS2 SATs Discuss /share ideas about how you as a parent can help your child at home

What are KS2 SATs? Standard Assessment Tests All children are tested before they move on to secondary school Purpose – assign standardised scores to children before they leave primary school. This is primarily for the government to measure schools by! Provides assessment information for secondary schools

How are children assessed? All pupils are assessed for their KS2 SATs using the interim frameworks. These were first used in 2015-2016 for the new style tests and will be used again for 2016-2017 assessment. These set out the standards a pupil will be assessed against – for Reading, Writing, Maths and Science. Teachers must refer to the frameworks to report their judgements at the end of key stage 2. They are only intended for use in making judgements at the end of a key stage. They don’t include full coverage of the national curriculum. They focus on key aspects for assessment. Science and writing are purely based on teacher assessment according to the interim frameworks but there are tests for Maths, Reading and GPaS.

Structure of the frameworks ■ The frameworks contain a number of ‘pupil can’ statements. ■ To demonstrate that pupils have met a standard, teachers will need to have evidence that a pupil demonstrates consistent attainment of all the statements within the standard and all the statements in any preceding standard(s). ■ Some statements contain qualifiers - some, many and most. ■ Exemplification materials providing further guidance are available to support teachers with these judgements. writing exemplification materials

Key stage 2 frameworks: standards For English writing pupils will be grouped into 4 categories: working towards the expected standard working at the expected standard working at greater depth within the expected standard or a category for pupils who do not meet the ‘working towards the expected standard’ For English reading, Mathematics and Science pupils will be grouped into 2 categories: working at the expected standard or a category for pupils who do not meet the standard

Assessment Results KS2 test results will be published in July 2017. Each pupil registered for the tests will receive: a raw score (number of raw marks awarded) a scaled score confirmation of whether or not they attained the national standard

Scaled scores As National Curriculum Levels have been removed the test scores are now reported as ‘scaled scores.’ For this to be worked out it is assumed that 100 will always represent the ‘national standard.’ Each child’s raw test score will then be converted to a score on the scale either, at, above or below 100. A child who achieves the ‘national standard’ (score of 100) will be judged to have demonstrated sufficient knowledge in the areas assessed by the tests. Scaled scores maintain their meaning over time so that two pupils achieving the same scaled score on two different tests will have demonstrated the same attainment.

What does teacher assessment involve, and is it different from testing? Teacher assessment draws together everything the teacher knows about a child, including observations, marked work and school assessments. Teacher assessment is not a ‘snapshot’ like tests and is therefore more reliable. There can be a difference between teacher assessment results and test scores. Science is only teacher assessment and is based on work over the last two years. Random sampling science tests take place every two years – next tests are due in 2018

How is SATs week organised? A timetable is issued to school, telling us on which days/sessions tests must be administered. All children must sit the tests at the same time. Test papers can only be opened 1 hour before the tests begin. Tests are completed in classrooms, with any displays that may help covered over. Children are divided into groups for test administration to ensure they are properly supported and feel secure.

All KS2 SATs will be held in the week beginning 8th May 2017. SATs Timetable All KS2 SATs will be held in the week beginning 8th May 2017. 8th May 9th May 10th May 11th May 12th May Reading Test English grammar, punctuation and spelling test (2 tests) Maths Arithmetic test (Paper 1) Maths Reasoning test (Paper 2) Maths Reasoning test (Paper 3) L U N C H Afternoons will be used for revision to prepare for the tests on the following day as well as some light relief sessions! *Pupils who are ill on the day of a KS2 SATs test will be able to sit it within a week

During SATs week: Please ensure that your child is in school every day during SATs week. Ensure that they are in school on time We will be offering a breakfast club at 8.00am where your child can have cereal or croissants/toast before the test. Please don’t book anything during this week e.g. doctor’s appointments, holidays etc If your child is ill, let us know immediately.

English SATs English SATs consist of: A reading test A grammar, punctuation and spelling test - GPaS A separate spelling test

Reading Format of this changed last year. 1 hour to read booklet and answer questions. There will be 3 texts and sets of questions which are all different difficulty levels. There are a variety of different questions to be answered in different ways. Children cannot have any adult help in this test.

There are 4 main types of questions on the reading paper: Literal – answer is there in the text Deductive – look for clues Inferential – read between the lines Authors intent – e.g. why does an author use a particular word

‘A Day in the English Countryside’ Sentence from: ‘A Day in the English Countryside’ As the afternoon light started to fade, the cow stopped eating grass, stood instead with its head over the gate and gazed expectantly down the lane. How light was it? (Literal) What three things did the cow do? (Literal) What time of day was it? (Deductive) Where was the cow? (Deductive) What do you think the cow was expecting? (Inferential) What strategies does the writer use to give the reader so much information in a single sentence? (Authors intent)

The reading answer booklet will comprise approximately 35 to 40 questions (totalling 50 marks). The questions are: shorter, closed response items (such as multiple choice and matching questions); shorter, open response items longer, open response items that require children to explain and comment on the texts in order to demonstrate a full understanding. Questions are worth 1, 2 or 3 marks. The children can approach the test as they choose, e.g. working through one text and answering the questions before moving on to the next.

How can parents help with reading? Ensure your child reads every night! Encourage them to read fiction and non-fiction. Try to ask them questions about the text. Help them with the different skills of reading especially ‘skim’ reading where they are looking for key words in the text. Speed reading

Grammar, Spelling, Punctuation

How can parents help with SPAG? Again, reading a variety of texts – the more children read, the more familiar they become with different types of punctuation Spelling homework – common words in tests look at carefully Mini SPAG tests online or CGP resources.

Two reasoning test papers Mathematics Mathematics SATs consist of: An arithmetic paper. This is a test of basic arithmetic skills and is timed at 30 minutes. The arithmetic test has a subject weighting of 20%. Two reasoning test papers Test A and Test B Teachers may read questions in both written papers to pupils if asked. NB - There is no calculator paper

Some questions are worth one mark and therefore accuracy is important. Other questions are worth two marks and even if the answer is wrong, a mark may be given for correct working. Teachers may read questions in both written papers to pupils if asked.

TIMES TABLES!!! How can parents help with Maths? Support with homework – not just helping with the Maths but reading the question can really help. TIMES TABLES!!! Help your child to check their work through – this will help them to spot mistakes that can sometimes be easily fixed. 10 4 10 mini tests that we will give for the Easter holidays

What are we doing? Normal teaching! LSA support and extra teacher support Booster groups for identified children both in class and out Homework Test preparation in class Encouragement

How can parents help? The best help is interest taken in learning and progress. Supporting homework. Getting a good nights sleep on a school night! Ensuring good attendance at school from now until SATs Encouraging use of educational websites

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/sats/index.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/

www.grammaropolis.com

£2 each (£4.95 if you order) Or All 3 = £4.50 (£12 if you order) https://www.cgpbooks.co.uk/ If you would like us to order these useful revision books I am happy to do so as can get them for a much better price when ordered through a school. Please send money in by Friday 24th March so they are with you in plenty of time for Easter. There are two different sets if you would like both. £2 each (£4.95 if you order) Or All 3 = £4.50 (£12 if you order)

LOTS OF PRAISE AND ENCOURAGEMENT! WE RECOMMEND:- Early nights and lots of sleep Good attendance Good punctuality A good breakfast LOTS OF PRAISE AND ENCOURAGEMENT!

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