Weald Rise Primary School Year 6 SATs Parents meeting 2017

What are SATs? SATs stands for Standard Assessment Tests. Many children will have completed Key Stage 1 SATs at the end of Year 2. KS2 SATs are taken in the week of 8th May in Reading, SPaG (Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar) and Mathematics. Writing will receive a Teacher Assessment level. Results are received by the school in July and parents are then informed. SATs results have no effect on High School entry.

Year 6 All pupils in Year 6 are entered for the test, unless there are exceptional circumstances. Absent children are included in the school’s percentage results. There may be cases where children are eligible to have extra time allocated, have some tests read or scribed. The school has already made all the necessary arrangements for this.

SATs Timetable 2016 Date Tests Monday 8th May English reading test 1 hour Tuesday 9th May English grammar, punctuation and spelling test 45 mins and 15 mins Wednesday 10th May Arithmetic 30 mins Mathematics test A 40 mins Thursday 11th May Mathematics test B

English Speaking and listening – teacher assessment only Reading (50 marks) – marked externally Grammar, Punctuation and spelling – marked externally Writing – teacher assessment only with external moderation A score for each test is awarded- children either meet or exceed national expectations. An overall level is awarded, although children may achieve different levels for each paper. Children receive a reading level, a writing level and a third, overall English level.

Teacher Assessment In addition to the test results in Reading and Mathematics your child will be given a teacher assessment level. This may be different to their test result as teacher assessment covers areas of the curriculum that the SATs do not, for example, speaking and listening.

How we are preparing in school We carry out Mock SATs weeks so pupils will know what to expect. We have been working in sets for Mathematics to target specific areas for improvement. Extra English and Mathematics lessons will take place in the lead up to the tests. These will target specific areas for example, extra guided reading sessions. Teachers will be giving some revision guides to the children to help them prepare. Booster classes

Key Stage 2 Reading The reading test is a single paper with questions based on three passages of text. Your child will have one hour, including reading time, to complete the test.

What’s tested? 2a 2b 2c 2d Give/explain the meaning of words in context. Retrieve and record information / identify key details from fiction and non- fiction. Summarise main ideas from more than one paragraph. Make inferences from the text/ explain and justify inferences with evidence from the text. 2e 2f 2g 2h Predict what may happen from details stated and implied. Identify/explain how information/ narrative content is related and contributes to meaning as a whole. Identify/explain how meaning is enhanced through choice of words and phrases. Make comparisons within the text.

Key Stage 2 Reading There will be a selection of question types, including: 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.’

Have a go!

2 mark questions

3 marks questions

How can you help? Ensure children complete their homework and hand it in on time. Listen to your child read every day for at least 20 minutes. Encourage children to summarise what they have read. Look through and practise sample papers online. Purchase revision guides.

Maths - What does the maths paper entail? Paper 1 – Arithmetic paper – 30 minutes (40 marks) Paper 2 – Reasoning paper – 40 minutes (35 marks) Paper 3 – Reasoning paper – 40 minutes (35 marks)

New expectations Knowing Roman numerals 1-1000 Using the order of operations to carry out calculations (BIDMAS) Expressing or solving missing number problems algebraically Bigger emphasis on fractions – including adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing fractions with different denominators Division – showing remainders as fractions or decimals Knowing parts of a circle Finding the area of parallelograms and triangles Finding volume of cubes and cuboids Interpreting and constructing pie charts

What’s changed? The new arithmetic paper has replaced the old mental maths paper. It will include basic calculations but will have no word problems. The test will include: Addition and subtraction of up to 4 digit numbers, including decimals Long Multiplication and Division of up to 4 digit numbers, including decimals Complex calculations with fractions, decimals and percentages Basic algebra BIDMAS The reasoning papers will be similar to those from previous years and will require children to apply their knowledge in all areas of maths through word problems.

Arithmetic Paper – have a go… 10 questions You have 7 minutes to answer them See how you do…

Answers… 1. 97,637 2. 9.125 3. 53.18 4. 203,794 5. 25 6. 91.5 7. 360 8. 1 2/7 or 9/7 9. ¼ or 0.25 10. 1/32

Reasoning paper – have a go… 3 questions to try money, weight, angles You have 5 minutes… good luck!

Answers… 25p 30 a) 160 b) 20

Calculation methods we teach…

What you can do to help… Agree to your child, if selected, to attend all additional Booster sessions we ask them to attend Encourage your child to do all homework set Ensure they know all their times tables up to 12x12 Useful websites – see list Useful sats revision books – see list

Thank you for coming. If you have any questions or concerns, please speak to a member of the Year 6 team, who will be happy to answer queries.