Parents’ Information Evening Year Six SATs Parents’ Information Evening

‘These tests do not always assess all of what it is that makes you special and unique.’

Agenda What is happening and when? Significant dates Expectations Test content What can I do to help? Questions

Test dates Monday 9th May – Reading Test Tuesday 10th May – Grammar, punctuation and spelling test (2 papers) Wednesday 11th May – Arithmetic and Reasoning Paper 1 Thursday 12th May – Reasoning Paper 2 Friday 27th May – Teacher assessments for writing to be submitted Applications for specific access arrangements can be made from 1st February.

Expectations New national curriculum What will my child’s results look like? Raised expectations and implications

Reading One paper – 60 mins – 1500-2300 words Samples One paper – 60 mins – 1500-2300 words Greater emphasis on comprehension elements Greater focus on fictional texts Content domain Meaning of words in context (5-10 marks) Retrieval and recording (8-25 marks) Summarise main ideas (1-6 marks) Make references from the text – PEE on the paper! (8-25 marks) Predict what might happen (1-3 marks) How is content related (1-3 marks) How choice of words and phrases enhance meaning (1-3 marks) Make comparisons within the text (1-3 marks)

What can I do to support my child? Encourage your child to read something every day. Read together and talk about what you have read. Encourage your child to give you evidence when asking a comprehension question. Speed reading/skimming and scanning (Read an article, find a fact and ask your child to find the fact as quickly as possible)

The stats you need to know -Newcastle have won back-to-back games at home in the Premier League for the first time since December 2014. -West Brom have won none of their last seven Premier League away trips (W0 D3 L4). -Shelvey has recorded as many assists in his four Premier League games with Newcastle as he did in 16 with Swansea this season (two for each side in 20 PL games) -Newcastle ended a run of nine Premier League games without a clean sheet. It was their first clean sheet in the competition since the start of December. -West Brom have won just one of their 10 away trips to St James' Park in the Premier League (D2 L7). -The Baggies have failed to score in three of their last four games in the Premier League. Newcastle attempted more shots in this match (19, incl. blocked) than they did in their last two Premier League games combined (18, incl. blocked). When did Newcastle last get a clean sheet?

Grammar, punctuation and spelling Content domain Spelling 29% (see spelling list on website) Grammar 36-50% Punctuation 14-29% Vocabulary 4-10% Take a look at some examples!

Answers

What can I do to support my child? Continue to support them with their revision books – encourage them to come to their morning session. Complete any tests set on www.spag.com Talk about grammar together…

Consider this… Woman, without her, man is nothing Consider this… Woman, without her, man is nothing. Woman without her man is nothing.

Maths Arithmetic (one paper 40 marks) Samples Arithmetic (one paper 40 marks) Place value (multiplying/dividing by 10,100,1000) e.g. 34.2 ÷ 100 Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division Calculating percentages Adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing fractions Square numbers Order of operations e.g. 3 + 5 x 2

Reasoning Interim teacher assessment frameworks

Writing Teacher assessment Working towards the expected standard Working at the expected standard Working at greater depth within the expected standard

Any Questions?