Key Stage 2 SATS Information Evening 2017 8th May-12th May 2017

What will your child be tested on? Maths Reading Spelling Grammar & Punctuation

Timetable for SATs 8th – 11th May 2017 Mon 8th Tues 9th Wed 10th Thurs 11th Fri 12th Reading Test Grammar and Punctuation Maths Paper 1 – Arithmetic Maths Paper 3 - Reasoning Spelling Test Maths Paper 2 - Reasoning

The Maths Tests There are 3 maths tests: - Paper 1– Arithmetic: 30 minutes - Paper 2 – Reasoning: 40 minutes - Paper 3 – Reasoning: 40 minutes

Arithmetic No mental maths Covering calculation methods for all operations, including use of fractions, percentages and decimals. Questions gradually increase in difficulty. Not all children will be expected to access some of the more difficult questions later in the paper. 30 minutes to answer 36 questions – about 1 minute per question!! 40 marks available

Example questions: 1. 979 + 100 2. 48 / 6 3. 2. 5 + 0. 05 4 Example questions: 1. 979 + 100 2. 48 / 6 3. 2.5 + 0.05 4. 20% of 1500 5. 1.6 x 4 6. ¼ x 1/8

Sample Questions Maths Paper 1: Arithmetic

Paper 2 and 3 - Reasoning 40 minutes to answer 20 questions Problem solving and reasoning Application of all maths knowledge 40 marks in total for each paper

Example Question: Large pizzas cost £8.50 each. Small pizzas cost £6.75 each. Five children together buy one large pizza and three small pizzas. They share the cost equally. How much does each child pay?

Example Question: A shaded isosceles triangle is drawn inside a rectangle. Calculate the size of angle a. 38 a 38 Not to scale.

A bag of 5 lemons costs £1 A bag of 4 oranges costs £1.80 How much more does one orange cost than one lemon?

Sample Questions

Sample Questions

Reading Comprehension

Reading The reading test consists of a single test paper with three unrelated reading texts. Children are given 60 minutes in total, which includes reading the texts and answering the questions. A total of 50 marks are available. Questions are designed to assess the comprehension and understanding of a child’s reading.

During the reading paper, a child’s inference and deduction skills are thoroughly tested. They will also be expected to answer questions on authorial choices: explaining why an author has chosen to use particular vocabulary, grammar and text features. Some questions are multiple choice or selected response; others require short answers and some require an extended response or explanation.

Non- Fiction

Poetry

Fiction

Simple Retrieval Questions

Organisational Questions

Inference Questions

Sample Questions Reading Paper

Grammar & Punctuation 2 papers Paper 1: Grammar & Punctuation (45 mins) Score out of 50 Paper 2: Spellings - Score out of 20

Sample Questions Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling Paper 1

Sample Questions Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling Paper 1

Spellings 20 spellings The sentences will be read out by the teachers and the spelling word repeated for the pupils to write down.

Writing All writing is assessed through teacher assessment - evidence from throughout the year. Evidence gained from all books.

Writing – Expected standard The pupil can write for a range of purposes and audiences (including writing a short story): creating atmosphere, and integrating dialogue to convey character and advance the action selecting vocabulary and grammatical structures that reflect the level of formality required mostly correctly

using a range of cohesive devices using a range of cohesive devices*, including adverbials, within and across sentences and paragraphs using passive and modal verbs mostly appropriately using a wide range of clause structures, sometimes varying their position within the sentence using adverbs, preposition phrases and expanded noun phrases effectively to add detail, qualification and precision

using inverted commas, commas for clarity, and punctuation for parenthesis mostly correctly, and making some correct use of semi-colons, dashes, colons and hyphens spelling most words correctly, including common exception words* (years 5 and 6) maintaining legibility, fluency and speed in handwriting through choosing whether or not to join specific letters.

What is a ‘scaled score’? Each child will have achieved a ‘raw’ score for maths, reading and GPS (also known as SPAG) based on the number of questions they answered correctly. This is then converted into a ‘scaled score’.

What does this mean for each child? If a child has achieved a score of 100, he/she is working roughly at the expected national standard for a Y6 pupil. Using the scaled score, the lowest a child can score is 80, with the highest being 120. If a child’s score is close to 110, he/she is working beyond (or above) the expected national standard. If a child’s score is closer to 80, he/she is working below the expected standard.

2016 KS2 Thresholds Mathematics 60 (110) Reading 21 (50) GPS 43 (70)

Results

How to Help Your Child Support and reassure your child that there is nothing to worry about and they should always just try their best. Praise and encourage! Ensure your child has the best possible attendance at school. Support your child with any homework tasks. Reading, spelling and arithmetic (e.g. times tables) are always good to practise. Talk to your child about what they have learnt at school and what book(s) they are reading (the character, the plot, their opinion). Make sure your child has a good sleep and healthy breakfast every morning!

Thank you for supporting your child by attending tonight. Any questions?