Information For Parents Aims Year 6 End of Key Stage Assessment Tests 14th May 2018 Aims What are SATS? How will attainment be reported? What do our Children achieve? What are the Children tested on? Additional Information for you.

Who sits SATS? That one’s easy to answer... All Year 6 children who it is felt may achieve the Year 6 standard Hang on…What’s the year 6 standard?

SATS 2018 One reading test (question paper and reading booklet are now given at the same time) - 1 hour Two Maths reasoning tests [45 minutes] and an arithmetic test [30mins] NO calculators are allowed in any of the tests One Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling test – [45 minutes + 20 words] All tests reflect the content of the 2014 curriculum.

Teacher Assessment Writing Speaking and listening will continue to be teacher assessed Science (unless we are chosen for sampling)

Key Stage 2 English Writing The interim arrangements in 2018 will be similar to the approach at the end of KS1. A child’s English writing result will be a teacher assessment judgement of their work across year 6.

Assessing Writing To achieve the expected standard the children need to spell most words correctly (this includes with the use of a dictionary), use a wide range of punctuation accurately, show ability to structure sentences in a variety of different ways and in a variety of contexts. Working at a Greater Depth is all about style and maturity. Children have to be able to demonstrate the ability to control formality and use a wide range of punctuation and sentence structures for effect.

Reading 1 hr to read the booklet and answer the questions. The texts get progressively harder throughout the booklet. No help allowed except care and support! They need to read fluently with decent comprehension to achieve the Expected Standard. For working at a Greater Depth in reading, it boils down to using inference and reading between the lines… Maturity of understanding.

Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar A test of spelling, grammar, punctuation and vocabulary. Introduced in 2013 after trialling in 2012 Here are some sample questions.

Maths There is an Arithmetic test Calculations with all operations up to long multiplication and division All operations with fractions Percentages and Fractions of amounts

Maths Reasoning There are two longer reasoning papers with no calculator The questions are oriented towards problem solving and the children’s ability to reason, rather than just being knowledge based.

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The Timetable 2018 Mon 14th May Tue 15th May Wed 16thMay Thurs 17thMay Fri 18thMay SPAG test (45 mins) Reading test (45 mins +15 reading time) Arithmetic Paper (30 mins) Maths Reasoning 2 (45 Mins) Spelling Test (20 mins) Maths Reasoning 1 (45 mins)

Special Provision Some children are entitled to extra help, but this is well regulated: Some children can have an adult reader (though obviously, not in the reading test) Occasionally some children are entitled to extra time of 25% (usually if there is some physical, medical or learning condition that slows them down.) Even when children are not entitled to the above there are provisions we can put in place. These include use of a classroom, with a higher ratio of adults, and regular breaks.

Higher Level Papers There is no specific higher level paper. Some higher level questions are included in each test, to help assess children working at Greater Depth. Whilst there is a definition of children working at a higher level, this is not reported formally. However, it will be evidenced in their end of year report.

Reporting Attainment The tests we sit are for Y6 standards Children are expected to achieve the expected standard by the end of the year Each child will receive: Raw Score A scaled score out of a 120 Confirmation of whether Y6 standard is achieved or not. Conversion tables will be published in July 2018. Currently, no other standards will be reported. Greater depth will be teacher assessed and reported in the child’s end of year Jesse Gray Report.

What Do Our Children Achieve? Historically, a high proportion of JG pupils AT and GDS.   Reading Maths Grammar and Spelling Combined AT GDS Jesse Gray 95.4% 53.8% 49.2% 96.9% 55.4% 81.5% 26.2% National 71% 25% 75% 23% 77% 31% 61% 9%

Ready Steady Go! To help prepare the children, we will: Arrange booster groups to start from after Feb half-term for children we feel will get the most benefit. These are really just an opportunity to work in a smaller, more focussed group. We will be doing practise papers in school. Setting some revision and practise homework tasks.

Our advice to all concerned is to relax and do your best. Do the homework as best you can. View the tests as good practice for later on in life. See them as a chance to brush up on some important stuff you might have forgotten! Please support us by NOT using the previous test papers at home. Do not bribe your children to achieve a given result. The results come in time for annual reports.

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