Tuesday 27th March 2018 KS1 SATs Meeting

Outline What are SATs? An outline of the tasks and tests Teacher assessment What you can do to help

What are SATs? Children are assessed in; English-Reading (Grammar, punctuation and spelling) Mathematics- Arithmetic and mathematical reasoning. In KS1 the emphasis is on teacher assessment, the tests support this judgement.

Tasks and Tests Subject Test paper English reading 2 papers Short text and questions Longer text and separate questions Paper 1 consists of a selection of texts (usually 3) totalling 400 to 700 words, with questions interspersed. Paper 2 comprises a reading booklet of a selection of passages totalling 800 to 1100 words. Children will write their answers in a separate booklet. The texts in the reading papers cover a range of fiction, non-fiction and poetry, and get progressively more difficult towards the end of the test. There are a variety of question types: Multiple choice Ranking/ordering, e.g. ‘Number the events below to show in which order they happened in the story’ Matching, e.g. ‘Match the character to the job that they do in the story’ Labelling, e.g. ‘Label the text to show the title’ Find and copy, e.g. ‘Find and copy one word that shows what the weather was like in the story’ Short answer, e.g. ‘What does the bear eat?’ Open-ended answer, e.g. ‘Why did Lucy write the letter to her grandmother? Give two reasons’

Examples of Questions – Paper 1

Examples of Questions – Paper 2

Tasks and Tests Paper 1: arithmetic, worth 25 marks. Subject Test paper Mathematics 2 papers Arithmetic Mathematical reasoning Paper 1: arithmetic, worth 25 marks. Paper 2: mathematical fluency, problem-solving and reasoning, worth 35 marks. There are a variety of question types: multiple choice, matching, true/false, constrained (e.g. completing a chart or table; drawing a shape) and less constrained (e.g. where children have to show or explain their method).

Examples of Questions - Arithmetic

Examples of Questions - Reasoning

Marking and Results KS1 SATs are marked internally by the teaching staff. The scores from the tests are added together and reported as something called ‘scaled scores’. Scaled scores are set by the government and are based on the test for that particular year – it is to allow for comparison across different years. It is planned that 100 will always represent the ‘national standard’ Each pupil’s raw test score will be converted into a score on the scale, either at, above or below 100. The scale will have a lower end point somewhere below 100 and an upper end point above 100. A child who achieves the ‘national standard’ (a score of 100) will be judges to have demonstrated sufficient knowledge in the areas assessed by the tests.

Timetable (approx) Week 1 Tues 1st – Friday 4th May Maths arithmetic Week 2 Tues 8th – Friday 11th May English Paper 1 Week 3 Mon 14th – Friday 18th May Maths Reasoning Week 4 Mon 21st May – Thurs 31st May English Paper 2 The children will be in groups of approx. 10 children when they do the tests. They will be done in the classrooms and the multi purpose room. The children who are not doing the tests that day will be taught in the hall.

Teacher Assessment Teacher assessment is the most important and reliable form of assessment. Teacher assessments are carried out throughout the year. As much as possible children will not know that they are taking SATs.

What can you do to help? Read together with your child and ask questions about the story. Use number problems in every day life, at the shops, on the bus, telling the time etc. Continue to work on targets discussed at parents evening. All areas of the national curriculum have covered in school this year. Explicit revision is not necessary [teacher assessment]. Children already familiar with question format through subtle teaching.

Thank you for your time. Any questions?