Year 6 SATs Parents’ Meeting 2019 Glenfield Primary School
What are children tested on? English – reading paper, spelling test, and grammar and punctuation paper Mathematics – 3 papers – arithmetic paper, 2 reasoning papers
The papers Reading Comprehension paper – 1 hour English grammar, punctuation and spelling paper – 45 minute paper and spelling test Maths – 3 papers Reasoning 1 (40 Minutes); Reasoning 2 (40 Minutes) Arithmetic (30 Minutes) No level 6 papers
Content Based on the new National Curriculum begun in September 2014; https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nation al-curriculum-in-england-primary-curriculum Sample papers: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national -curriculum-assessments-practice-materials
English
English grammar, punctuation and spelling paper Grammatical terms/word classes Functions of sentences Combining words, phrases and clauses Verb forms, tense and consistency Punctuation Vocabulary Identify – match – complete – rewrite – write - explain
Sample spellings 1. discover 11. scent 2. mission 12. illusion 3. loose 13. re-enter 4. sign 14. parachute 5. country 15. abundance 6. gymnastics 16. unavoidably 7. edible 17. dissolve 8. posture 18. ominous 9. sleigh 19. drawer 10. delicious 20. possession
Reading Comprehension paper Give/explain the meaning of words Retrieve and record information Summarise main ideas Make inferences from the text Explain and justify inferences with evidence Predict what might happen Specify how extracts contribute to overall meaning Explain the importance of word/ phrase choices Make comparisons within the text
Reading Comprehension paper – question types Multiple choice Ranking/ordering Matching Labelling Find and copy Short response Open-ended response
MATHS
Arithmetic paper 36 questions in 30 minutes Start 1345 + 654 = 5 x 6 x 4 = Middle 1.53 x 7 = 1320 ÷ 12 = End 85% of 250 = ½ + ¾ =
Reasoning paper 1
Reasoning paper 1
Reasoning paper 2
Revision at home Your child may wish to do some revision at home and this should be encouraged to enable your child to feel as confident as possible going into their tests. Useful websites: BBC Bitesize - http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/ Woodlands - www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/sats If you find any really good websites, please let us know and we can put them on the newsletter and let other parents know about them too. The best idea is little and often.
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