Year 6 SAT’s meeting 27/2/13

Year 6 SATs Welcome Breakfast club SATs week timetable Format of SATs papers Example questions How we are preparing your children in school How you can help your children at home SATs levels & Teacher Assessment Illness & unforeseen circumstances SATs information letter Questions

Breakfast club

Purpose: * A relaxing, non-threatening start to the day. * A boost to concentration levels.

Timetable Mon 13th May Tues 14th Wed 15th Thurs 16th Fri 17th Reading Test 45 minutes (plus 15 minutes reading time) Grammar, Spelling & Punctuation 45 mins Mental Maths 20 mins Maths B L6 Reading Test 50 minutes (plus 10 minutes reading time) L6 30 mins Maths A L6 Maths papers 1 & 2 30 mins + 30 mins

Format of papers ENGLISH Reading test (45mins + 15mins reading time) Grammar, Spelling & Punctuation test (45mins)

English – Example Questions Reading These questions are about Pompeii Today 1. What was the unusual blanket that covered the town? .................................................................................................................................. 1 mark 2. ... not all visitors treat the site with respect. Write down two different ways in which they cause damage to the town. 1 ............................................................................................................................... 2 ............................................................................................................................... 2 marks 3. ... trapped in time. Why do you think Pompeii was described in this way? 4. Explain why the archaeologist believes that he is watching the second death of Pompeii. Give out On Dangerous ground booklet & how much have to read in 15mins. Text covers range of genres Reading booklet left with them Encourage to text mark & refer back to Switch to Spinners Flipchart

Grammar Test A new statutory test of English grammar, punctuation and spelling will be introduced for children at the end of Key Stage 2 from May 2013. The test implements an important recommendation of Lord Bew’s independent review that writing composition should be subject to teacher assessment only, with the more 'technical' aspects of English - such as grammar, punctuation and spelling - assessed via an externally marked test. The introduction of this new test reflects the Government’s beliefs that children should have mastered these important aspects of English by the time they leave primary school, and that appropriate recognition should be given to good use of English throughout their schooling. The test assesses levels 3-5 of the current statutory KS2 English National Curriculum programme of study for English. A separate level 6 test is available.The level 6 test samples additional content from the Key Stage 3 programme of study for English. Both the level 3-5 test and level 6 tests assess children’s abilities in the following technical aspects of English: grammar; punctuation; spelling; and vocabulary. 2003 shorter writing Mix of genres – advert/persuasion Marked for Sentence Structure, Punctuation & Text Organisation (4 marks) Composition & Effect (8 marks)

Grammar, punctuation and Vocabulary 45 minutes Level Description Timing L3-5 Grammar, punctuation and Vocabulary Short answer questions presented in order of difficulty 45 minutes Spelling 20 sentences from which targeted spelling words have been left out Around 15 mins (not strictly timed) L6 Extended task An extended response to a writing prompt through which children are able to demonstrate precision, choice and accuracy of punctuation, syntax and vocabulary when writing 30 minutes 20 minutes 15 sentences from which targeted spelling words have been left out Around 10 mins (not 2007 longer writing Marked against Sentence Struc & Punc (8marks) Text Struc & Org (8 marks) Composition & Effect (12 marks) Handwriting – (3 marks) Note – 2 genres are combined – explanation and persuasion Handwriting is judged in longer writing – usually in 1st paragraphs

..the biggest sporting event …All fighting …stopped during the Games …religious festival ….their bodies ..took place approximately …. Developed to encourage

Maths SAT

Format of papers MATHS Test A (non-calculator paper) Test B (calculator paper) Mental Maths test

Mental Maths Paper 20 marks 3 sections: 5 seconds – 5 questions 10 seconds – 10 questions 15 seconds – 5 questions

What is nought point two six divided by ten? Example 5 second questions: Multiply 5 by 9. What is nought point two six divided by ten? What is three quarters as a decimal?

Example 10 second questions: What is half of eight hundred and sixty? A pencil costs 85p. How much change would I get from £1?

Example 15 second questions: Add together fourteen, twenty-three and forty-one. 14 23 41 Look at your answer sheet. Put a ring around the number which is a multiple of thirty-five. 600 700 800 900 1000

Maths Paper A 40 marks 45 minutes No calculator allowed

Children MAY ask to have words read to them but we cannot tell them what mathematical terms mean.

Example Paper A questions:

Here is a sorting diagram for numbers. Write a number less than 100 in each space. even not even a square number not a square number

Samir spins a fair coin and records the results. In the first four spins 'heads' comes up each time. Samir says, 'A head is more likely than a tail'. Is he correct? Circle Yes or No. Yes / No Give a reason for your answer. …………………………………………………………..

calculator allowed – provided by the school Maths Paper B 40 marks 45 minutes calculator allowed – provided by the school

Example Paper B questions:

Sunita has two rectangles. Each one is 8 centimetres by 18 centimetres. She puts one rectangle over the other at right angles to make this shape. Calculate the perimeter of Sunita’s shape.

How many biscuits did he make?

How we are preparing your children in school Exposure to past questions Encouraging extra detail to answers Modelling answers Teaching ‘tricks’ Setting timed work for speed practice Revision drop-in sessions BUT…………

We are: Still teaching normal lessons!

How you can help your children at home Encourage reading Quick fire/fun mental maths Encourage discussion e.g about a text or a TV programme Mental Maths tests on CD Revision books

Useful revision sites www.bbc.co.uk/revisewise

Useful revision sites www.bgfl.org/bgfl

Useful revision sites

How you can help your children at home Let them have fun!!!!

SAT’s levels and Teacher Assessment Reading , Grammar and Maths SATs papers are sent away and marked by an external marker. We report 1 Grammar plus 1 Reading and 1 Maths (which will be an aggregate of all tests taken). We will report a ‘pure level’ e.g. L4 (not 4a,b or c) Children are tested at Level 3-5. Level 5 is the highest children can achieve on the papers. We will also report our teacher assessment – this may be higher or lower than the SATs score, as appropriate. We will report teacher assessment showing sub-levels for Reading, Writing, Speaking & Listening, and Maths. Writing will be teacher assessed in school and moderated across schools.

Level 6 A small group of high achieving children will be put forward to sit these papers. These children will be registered with QCDA and will begin to look at L6 papers and questions. Children will be required to achieve both a L5 in the L3-5 test and pass the L6 test in order to be awarded an overall L6

Grammar,Spelling & Punctuation L6 timetable Mon 13th May Tues 14th May Wed 15th May Thurs 16th May Fri 17th May L6 Reading Test 50 minutes (plus 10 minutes reading time) L6 Grammar,Spelling & Punctuation 30 mins L6 Maths papers 1 & 2 30 mins + 30 mins

Illness/Unforeseen circumstances If your child is unable to attend school due to illness, please phone school by 9am. We leave the decision as to whether a child attends school if unwell to parental judgement. A child who does not take all of the tests does not get a final level for that subject. If, due to unforeseen circumstances, your child is going to be late please phone school ASAP before 9am.

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