1. Information for Parents and Carers
Year 6 sats 2017
Information for Parents and Carers

2. What are the SATs tests?
All children at the end of Year 6 (May)
Six externally marked tests
Measure how close your child is to being at the standard expected Nationally at the end of Key Stage 2
Mathematics papers: Arithmetic (1), Reasoning (2) and Reasoning (3)
Long Reading Test
Spelling and Grammar Papers (SPaG)
Teacher assessments, including science and writing (June)

3. How important are they?
Government benchmarking
Progress measures from Key Stage 1
Informing expectations at Key Stage 3 and beyond
School progress
Performance on one day
For children?
Preparation for future experiences
Doing our best
Showing what we can do

4. How will the tests be marked?

5. Monday 8th – Thursday 11th May 2017 Timetable Mornings
When, where and how?
Monday 8th – Thursday 11th May 2017
Timetable
Mornings
Breakfast, revision session, test
Tests are unseen by all
Tests take place in classroom
Some children may be supported elsewhere
Some children may be granted extra time
Some children may have some of their work transcribed
All children – no holidays please!

6. What will the tests look like?
Reading Test
1hr
Reading Booklet – three texts
Question booklet
Range of question types: 1, 2 and 3 marks

9. Vocabulary – reading strategies – challenge – reason why we are working on these strategies – new levels of demand

10. What will the tests look like?
Mathematics
Arithmetic 1 – 30 minutes
Calculations without context – written methods
Reasoning 2 and 3 – 45 minutes each
Range of calculations, worded contexts and multi-step problems
Progressively more difficult

11. Arithmetic

12. Reasoning

13. Reasoning

14. Reasoning

15. Reasoning

16. Reasoning

17. Reasoning

18. Grammar and Spelling
Grammar Test – 45 minutes
Sentences, word types, punctuation and grammatical terminology
Spelling test – 20 words
Read out by teachers to their classes with sentences for contextual understanding

19. Grammar

20. Grammar

21. Grammar

22. Grammar

23. Spelling

24. How will the school support my child?
Fully prepared for the demands of the test – steady, calm, informed approach
Extra lessons to develop strategy, revise terminology and practice SATs style questions – Reading comprehension; Grammar and spelling; Arithmetic; Problem solving and Reasoning
Study skills, learning behaviours and wellbeing sessions
Homework club/support daily
Targeted homework
Practise tests and questions
Online resources

25. What can I do to support my child?
Sleep, balance of play and exercise with study
Attendance, study space and time
Encourage independence
Key skills - reading, multiplication tables, maths facts
Homework – increasingly test related
Talk to us - encourage your child to talk to us

26. Should I be doing practise papers with my child
Should I be doing practise papers with my child? How will I know what to work on with them?
Avoid printing full papers off
Use the resources we guide you to
Revision books
Success comes from a blend:
- Key skills
- Varied approaches
- Personal targets
- Continued curriculum teaching
Redirect children back to us

27. What is my child aiming for?
Your child’s teacher will tell you the expected outcome for your child
Below
Working Toward
National (Achieve 100)
Above (Achieve 100+)
Mastery
Curriculum targets from
Tests and classroom learning
Targeted parents’ evening

28. What next?
Practise tests in school
Targets set – print out
Online resources
School website
Homework
Revision folders
Revision Books
Parents’ meetings
Spellings and tables/maths facts