1. SATs

2. General What are they? Why does your child need to take them?
When will they happen?
How will they happen?
How is it different to previous years?

3. General Overview
Reading – 2 papers Paper 1 – Combined reading prompt and answer booklet. Paper 2 – Reading booklet and reading answer booklet. SPAG – 2 papers Paper 1 - Grammar, punctuation and spelling. Paper 2 – Questions linked to SPAG. Maths – 2 papers Paper 1- Arithmetic Paper 2 – Reasoning Writing – no formal test but a teacher assessment using assessment framework criteria.

4. How these will be done
Administered throughout May and the results will be sent to the Local Authority in June 2017.
We do our best to keep them low-key but due to new guidelines they may be aware of different routines.
We ask that you don’t use the phrase ‘SAT’s with the children as in our experience this makes the children anxious and then do not perform as well as they usually do.
The assessments need to be carried out under test conditions within the classroom.

5. Reporting the results
Children will be banded in 3 groups according to how they perform.
Group 1 – Working towards the expected standard.
Group 2 – Working within the expected standard.
Group 3 – working at greater depth within the expected standard.
They will be used to support teacher assessment at the end of May.
These will be shared in your child’s school report at the end of Term 6.

6. Reading
Reading test has a greater emphasis in the comprehension elements of the new curriculum. There are two reading papers, one with the text and questions combined and one with more challenging texts and questions within a separate booklet. All children taking the tests need to sit both papers. Each paper will have a selection of unrelated texts of increasing difficulty. Paper 1 will last approximately 30 minutes and paper 2 40 minutes. These papers are not strictly timed but we will use the guidance as appropriate.

7. Reading

8. Extracts from 2016

9. Extracts from Reading Paper 2016

10. Reading What can you do to help?
Daily reading with questions about the text
Always write in yellow books, these are used as part of our evidence
Come in to hear readers!
Bring in book bags every day
Encourage children to read their own books as well as school books
We want them to develop a love of reading

11. SPAG
The grammar, punctuation and spelling test as emphasis of technical aspects of grammar. There are 2 papers, one focussing on spelling and the other questions. Paper 1 – Answer booklet for children to complete and test transcript to be read by the teacher. They have 15 minutes to complete the task. Paper 2 – Single test paper focussing of pupils understanding of grammar, punctuation and vocabulary. The children have 20 minutes to complete this task.

12. SPaG Paper 1

13. SPaG Paper 2

14. Maths
In maths at Key Stage 1 an arithmetic test has been introduced, there are two papers; arithmetic and reasoning. Paper 1 – Arithmetic assesses pupils confidence and mathematical fluency with whole numbers, place value and counting. It should take 20 minutes. So items in the arithmetic test have grids in the answer spaces, the grids are there for questions where the pupils may benefit from using more formal methods for calculations. Paper 2 – Reasoning assesses pupils mathematical fluency, problem solving and reasoning skills. The test consists of a single test paper an it should take 35 minutes. It includes 5 oral questions.

15. Maths

16. Maths Examples: Reasoning

17. Maths Paper: Arithmetic 2016

18. Writing

19. Expected Term

20. Writing Term 6
This is an example of an ‘Expected’ piece of writing from a Year 2 child in Term 6 last year.

21. Current Year 2 on track to be ‘Expected’

22. Mock SATs
We will use last year’s papers as well as published example papers during the Spring and Summer term.

23. 2016
In June 2016 we were moderated by the Local Authority to assess our judgement against the new Interim Assessment Frameworks
“The Year 2 team show a high standard of professionalism and are clearly conscientious in their response to the new Interim Assessment Frameworks”
This has provided us with the reassurance that our judgements and feedback for the children are accurate and in line with the new criteria. We will keep abreast of any relevant changes should they arise over the course of the year. Please keep checking the newsletter!
Last year we reported results combined with our teacher judgement
This is the current guidance for KS1

24. Results 2016 Maths 78.1% 72.9% Reading 74% 73.8% Writing 71.2% 64.1%
Paulton Infant School (Expected)
Local Authority (Expected)
Maths
78.1%
72.9%
Reading
74%
73.8%
Writing
71.2%
64.1%