1. SATs Evening – November 2016
Welcome everyone and get ready for a quick test!

2. Complete the passage with adjectives derived from the nouns in brackets. One has been done for you.
Tia hopes to become a famous (fame) sportsman. Her __athletic_ (athlete) achievements already include winning races in her home town. She hopes to win national (nation) competitions one day.

3. Which option correctly completes the sentence below?
The child __________ story won the competition had worked very hard.
Tick one
whom
whose
who’s
which x

4. Write a sentence using point as a verb. Do not change the word
Write a sentence using point as a verb. Do not change the word. Remember to punctuate your sentence correctly. I saw a teacher point at the board. Write a sentence using point as a noun. I sharpened my pencil to a fine point.

5. Underline the relative clause in the sentence below.
The old house that is next to our school is for sale.

6. Tick one box in each row to show whether the sentence is written in the active voice or the passive voice.
Sentence
Active
Passive
Otters live in clean rivers. X 
Fish are eaten by otters.
Usually, otters are playful creatures.

7. Rewrite the sentence below so that it is in the active voice
Rewrite the sentence below so that it is in the active voice. Remember to punctuate your sentence correctly. The results were announced by the judges. The judges announced the results.

8. Circle the two adverbs in the sentence below.
All of the passengers cheered loudly, and we cheered too.

9. Tick the option which shows how the underlined words in the sentence below are used.
 The insect-eating Venus flytrap is a carnivorous plant.

10. Which verb form completes the sentence so that it uses the subjunctive form? I wish I ___________ able to join you, but it will not be possible.

11. What do the levels mean?
By the end of Year 6, the ‘average’ child is expected to achieve 100 as a Standardised Score in their SATs tests.
The tests are statutory for all children in year 6 who are working at an expected level.

12. On-going assessments
Throughout the year, the children will be being assessed using Star Reader and Star Maths computer programs.
These assessments give Standarised Scores in the same way as the SATs. This is allowing us to track the children’s progress and to give targeted support where needed, to help every child make progress.

13. When are the tests? Date Activity Monday 8 May 2017 English reading
Tuesday 9 May 2017
English grammar, punctuation and spelling Paper 1: questions
English grammar, punctuation and spelling Paper 2: spelling
Wednesday 10 May 2017
Mathematics Paper 1: arithmetic
Mathematics Paper 2: reasoning
Thursday 11 May 2017
Mathematics Paper 3: reasoning

14. Reading Paper
The reading test is a single paper with questions based on three passages of text. Your child will have one hour, including reading time, to complete the test.
There will be a selection of question types, including:
Ranking/ordering, e.g. ‘Number the events below to show the order in which they happen in the story’

15. Labelling, e.g. ‘Label the text to show the title of the story’
Find and copy, e.g. ‘Find and copy one word that suggests what the weather is like in the story’
Short constructed response, e.g. ‘What does the bear eat?’
Open-ended response, e.g. ‘Look at the sentence that begins Once upon a time. How does the writer increase the tension throughout this paragraph? Explain fully, referring to the text in your answer.’

16. Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling
The grammar, punctuation and spelling test consists of two parts: a grammar and punctuation paper requiring short answers, lasting 45 minutes, and an aural spelling test of 20 words, lasting around 15 minutes.
The grammar and punctuation test will include two sub-types of questions:
Selected response, e.g. ‘Identify the adjectives in the sentence below’
Constructed response, e.g. ‘Correct/complete/rewrite the sentence below,’ or, ‘The sentence below has an apostrophe missing. Explain why it needs an apostrophe.’

17. Mathematics Children sit three papers in maths:
Paper 1: arithmetic, 30 minutes
Papers 2 and 3: reasoning, 40 minutes per paper
Paper 1 will consist of fixed response questions, where children have to give the correct answer to calculations, including long multiplication and division.
Papers 2 and 3 will involve a number of question types, including:
Multiple choice
True or false
Constrained questions, e.g. giving the answer to a calculation, drawing a shape or completing a table or chart
Less constrained questions, where children will have to explain their approach for solving a problem

18. What can you do to help your child?
Daily revision of at least 30 minutes in the areas that they need to focus on, from January
Listen to them read a range of texts and ask questions about them daily (minimum 3 times a week)
Support children with spellings (lists are coming home each week)
Ensure that they know their multiplication /division tables up to 12x12 including random rapid recall

19. What can you do to help your child?
Cook meals and look at weights, cooking times, etc.
Look at the weights, volumes of items in the kitchen cupboards
Look at timetables and ask questions about it
Buy them a watch with aids if they struggle to tell the time
Use money regularly when shopping, etc.

20. What to do during SATs week
Ensure your child goes to bed early so that they are well rested
Ensure that they have breakfast
Get them into school by 8.30a.m. so that they can meet friends, talk to the staff and get a drink and snack

21. How the tests are administered
We speak to the children about how they prefer to sit the tests
Various staff will be involved in administering the tests
Some children will sit the tests in a smaller room if they would benefit from a reader or scribe.

22. How you know how well your child has done.
You will be given your child’s raw score (the actual number of marks they get), alongside their scaled score and whether they have reached the expected standard set by the Department for Education (‘NS’ means that the expected standard was not achieved and ‘AS’  means the expected standard was achieved). 
The range of scaled scores available for each KS2 test is:
80 (the lowest scaled score that can be awarded)
120 (the highest scaled score)
The expected standard for each test is a scaled score of 100 or more. If a child is awarded a scaled score of 99 or less they won't have achieved the expected standard in the test.

23. How you know how well your child has done.
Approximately 61% needed to get a scaled score of 100 in this GPS test
Approximately 54% needed to get a scaled score of 100 in maths.
Approximately 42% needed to get a scaled score of 100 in reading.

24. How are science and writing assessed?
Science levels are teacher assessed by the end of June and reported alongside the SATs levels which you receive in July.
Writing is as above and the children’s work from Y6 is used to obtain a level which is moderated internally and possibly externally.

25. Any questions?