1. Welcome
Thank you for coming!

2. Year 6 SATs
8th May 2017 to
11th May 2017

3. School Jargon Key stage 2 (juniors) Key stage 3 (secondary)
National Curriculum
Scores (previously levels)
Teacher assessment – 27 May to Government
National Curriculum Tests (SAT test)
Key stage 2 - Junior School
Key stage 3 - Secondary School 
National curriculum - what everybody has to learn
Programmes of study - what teachers have to teach
Level - method of comparing your child's ability against local and national standards of achievement
Level descriptors - what teacher use to decide what level a child is working at
Teacher assessment - level given to child by teacher based on work throughout the year
SAT - test given at the end of key stages to frighten children into learning
League tables & Ofsted reports - tests for teachers designed to frighten teachers into teaching

4. This meeting will cover:
What form will the tests take and when will they be? 
What happens if my child misses a test? 
How will the results be reported? 
What does the score tell me? 
How will my child be prepared for the test? 
How can parents help? 
Questions & Answers
Viewing of past papers

5. What and When? Maths and Literacy
Tested on all of the work they have covered in school
The format of the tests will be:
Monday
9th May
Reading Comp
60 mins
Tuesday
10th May
Grammar, punctuation
45 mins
Spelling
20 mins
Wednesday
11th May
Arithmetic Paper A
30 mins
Mathematics
Paper B
Thursday
12th May
Paper C
Friday
13th May
BBQ
See separate sheet

6. What happens if my child misses a test?
If a child is ill on the day of a test, they will have a week to sit the test.
If your child is ill, let the school know as soon as possible

7. How will the results be reported?
Sheet sent home in July will state the test score and a teacher assessment.
Also details national and school results.
Teacher assessment is based on descriptions of what a child has worked to achieve throughout the year.
Children are assigned a score that
‘best fits’ their achievement.

8. What does the score tell me?
No more levels
National structure applied to all schools
Standardised score?
Below, expected, exceeded?
Thresholds unknown
U: below level two
Level 2: Well below the required standard
Level 3: Below average
Level 4: The expected level for most primary children
Level 5: Very able
Level 6 (if extra tests taken): earth-shattering and rare!
Schools are under a lot of pressure to get the highest possible results, because these determine their place in the national league tables.

9. How will my child be prepared for the test?
School career so far!
Year 6 revision work / groups
Past papers will be used to help children get used to the format 
Home

10. Encourage children to be confident about their own ability to do well.
How can parents help? 
Encourage children to be confident about their own ability to do well.
Growth mind-set- I can do it!
Carrying on with normal life
is important.
Help them revise – go through books, past papers – Waterstones.
Speak to us if you feel further
support is needed.
Handy hints:
Look through a practice paper together and talk about how you'd answer the questions
Agree on what the question is actually asking you to do
The number of marks each question is worth is printed at the side:
One mark answers can be brief - one word or number
Two mark answers will require at least two bits of information, like two different phrases, or an answer complete with method
Three mark answers need to be thorough. Encourage her to look for this information, and not to waste time agonising over the one-mark answers
Some questions are multi-choice. If she doesn't know the answer, she can guess - she might still get a mark. Children aren't used to doing this!
If she gets stuck on a question, tell her to move on rather than waste time on it
Practise spending five minutes checking a paper to make sure all the questions are answered as fully as necessary
The paper is a test of knowledge, so read those revision guides!
How else you can help SATs can be a worrying time for your child and she may get nervous as the tests loom ahead. Good coping strategies include:
Reassuring her that she just has to try her best on the day
Encouraging her to spend minutes a day on revision or practice
Reminding her that in most parts of the SAT papers, children do not have to write in sentences: often, phrases or even single words will be enough
Teaching her how to relax by breathing deeply and closing her eyes to picture a calm scene like a green field by a river
Allowing her to choose a favourite toy to take in as a lucky charm
Making sure she has breakfast every day, especially during the week of the tests - children who miss breakfast perform worse in late morning
Checking she can tell the time accurately, so she'll know how long there is to go in the test

11. Breakfast club 8:15am in Lime class Monday – Thursday FREE!
Handy hints:
Look through a practice paper together and talk about how you'd answer the questions
Agree on what the question is actually asking you to do
The number of marks each question is worth is printed at the side:
One mark answers can be brief - one word or number
Two mark answers will require at least two bits of information, like two different phrases, or an answer complete with method
Three mark answers need to be thorough. Encourage her to look for this information, and not to waste time agonising over the one-mark answers
Some questions are multi-choice. If she doesn't know the answer, she can guess - she might still get a mark. Children aren't used to doing this!
If she gets stuck on a question, tell her to move on rather than waste time on it
Practise spending five minutes checking a paper to make sure all the questions are answered as fully as necessary
The paper is a test of knowledge, so read those revision guides!
How else you can help SATs can be a worrying time for your child and she may get nervous as the tests loom ahead. Good coping strategies include:
Reassuring her that she just has to try her best on the day
Encouraging her to spend minutes a day on revision or practice
Reminding her that in most parts of the SAT papers, children do not have to write in sentences: often, phrases or even single words will be enough
Teaching her how to relax by breathing deeply and closing her eyes to picture a calm scene like a green field by a river
Allowing her to choose a favourite toy to take in as a lucky charm
Making sure she has breakfast every day, especially during the week of the tests - children who miss breakfast perform worse in late morning
Checking she can tell the time accurately, so she'll know how long there is to go in the test

12. Any questions?

13. The test papers Please feel free to browse these papers
Thank you for coming tonight.
Year 5/6 team