1. Monday 8th –Thursday 11th May
SATS WEEK
Monday 8th –Thursday 11th May

2. What tests will they take?

3. Maths Tests Paper 2 and Paper 3 (40mins)
Children can have a reader if needed.
Children will be tested on: Number, shape and space, measures, data handling and problem solving.
Arithmetic (30mins) tests their written methods and understanding of skills- there are no problem solving style questions in this paper.

4. Scoring Arithmetic test is out of 40
Within the maths paper 2 and 3 there will be a selection of 1 and 2 mark questions.
The number of points each question is allocated is written next to the question.
Paper 2 and 3 are out of 40 marks each
Total score is out of 120.

5. Example of a 1 mark question

6. Example of a 1 mark question

7. Example of a 2 mark question

8. Example of a 2 mark question

9. Show your workings! Children are encouraged to show their workings.
If they get the answer wrong but have shown they have used the correct method for working out the answer but have made a mistake somewhere along the way then they may still get one mark.

10. Arithmetic Children may not use a calculator for this test
The test lasts 30minutes
There are a variety of 1 and 2 mark questions- indicated by the total in the margin next to the question

11. Examples of 1 mark questions:

12. Examples of 2 mark questions:

13. Reading Test
1 hour to read the texts and answer the questions – 50 marks.
Children have to manage their own time.
No support is given for reading- other than children who can have a scribe
Questions test: information retrieval, inference and deduction.
Some answers require longer explanations.

14. READING PAPER TOP TIPS
Answer the RIGHT there questions first – usually the circle / join up or 1 point questions.

15. READING PAPER TOP TIPS
Read the questions carefully – if it says tick three then TICK 3!!!!!!!!!

16. better than anyone expected
READING PAPER TOP TIPS
If it says find and copy – a word or phrase – DO JUST THAT ( but NOT the whole sentence)
excel
better than anyone expected

17. READING PAPER TOP TIPS Opinion Answer
If it asks for your opinion on something – make it up as long as you can link it to the text!
Opinion Answer
Because I think it would be fun trying to pluck the string and make them sound like a person’s voice.
To save time I started with because as I’d already ticked the drum so the marker knew what I was talking about! I hate drumming – I just made up an answer linked to what it said in the paragraph!

18. READING PAPER TOP TIPS
3 point questions –
Write your answer and make sure you use the word BECAUSE to explain it!
Try to think of 3 different points if possible. If you make different points – make sure you bullet point them.
15. Some people think that Pliny’s uncle was a brave but foolish leader.
What do you think?
Brave foolish brave and foolish
Explain your answer using parts of the information to help you.

19. Grammar, punctuation and spelling test. SPAG/GPS

20. What is the English grammar, punctuation and spelling test?
The English grammar, punctuation and spelling test assesses your child’s English skills in four key areas in Year 6:
spelling
punctuation
grammar
vocabulary.

21. Spelling dinner following spelling strategies to sound out phonemes
to analyse words into syllables and other known words
to apply knowledge of spelling conventions
to use knowledge of common letter strings, visual patterns and analogies
to check their spelling
to revise and build on their knowledge of words and spelling patterns.
morphology
the meaning, use and spelling of common prefixes and suffixes
the spelling of words with inflectional endings
the relevance of word families, roots and origins of words
the use of appropriate terminology, including vowel, consonant, homophone and syllable.

22. Punctuation Capital letters Brackets Full stops Colons Question marks
Dashes
Exclamation marks
Ellipsis
Commas in lists
Colon
Commas to mark phrases or clauses
Semi colon
Bullet points
Commas for parenthesis
Hyphen
Inverted commas
Apostrophes

23. Grammar Complex sentences Time, place, causal conjunctions
Prepositions
Clauses
Phrases
Fronted adverbials e.g. Later that day,
Tense agreement
Passive voice

24. Vocabulary Word meaning Antonyms
Indicating degree of possibility using adverbs and modal verbs
Word groups / families
Prefixes
Suffixes
Vocabulary in context
Singular and plural
precision in vocabulary
Subjunctive forms e.g. If I were/ Were they to
Converting nouns or adjectives into verbs using suffixes
Synonyms

29. The test is 45 minutes long.
It is made up of about 46 multiple choice and short answer questions.
The test is marked externally. The children will be given a raw score for this.

30. Writing Writing is assessed throughout the year.
Each teacher builds up a writing portfolio which builds a picture of each child’s writing throughout the year.
There is no longer one piece each term which is assessed- the children are being assessed constantly throughout the year through the work they are achieving within lessons.

31. How important are the SATS?
We report a teacher assessment band also.
The results are reported to you and to the secondary schools.
Secondary schools also have the raw scores.

32. What can I do to help? Keep reading daily. BBC revisewise key stage 2
Mathletics
Woodlands website
Emaths old papers –
keep them calm!