1. Gainsborough School New Key Stage 1 SATs
Welcome to Parents/Guardians
of Year 2 children

2. Who are we? - Introductions
Miss N. Hough – Head of school
Mrs J. Nurse – Deputy Head
Miss H. Woolley – Year 2 Teacher
Mrs G. Crosby – Year 2 TA
Miss A. Butler – Year 2 Teacher & KS1 Lead
Miss S. Broomhall – Year 2 TA

3. Purpose of the meeting What are SATs ?
Update on changes to assessments
Explain school arrangements for KS1 SATs
Opportunity to look at sample test materials
Questions and answers

4. What are SATs ? Standard Assessment Tests
The SATs are a statutory requirement in England.
They test the knowledge, skills and understanding built up in school since Nursery.

5. What’s new about them ?

6. KS 1 National Curriculum Assessment Changes
In 2015/16 children in all years at Key Stage 1 and 2 were expected to study the new national curriculum.
KS1 (Year 2) and KS2 SATs (Year 6) will reflect the new curriculum for the second time this year.

7. The government has raised the bar.
Aiming high

8. Which areas are assessed ?
English
Reading test
SPaG test
Writing – teacher assessment
Maths – test

9. English tests - Reading
Reading is assessed through 2 tests.
The children will have 30 and 40 minutes.
The questions will be a selection of direct retrieval, comprehension and inference.

10. Sample pages – reading test

11. Sample pages –
reading test

12. English tests - SPaG Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar test - 2 Tests
1. Spelling test (based around the spelling patterns taught throughout EYFS and KS1)
2. Grammar and punctuation test
This year non statutory but we will test.

13. English tests – SPaG cont
Spelling – 50% marks, please practise at home
Punctuation - identifying and writing sentences that are correctly punctuated
Sentence grammar - both identifying and writing sentences that are grammatically correct

14. Sample SPaG

15. Sample SPaG

16. Sample SPaG

17. English - Writing
Not a test - Writing is now teacher assessed using Interim Framework, ARE (Age Related Expectation) grids and moderated across school and by the LA.
Handwriting is also assessed from their everyday writing.

18. Writing – Interim Framework
The pupil can write sentences that are sequenced to form a short narrative, after discussion with the teacher:
demarcating some sentences with capital letters and full stops
segmenting spoken words into phonemes and representing these by graphemes, spelling some correctly
spelling some common exception words*
forming lower-case letters in the correct direction, starting and finishing in the right place
forming lower-case letters of the correct size relative to one another in some of the writing
using spacing between words TRICKY?

19. Working towards the expected standard… This is working at the expected standard

20. using some expanded noun phrases to describe and specify
The pupil can write a narrative about their own and others’ experiences (real and fictional), after discussion with the teacher:
demarcating most sentences with capital letters and full stops and with some use of question marks and exclamation marks
using sentences with different forms in their writing (statements, questions, exclamations and commands)
using some expanded noun phrases to describe and specify
using present and past tense mostly correctly and consistently
using co-ordination (or / and / but) and some subordination (when / if / that / because)

21. segmenting spoken words into phonemes and representing these by graphemes, spelling many correctly
spelling many common exception words*
spelling some words with contracted forms*
adding suffixes to spell some words correctly in their writing e.g. –ment, –ness, –ful, –less, –ly*
using the diagonal and horizontal strokes needed to join letters in some of their writing
writing capital letters and digits of the correct size, orientation and relationship to one another and to lower case letters
using spacing between words that reflects the size of the letters.

22. Maths test Paper 1 – Arithmetic Approx 30 minutes
Covers all number operations
Paper 2 – Problem solving, reasoning
Approx 40 minutes
Questions will be varied including multiple choice, matching, true/false, complete a chart or draw a shape.

23. Sample pages – Arithmetic maths test

24. Sample pages – mathematical fluency, problem-solving and reasoning test

25. Assessment and Reporting
‘Old’ national curriculum levels (e.g. Level 1,2,3) have gone.
From 2016, test scores will be reported as below, meeting or exceeding national expectation based on scaled scores.
It is very difficult to compare the assessment of a previous year with the old SAT tests.
The new curriculum is more rigorous, includes a lot of known facts and sets high expectations which all schools have had to work hard to meet since the beginning of last year.

26. What are scaled scores?
Child’s ‘raw score’ will be converted to a ‘scaled score’ to allow it to be compared to others.
Scaled scores normally range 80 – 130;
Scale will be set that 100 will indicate your child is working at expected standard for the end of key stage 1.
Get bench mark grade in June
In July 2017 each pupil will receive:
A scaled score in each tested subject.
Confirmation of whether or not they attained the national standard

27. Scaled Score Examples On publication of the test results in July 2016:
Child A is awarded scaled score judged to have met the ‘national standard’
Child B is awarded a scaled score of more than judged to have exceeded the national standard and demonstrated a higher than expected knowledge of the curriculum for their age.
Child C is awarded a scaled score of less than judged to have not yet met the national standard and performed below expectation for their age.

28. Reporting to parents You will be informed whether your child has,
Met national standard
Exceeded national standard
Not met national standard
Along with their scaled score.
In Reading, Writing and Maths.

29. Familiarity with the tests…
What the tests look like.
How the questions are laid out.
Familiarity with, and an increasing understanding of the ‘language of questions.’
How to use the marks at the side of the page to know how much detail is required in an answer.
How and where to do the ‘workings’.
Sustained reading.
Separate question and answer books.

30. How can you help? Support with homework. Regular reading
Sustained reading
Spellings – 50% score
Keep absences to the absolute minimum.
Be on time.
Early nights!
Good breakfast.
TLC!
Encourage.
Contact school if you have any concerns.
List of websites coming home on Fri

31. How to help your child with reading
Focus developing an enjoyment and love of reading.
Enjoy stories together – reading stories to your child at KS1 and KS2 is equally as important as listening to your child read.
Read a little at a time but often, rather than rarely but for long periods of time!
Talk about the story before, during and afterwards – discuss the plot, the characters, their feelings and actions, how it makes you feel, predict what will happen and encourage your child to have their own opinions.
Look up definitions of words together – you could use a dictionary, the internet or an app on a phone or tablet.
All reading is valuable – it doesn’t have to be just stories. Reading can involve anything from fiction and non-fiction, poetry, newspapers, magazines, football programmes, and TV guides. Everything helps!

32. How to help your child with writing
Practise and learn weekly spelling lists – make it fun!
Encourage opportunities for writing such as letters to family or friends, shopping lists, notes or reminders, stories or poems.
Write together – be a good role model for writing.
Encourage use of a dictionary to check spelling.
Allow your child to use a computer for word processing, which will allow for editing and correcting of errors without lots of crossing out.
Remember that good readers become good writers! Identify good writing features when reading (e.g. vocabulary, sentence structure, capital letters and full stops).
Praise and encourage, even for small successes!

33. How to help your child with maths
Play board games – snakes and ladders is great!
Play mental maths games including counting in different amounts, forwards and backwards.
Encourage opportunities for telling the time.
Times tables – learn in order, quick fire questions.
Encourage opportunities for counting coins and money; finding amounts or calculating change when shopping
Look for numbers on street signs, car registrations and anywhere else!
Look for examples of 2D and 3D shapes around the home.
Identify, weigh or measure quantities and amounts in the kitchen or in recipes.
Play games involving numbers or logic, such as dominoes, card games, darts, draughts or chess.

34. When are the SATs ?
SATs will take place during May.

35. Thank you for coming! Feel free to have a look at some sample papers.
If you have any questions please feel free to ask now, or speak to one of us before you leave.