1. SATs’ Meeting 2017 Friday 3rd March 2017
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SATs’ Meeting 2017
SS. Peter and Paul’s Catholic Primary School
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Friday 3rd March 2017

2. SATs 2017
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+ Reading (1 hour)
+ Maths (including written arithmetic) + Arithmetic (30 mins) + Fluency, problem solving & reasoning (2x 40 mins)
+ Spelling, punctuation and grammar (SPAG). + Paper (45 mins) + Spelling (15 mins approx)
+ Final Writing judgement will be through teacher assessment only.

3. Test Dates SATs will take place on the week of May 8th 2017
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Test Dates
SATs will take place on the week of May 8th 2017
The papers are usually divided over four days.
As like last year, there are no longer Level 6 papers, instead the new style papers work to a point where that degree of difficulty is being tested.

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English

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Reading
Reading Test lasts 1 hour.

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Question Types
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’
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.’

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Paper Example

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Paper Example

9. How to help Your child should be reading a wide range of texts.
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How to help
Your child should be reading a wide range of texts.
Practise skimming and scanning using newspapers, TV guides.
Get children to predict what will happen next and explain their answers.
When reading use clues in the text to find answers.
Inference and deduction.

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Writing
Children will NOT sit a formal writing assessment paper during SATs’ week. To meet the targets required, teachers will assess based on a wide variety of writing produced over a period of time.

11. Spelling, punctuation and grammar test (SPaG)
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Spelling, punctuation and grammar test (SPaG)
In this test, children will be expected to answer multiple choice questions to make sentences make sense.
Children will be expected to know how to use a variety of punctuation marks correctly.
They will also need to be very familiar with the different parts of a sentence, e.g. verb, preposition, article, adverb etc.

12. Example Question Complete the sentences below using either I or me.
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Example Question
Complete the sentences below using either I or me.
I wanted my mum to watch ____ in the school play.
After we went cycling, Emma and ____ were very tired.
The teacher asked Tim and ____ to collect the books.

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Example Question
Insert the missing inverted commas in the sentence below.
Following the Battle of Hastings, said the historian, William the Conqueror became King of England.

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Put a tick in each row to show whether the underlined part of the sentence is a phrase or a clause.
Phrase
Clause
We went outside so we could enjoy the sunshine.
The sun shone in the bright blue sky.
The beautiful rainbow lasted for hours.
We had fun running around the garden.

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Spelling
This holds a large degree of weight, as it is worth 20 marks of the SPaG test score.
This can massively alter what a child comes out with as a combined score.
It will be 20 unrelated words, given in the context of a sentence. These will be read out and repeated meaning there is no real time limit assigned to this paper.

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Maths
70 – 7 = 7n 16

17. Maths Arithmetic Paper (30 mins) Paper 1 – (40 mins)
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Maths
70 – 7 = 7n
Arithmetic Paper (30 mins)
Paper 1 – (40 mins)
Paper 2 – (40 mins)
Children are no longer be required to use a calculator for either paper 1 or 2.

18. Arithmetic Paper Replaces the Mental Maths paper in previous years.
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Arithmetic Paper
70 – 7 = 7n
Replaces the Mental Maths paper in previous years.
It is being dubbed the ‘fixed response’ paper.
Children will be expected to use formal methods as they are showing their working. 18

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Example
70 – 7 = 7n 19

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Example
70 – 7 = 7n

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Paper 1 & 2
70 – 7 = 7n
Children are provided with all they may need including measuring tools (rulers, protractors etc.) and mirrors.
For some questions, children need to be able to explain their answers.
Marks can be given for correct methods even if the final answer is incorrect so it is important that children attempt all questions.

22. Example The rule for this sequence of numbers is ‘add 3 each time’.
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Example
70 – 7 = 7n
The rule for this sequence of numbers is ‘add 3 each time’. …
The sequence continues in the same way.
Mary says,
‘No matter how far you go there will never be a multiple of 3 in the sequence’ .
Is she correct? Yes / No
Explain how you know. 22

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Example
70 – 7 = 7n 23

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When we send work home…
70 – 7 = 7n
Encourage your child to practise answering word problems and be able to explain their working.
Don’t ignore the importance of accuracy (measuring and drawing).
Ensure they are using formal written methods.
Continue to practise mental strategies. Quick recall of times tables is vitally important for all areas of Maths.

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26. School Revision Booster Classes in school.
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School Revision
Booster Classes in school.
Providing extra support in Maths which involves children moving between classes.
Targeted Intervention Classes.
Homework linked to areas of revision.
Study Books can be purchased.

27. Revision The following ICT programs are useful: BBC Revisewise
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Revision
The following ICT programs are useful:
BBC Revisewise
BBC Science Clips
Sumdog
My Maths – Lessons and Games
Woodlands Junior
Coxhoe Durham