1. SATs 2018
Parents briefing

2. Year 6 SATs Briefing Session
Introduction
English
Maths
Questions

3. Overview – 14th – 17th May 2018 One set of tests for each subject
English Tests
Reading Paper – 1 hour (50 marks)
Paper 1 – SPAG – short answer questions – 45 minutes (50 marks)
Paper 2 – Spelling – 15 minutes (20 marks)
Other Assessment
Pupils’ writing assessed throughout the year
Maths Tests
Paper 1 – Arithmetic – 30 minutes (40 marks)
Paper 2 – Reasoning A – 40 minutes (35 marks)
Paper 3 – Reasoning B – 40 minutes (35 marks)

4. Overview – what is my child expected to achieve?
For the KS2 tests a scaled score of 100 will always represent the ‘expected standard’
The scaled score will be based upon the pupils’ raw score.
80 is the lowest scaled score that can be awarded
120 is the highest scaled score
The raw score is their total number of marks they receive in the test.
A conversion table will be used to translate raw scores into scaled scores.

5. Converting raw scores
SATs Raw Scores

6. Results
Results will be published in July and shortly after they have been published each child will receive:
A raw score
A scaled score
Confirmation of whether or not they have reached the expected standard

7. SATs timetable – 14th – 17th May 2018
Date
All children
Monday 14th May
Reading test (1 hour)
Tuesday 15th May
Grammar and Punctuation (45 mins)
Spelling Test (15 mins)
Wednesday 16th May
Mathematics – Paper 1 – Arithmetic
Mathematics – Paper 2 – Reasoning A
Thursday 17th May
Mathematics – Paper 3 – Reasoning B

8. Overview – SATs week
Normal timetable is changed for all Year 6 pupils.
Tests will be conducted in familiar surroundings
Additional/extended breaks
Additional staff will be deployed to support children

9. English
All pupils will sit the same papers. There is no longer a ‘level 6’ paper.
Tests
Reading Paper - 1 hour
Grammar, punctuation, vocabulary - 45 minutes
Spelling - 15 minutes
Writing – teacher assessment

10. Reading Test
One hour to read a booklet containing 3 or 4 different text types and answer questions about these texts.
Types of text:
story/report/diary/web pages/journal/letters/comic strip/advertisements
Types of questions could include:
inference/deduction/understanding
interpret/ explain/comment
writer’s viewpoint, purpose or use of language/structure and organisation of the text

11. Examiners are looking for:
Pupils who can:
Infer and deduce
Follow instructions
Use varied/technical vocabulary
Write in the required style/genre
Write in full sentences with a good range of punctuation/appropriate sentence length
Write with a clear viewpoint

12. Grammar and Punctuation Test
Areas to be tested:
Word classes – nouns, adjectives, articles etc
Features of sentences – statements, commands, questions
Complex sentences – clauses, subordinating connectives
Standard English – tenses, I and me, contractions
Vocabulary – synonyms, antonyms, word meanings, prefixes and suffixes, singular and plural
Punctuation – capital letters, commas, inverted commas, apostrophes, ellipsis, colons etc.

13. Spelling Test 20 sentences with words to fill in:
We sat at the table to eat our ________ (dinner)
The plants _______ butterflies (attracted)
The dancers’ movements were _____ (synchronised)
Previous spellings include:
intelligent dangerous characters scales
breathe islands extinct supreme associated

14. Writing
The overall writing judgement will be made by looking at pupils’ work over the course of the year. This will be moderated internally, by other local schools and possibly by an external moderator.
The range of styles include:
Narrative, Poetry, Recount, Report, Instruction, Procedure, Explanation, Persuasion, Argument

15. Ways to help at home - Reading
Read a range of non-fiction and fiction texts – identify the features of the texts.
Listen to your child read – use the planner. Ask questions about their reading.
Find different types of texts in your home. Talk about WHO they are written for / WHY they have been written / WHAT style has been used / WHEN the text style is used / WHERE these texts are found / HOW the texts have been organised.

16. Ways to help at home - Spelling
Post-its
Spelling rules
Point out spellings around the house/in shops/on outings
When listening to your child read, point out certain spellings
Diaries– write down the spelling of new words / learn the meaning of these words
Note words and their spellings in the context of the sentences
Use of Spellodrome

17. Ways to help at home - writing
Vary sentence structure
Begin sentences with different words
Use a variety of punctuation
Use a topic sentence to begin paragraphs
Encourage description and expand detail

18. Maths Three Parts: Paper 1 Arithmetic 30 minutes.
36 questions worth a total of 40 points.
Paper 2 & 3 Reasoning 40 minutes each.
worth a total of 35 points each.

19. Maths Paper 1 - Arithmetic

20. Maths Paper 1 - Arithmetic

21. Maths Papers 2 and 3 - Reasoning

22. Maths Papers 2 and 3 - Reasoning

23. Maths Papers 2 and 3 - Reasoning

24. Maths – Style of papers
Children are familiar with the style of papers from their time in Year 5
In lessons, children will continue to use questions from papers to practice the skills they are learning
Children will complete assessments in January and March to ensure they are prepared

25. Ways to help at home - Maths
One of the most important ways is to sit down and talk to your child:
Discuss what they have been doing in each Maths lesson. Ask them to explain.
Go through their homework tasks with them. If they can do the work independently then go through it with them afterwards, discussing how they did it and identify any mistakes. (Either explain the work to your child or ask them to see their teacher)
Be careful with Calculation Methods – some pupils will be using informal methods – ask your child to explain the method they use.
The school calculation policy shows the preferred methods.

26. Ways to help at home - Maths
Many questions involve solving a problem and working in context.
Ask questions about the world around them, involving:
telling the time, differences in time, reading bus and train timetables, T.V schedules, cooking times, 12 and 24hr clock etc.
measuring, estimating, checking – length, area, capacity/volume, mass/weight, temperature (positive/negative), angles etc.
money, shopping bills, change, tickets etc.
working out fractions and percentage of quantities

27. Questions?