1. Preparing your child for the KS2 SATs
Naomi Ottiwell

2. Key Stage 2 SATs Purpose of this session:
Updating you on the SATs tests
Exploring each subject
Explaining what it all means for your child
Handouts, questions and answers

3. Why are the SATs tests important?
Children’s sets at high school are affected by their SATs results, although Bridgewater do also test the children in September when they enter high school
KS4 (GCSE) targets and progress indicators are based on their KS2 SATs results

4. SATs KS2 Test Dates 2018 Monday 14th May - Thursday 17th May

5. SATs KS2 Test Dates 2018
Monday 14th May 2018 and Tuesday 15th May 2018 English grammar, punctuation and spelling Paper 1: questions English grammar, punctuation and spelling Paper 2: spelling English reading
Wednesday 16th May 2018 Mathematics Paper 1: arithmetic Mathematics Paper 2: reasoning
Thursday 17th May 2018 Mathematics Paper 3: reasoning

6. Reading
Component
Description
Number of Papers
Number of marks
Timing of component
English reading test
Reading booklet and separate answer booklet
A selection of texts (1500 – 2300 words) 1 50
60 minutes (including reading time)
Total
60 minutes
From 2018 the reading content of the KS2 SATs will be more closely linked to the curriculum to ensure children are drawing on their knowledge when answering reading comprehension questions.

7. Reading
The reading test is a single paper with questions based on three passages of text. Your child will have one hour, including reading time, to complete the test.
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.’

8. Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling (SPAG / GAPS)
Component
Description
Number of Papers
Number of marks
Timing of component
Paper 1
Questions
Grammar, punctuation and vocabulary 1 50
45 minutes
Paper 2
Spelling
Spelling (20 words) 20
15 minutes
Total 2 70
60 minutes
Spellings and grammar skills are drawn from spelling patterns and grammar skills learnt across KS2.
The grammar and punctuation test will include two sub-types of questions:
Selected response, e.g. ‘Identify the adjectives in the sentence below’
Constructed response, e.g. ‘Correct/complete/rewrite the sentence below,’ or, ‘The sentence below has an apostrophe missing. Explain why it needs an apostrophe.’

9. Maths Component Description Number of Papers Number of marks
Timing of component
Paper 1
Arithmetic
Assesses pupils’ confidence with the range of mathematical operations 1 40
(36 questions)
30 minutes
Paper 2 and Paper 3
Mathematical reasoning
Mathematical fluency, solving mathematical problems and mathematical reasoning 2
70 overall
35 per paper
80 minutes
40 minutes per paper
Total 3
110
110 minutes

10. Maths
Paper 1 will consist of fixed response questions, where children have to give the correct answer to calculations, including long multiplication and long division (see booklet). 
Papers 2 and 3 will involve a number of question types, including:
Multiple choice
True or false
Constrained questions - e.g. giving the answer to a calculation, drawing a shape or completing a table or chart
Less constrained questions - where children will have to explain or prove their approach for solving a problem
Children cannot use a calculator for any question

11. Writing Moderation Working towards the expected standard
The pupil can:
Write for a range of purposes
Use paragraphs to organise ideas
In narratives, describe settings and characters
In non-narrative writing, use simple devices to structure the writing and support the reader (e.g. headings, sub-headings, bullet points)
Use capital letters, full stops, question marks, commas for lists and apostrophes for contraction mostly correctly
Spell correctly most words from the Y3/4 spelling list,
Spell correctly some words from the Y5/6 spelling list
Write legibly

12. Writing Moderation Working at the expected standard
The pupil can:
Write effectively for a range of purposes and audiences, selecting language that shows good awareness of the reader (e.g. the use of the first person in a diary; direct address in instructions and persuasive writing)
In narratives, describe settings, characters and atmosphere
Integrate dialogue in narratives to convey character and advance the action
Select vocabulary and grammatical structures that reflect what the writing requires, doing this mostly appropriately (e.g. using contracted forms in dialogues in narrative; using passive verbs to affect how information is presented; using modal verbs to suggest degrees of possibility)
Use a range of devices to build cohesion (e.g. conjunctions, adverbials of time and place, pronouns, synonyms) within and across paragraphs
Use verb tenses consistently and correctly throughout their writing
Use the range of punctuation taught at KS2 mostly correctly (e.g. inverted commas and other punctuation to indicate direct speech)
Spell correctly most words from the Y5/6 spelling list, and use a dictionary to check the spelling of uncommon or more ambitious vocabulary
Maintain legibility in joined handwriting when writing at speed

13. Writing Moderation Working at greater depth
The pupil can:
Write effectively for a range of purposes and audiences, selecting the appropriate form and drawing independently on what they have read as models for their own writing (e.g. literary language, characterisation, structure)
Distinguish between the language of speech and writing and choose the appropriate register
Exercise an assured and conscious control over levels of formality, particularly through manipulating grammar and vocabulary to achieve this
Use the range of punctuation taught at key stage 2 correctly (e.g. semi-colons, dashes, colons, hyphens) and, when necessary, use such punctuation precisely to enhance meaning and avoid ambiguity
[No additional requirements for spelling or handwriting]

14. Science…

15. What will you be told about your child?
In your child’s annual report, you will receive:
Teacher assessment grades for writing, reading, maths and science
Raw scores for individual papers in SPAG, reading and maths
Scaled scores for SPAG, reading and maths
An outcome in terms of achieving the national standard (AS) or not achieving the national standards (NS). For maths and reading, these outcomes will not say if your child is working at greater depth (i.e. scaled score of 110 plus)
Scaled scores are between 80 and 120
100 will always represent the ‘national standard’
110+ will represent children working at a ‘high standard’ or ‘greater depth’

16. Teacher Assessment
As well as receiving KS2 SATs results, at the end of Year 6 you will be told your child's teacher-assessment results for reading, writing, mathematics and science.
The teacher-assessment result codes you can expect to see are:
GDS: Working at greater depth within the expected standard (for writing assessment only)
EXS: Working at the expected standard
WTS: Working towards the expected standard (for writing assessment only)
HNM: Has not met the expected standard (reading and maths assessment only)
PKG: Pre-key stage, growing development of the expected standard (the child is working at a lower level than expected)
PKF: Pre-key stage, foundations for the expected standard (the child is working at a significantly lower level than expected)
This is the last year that parents will be given teacher assessment at KS2

17. What do the teacher assessment results look like…

18. How will the SATs results be reported to parents
How will the SATs results be reported to parents? In KS2, the papers are marked externally. Each child receives a raw score, a scaled score, and confirmation of whether or not they achieved the national standard. (‘NS’  means the expected standard was not achieved; ‘AS’ means the expected standard was achieved). The range of scaled scores available for each KS2 test is: 80 (the lowest scaled score that can be awarded) 120 (the highest scaled score) The expected standard for each test is a scaled score of 100 or more. If a child is awarded a scaled score of 99 or less, they won't have achieved the expected standard in the test. Children who achieve a scaled score of 110+ have achieved a higher standard or greater depth.

19. Please be aware that thresholds for scaled scores change each year

20. What do the test results look like…

21. Our position We are a highly successful school
We know our children well in terms of their strengths and next steps in their learning
We can demonstrate the progress of each child
We will continue to have a rigorous focus on the quality of teaching and learning and not be diverted onto the debates surrounding assessment
We will continue to provide high quality, broad and balanced learning experiences and opportunities
We will continue to have a relentless focus on developing the basic skills
We will continue to support every child at all ability levels in order to realise their potential and prepare them for the next stage in their learning
We want your children to enjoy Year 6!

22. Summary
SATs take place: Week beginning – Monday 14th May 2018 – we expect 100% attendance during the tests and in the weeks running up to the tests.
How can you help?
Outstanding attendance and punctuality throughout the year
Support at home with homework, reading, spellings, handwriting, times tables, etc.
Liaise with school if you have any issues/concerns at any point
Don’t let your child sit all the recent past papers! (there are only two previous sets of tests plus a sample set and we use these to assess progress and identify areas of misconception)
Reassure your child that we want them to do their best but there is also more to life at Grappenhall Heys and there is nothing to worry about!

23. Example papers – Amazon (CGP)

24. Any questions?