1. SATs 2017 Welcome, Parents •What to expect from the KS2 tests.
•How you can support your children until SATs week.

2. Michael Tidd explains the 2017 SATs

3. Year 6, children will sit tests in:
• Reading
• Maths
• Spelling, punctuation and grammar
These tests are both set and marked externally, and the results are used to measure the school’s performance (for example, through reporting to Ofsted and published league tables). Your child’s marks will be used in conjunction with teacher assessment to give a broader picture of their attainment.

4. Administration Over 4 days w/c Monday 8 May 2017
English Reading
Tuesday 9 May 2017
English Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling Paper 1: questions
Paper 2: spelling
Wednesday 10 May 2017
Mathematics Paper 1: arithmetic
Mathematics Paper 2: reasoning
Thursday 11 May 2017
Mathematics Paper 3: reasoning

5. Attendance and Punctuality
These are key both now and for SATs week.
Teachers are maximising every minute with the children, being late can mean the children miss out.
Days off may mean the opportunity is lost as there is not always time to revisit. Try to avoid wherever possible.
SATs week - it is IMPERATIVE all children attend. Tests can only be completed in a narrow window. Holidays taken at this time will mean your child will not have SATs results for their Secondary School.

6. Score:
Children need to achieve a scaled score of 100 or above to be ‘at the expected standard’ (AS).
The range of scaled scores available for each KS2 test is the same: 80 is the lowest possible scaled score
120 is the highest possible scaled score
Children scoring between 80 and 99 are said to be ‘not at the expected standard’ (NS).
How many marks make the scaled score of 100 will alter every year. It is expected to be more marks in 2017 than 2016

7. 2016 raw scores as a rough guide:
Reading - out of 50 marks. 21 marks was expected standard, 34 was higher score. This is expected to rise considerably this year.
Maths - out of 100 marks. 60 marks was expected standard, 98 was higher score.
Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation - out of 70 marks, 43 was expected standard and 61 was the higher score.

8. Reading: Monday
Children are given a reading booklet containing three sections, and an answer booklet containing a variety of question types, some requiring short answers and some requiring more developed explanations. The children can refer back to the texts in the reading booklet throughout the test.

9. Type of reading questions
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.’

10. Tuesday Grammar/Spelling
Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling Paper 1 (45 minutes) contains questions requiring a focus on knowing and applying grammatical terminology with the full range of punctuation and a knowledge of the technical terms in grammar tested.
Paper 2 is the spelling test (20 questions) where patterns and methodologies form the basis of spellings tested

11. Type of questions
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.’

12. Wednesday: Maths
Paper 1 – Arithmetic (30 minutes/40 marks) Relatively straightforward calculations which will include all four operations and fractions, decimals and percentages.
Paper 2 – Reasoning (40 minutes/35 marks)
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 their approach for solving a problem

13. Thursday: Maths Paper 3 – Reasoning (40 minutes/35 marks)
These papers contain longer, worded questions requiring logical reasoning and more extended calculations. Prove it questions!

14. What does SATs week look like?
We understand that SATs week is a little scary for some children and we want to minimise this as much as possible.
Breakfast at 8:15am at school with teachers and friends.
Hard Boiled sweets/mints/polos during the test (no wrappers!)
Afternoon sessions will be a chance to revise in a more relaxed manner, with extra breaktimes.

15. Support: How can parents and carers help?
Ensure your child arrives at school on test days punctually having gone to bed at a reasonable hour.
PLEASE ENCOURAGE YOUR CHILD TO DO THEIR BEST BUT TRY NOT TO PUT THEM UNDER TOO MUCH PRESSURE.

16. Additional support
Read- hear and discuss reading at least 3 times a week
Revision booklets on reading
Speed reading- how many words can you read in 1 minute?
Can you put what you have read in your own words- summarize
Ensure unfamiliar words are discussed
GPS- practise tricky spellings
GPS Revision booklets
Tables- know your tables
Speed tables- complete tables grids- can you complete in 2 minutes?
Revision booklets on maths
Know if an answer is right or wrong by estimating first
Easter school- Monday 10th-Wednesday 13th April