1. Year 6 SATs Parents’ Meeting 2019
Glenfield Primary School

2. What are children tested on?
English – reading paper, spelling test, and grammar and punctuation paper
Mathematics – 3 papers – arithmetic paper, 2 reasoning papers

3. The papers Reading Comprehension paper – 1 hour
English grammar, punctuation and spelling paper – 45 minute paper and spelling test
Maths – 3 papers
Reasoning 1 (40 Minutes);
Reasoning 2 (40 Minutes)
Arithmetic (30 Minutes)
No level 6 papers

4. Content Based on the new National Curriculum begun in September 2014;
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Sample papers:
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5. English

6. English grammar, punctuation and spelling paper
Grammatical terms/word classes
Functions of sentences
Combining words, phrases and clauses
Verb forms, tense and consistency
Punctuation
Vocabulary
Identify – match – complete – rewrite – write - explain

7. Sample spellings
1. discover 11. scent 2. mission 12. illusion 3. loose 13. re-enter 4. sign 14. parachute 5. country 15. abundance 6. gymnastics 16. unavoidably 7. edible 17. dissolve 8. posture 18. ominous 9. sleigh 19. drawer 10. delicious 20. possession

8. Reading Comprehension paper
Give/explain the meaning of words
Retrieve and record information
Summarise main ideas
Make inferences from the text
Explain and justify inferences with evidence
Predict what might happen
Specify how extracts contribute to overall meaning
Explain the importance of word/ phrase choices
Make comparisons within the text

9. Reading Comprehension paper – question types
Multiple choice
Ranking/ordering
Matching
Labelling
Find and copy
Short response
Open-ended response

10. MATHS

11. Arithmetic paper 36 questions in 30 minutes Start  1345 + 654 =
5 x 6 x 4 =
Middle  1.53 x 7 =
1320 ÷ 12 =
End  85% of 250 =
½ + ¾ =

12. Reasoning paper 1

13. Reasoning paper 1

14. Reasoning paper 2

15. Revision at home
Your child may wish to do some revision at home and this should be encouraged to enable your child to feel as confident as possible going into their tests.
Useful websites:
BBC Bitesize -
Woodlands -
If you find any really good websites, please let us know and we can put them on the newsletter and let other parents know about them too.
The best idea is little and often.

16. Any questions
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