1. SATS TESTS Information evening for parents
KS2
SATS TESTS
Information evening for parents

2. Aims To become more familiar with the KS2 test papers.
To understand changes for 2014.
To understand the reporting arrangements for parents.

3. What will continue?
If a child is ill they can sit the test within the week
Spelling, grammar, punctuation & vocabulary test - introduced in 2013 – marked externally
A child must achieve level 5 in 3 – 5 paper before level 6 paper is marked

4. What will continue?
Maths and Reading tests and English grammar, punctuation & spelling test will continue to be marked by external markers
Speaking and listening – Teacher’s assessment
Writing – Teacher’s assessment
Science – Teacher’s assessment.

5. Changes for 2014 Each text followed by questions - not themed
English Reading text - one hour to read and answer questions
Each text followed by questions - not themed
No calculator paper for maths – levels 3 – 5

6. Sample Testing
A small number of schools will be required to administer tests in writing and science
The results are used to monitor National Standards and are not to be used for school’s accountability.

7. SATS WEEK Week beginning: Monday 12th May
Monday 12th May – English Reading test Level – 1 hour
Level 6 - English Reading test – 10 minutes reading 50 minutes to answer questions
Tuesday 13th May – English grammar, punctuation & spelling test level 3 – minutes for grammar test – 15 minutes for spellings
Level 6 - English grammar, punctuation & spelling test -extended task (response to a writing prompt) – 30 minutes, grammar – 20 minutes & spellings 10 minutes

8. KS2 TIMETABLE
Wednesday 14th May- Mental maths test - level 3 – minutes &
Maths test A - level minutes
Thursday 15th May – Maths test B - level 3 – minutes
Level 6 maths paper minutes
Paper 2 – 30 minutes

9. ENGLISH - WRITING Types of writing:
diary writing, play scripts, writing a leaflet, persuasive writing, information writing, narrative writing, writing to describe, writing to complain, report writing, letter writing.

10. Writing Tasks – What are we looking for ?
To use a wide and varied vocabulary
To use ambitious vocabulary
To use simple and complex sentences
Imaginative and interesting
To use connectives e.g. in addition to, meanwhile, despite…..
To use adjectives, similes, metaphors
Evidence of sophisticated punctuation – e.g. colon, semi colon, brackets

11. Level 4

12. Level 5

13. Level 6 - Your task is to write a short report arguing for or against Cyberschooling.
A local IT company is gathering views about Cyberschooling for research purposes. Cyberschooling is a way of learning that involves pupils working at home on their own computers and watching lessons on the internet. The company has asked for pupils’ views, to be presented as a short report showing whether they support or oppose the idea.

14. Level 6
Pupils' writing often engages and sustains the reader's interest, showing some adaptation of style and register to different forms, including using an impersonal style where appropriate.
Pupils use a range of sentence structures and varied vocabulary to create effects.
Spelling is generally accurate, including that of irregular words.
Handwriting is neat and legible. A range of punctuation is usually used correctly to clarify meaning, and ideas are organised into paragraphs.

15. Add examples

16. READING COMPREHENSION
One hour to read text and answer questions
Each text is followed by questions
No overall theme for text as in the past

17. TYPES OF QUESTIONS
What gives Midas the idea of turning everything to gold? 1 mark
What did Midas learn in this story?
2 marks
When Midas is weeping on the ground, what is he thinking?
3 marks

18. 2011 Reading Comprehension The interviewer spoke to Lisa’s mother too.
Write down what you think she would have said about Lisa, using what you have read in the interview.
Ever since Lisa was a child, I always knew she’d do something like caving because she ...
2 marks

19. TASK There are examples of the reading paper. Have a look.
What do you think?

20. GRAMMAR, PUNCTUATION & SPELLINGS
To assess children’s English skills in four areas:
spelling
punctuation
grammar; and
vocabulary.

21. GRAMMAR, PUNCTUATION & SPELLINGS
Example of level 3 - 5
Circle all the adverbs in the sentence below:
Open the drawers carefully and quietly when using the filing cabinet.

22. GRAMMAR, PUNCTUATION & SPELLINGS
Underline the subordinate clause in each sentence below.
Before he could go swimming, Ali packed his towel.
The twins asked Dad to turn up the heating as it was cold.
Add a suffix to this word to make an adjective dread________

23. GRAMMAR, PUNCTUATION & SPELLINGS LEVEL 6 EXAMPLES
Add a subordinate clause to the sentence below.
We walked,_________________, to the local park
Rewrite the sentence below, changing it from a personal form to an impersonal form.
It takes me a lot of time to decide what shoes to wear.

24. Level 5 Spellings
The _____________ of boomerangs depend on where they come from… When thrown _____________, it will fly in a circle .
The dimensions of boomerangs depend on where they come from…
When thrown correctly, it will fly in a circle.

25. Level 6 Spellings
1. I would like to improve my ___________ of history.
The dancers’ movements were perfectly _____________.
1. I would like to improve my knowledge of history.
2. The dancers’ movements were perfectly synchronised.

26. Maths Test B – calculator not allowed – 40 marks
MATHEMATICS TEST
Maths Test A – 40 marks
Maths Test B – calculator not allowed – 40 marks
Mental Maths Test – 20 questions – 20 marks

27. TYPES OF QUESTIONS
50 children need two pencils each. There are 20 pencils in a box. How many boxes of pencils are needed? x and division knowledge
Two whole numbers are each between 50 and 70. They multiply to make Write the missing numbers.
X = 4095
65 x 63

28. TYPES OF QUESTIONS An iced cake costs 10p more than a plain cake.
Sam bought two of each cake.
They cost £1 altogether.
What is the cost of an iced cake?

29. Mental Maths Questions 2010
What is 263 rounded to the nearest hundred? (5 seconds)
Write one tenth as a decimal. (5 seconds)
How many grams must you add to 450g to make half a kilogram? (10 seconds)
Subtract 3.6 from 10. (10 seconds)
Write a number greater than 100 that has 4 & 5 as factors. (15 seconds)
Multiply 12 by 21.(15 seconds)

30. Level 6
Paper 1 – 30 minutes
Paper 2 – 30 minutes – calculator allowed – pace important
No mental maths test

31. LEVEL 6 MATHEMATICS Original price £60 Reduced by ________ %
Now only £45
Is 4/9 greater than 1/3?
Show how you know.
Here are three equations.
a + b + c = 30
a + b = 24
b + c = 14
What are the values of a, b and c ?

32. There are examples of maths papers on your table. Try some examples.
TASK
There are examples of maths papers on your table.
Try some examples.
What do you think?

33. How you can help at home?

34. REPORTING TO PARENTS
Expected level at the end of KS2 – level 4
Level 3 – below average
Level 4 – average
Level 5 – above average
Level 6 – well above average

35. REPORTING TO PARENTS English Speaking and listening level
Teacher Assessment results:
Speaking and listening level
Reading level
Writing level
Reading Test result
level
Grammar, punctuation & spelling:
Test result

36. REPORTING TO PARENTS Mathematics Teacher Assessment result level
Test Result level
Science