1. Welcome to Year 6 SATs meeting
Khalsa Primary School
Wednesday 11th November 2015
Welcome to Year 6 SATs meeting

2. Aims of the meeting To share important information about KS2 SATs
To answer questions about KS2
SATs
Discuss and share ideas about how you,
as a parent can help your child at home

3. What does SATs stand for?
Statutory Assessment Tasks and Tests (also includes Teacher Assessment).
SATs are taken at the end of Key Stage 1 (at age 7) and at the end of Key Stage 2 (at age 11).

4. What are KS2 SATs?
KS2 SAT tests are taken by pupils in year 6 (when they are years old) as part of the National Curriculum assessment programme.
KS2 SAT results are used by secondary schools to put pupils into suitable sets for core subjects. They will also use these results to predict their GCSE grades.
Year 6 pupils undertake KS2 SAT papers in two core subjects: English and Maths.

5. What level should Year 6 pupils be at?
Level 3: Below the nationally expected level of attainment for a pupil at the end of Year 6.
Level 4: The nationally expected level of attainment for a pupil at the end of Year 6.
Level 5: Above the nationally expected level of attainment for a pupil at the end of Year 6.

6. Levels no longer exist
The Government have now removed levels and instead there will be a new way in which progress and attainment will be recorded
Pupils will have to working at expected levels and pupils will have to gain a score of 100 to pass

7. Teacher assessment judgement
For example one way in which results may be shared with parents is:
Subject/Aspect
Test score
Teacher assessment judgement
Reading
108
Working at expected level
  X
Not working at the expected level
Writing
N/A
Working towards the expected standard
Working at the expected standard
Working at greater depth within expected standard
Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling
112
Mathematics
109
Working at the expected level
  X
Science

8. What does teacher assessment involve, and is it different from testing?
Teacher assessment draws together everything the teacher (s) know about a child, including observations, marked work and school assessments.
Teacher assessment is not a ‘snapshot’ like tests and is therefore more reliable.
There can be a difference between teacher assessment results and test levels.
Teacher assessment only, is used for children who work below level 3 (children who don’t do the SATs).

9. How is SATs week organised?
A timetable is issued to schools, informing us on which days/sessions, tests must be administered.
All pupils must sit the tests at the same time.
Test papers can only be opened 1 hour before the tests begin.
Tests are completed in classrooms - displays that may help pupils are covered.
Pupils are divided into groups for test administration to ensure they are properly supported and feel secure.

10. SATs Timetable
SATs will take place during the week commencing Monday 9th May to Thursday 12th May 2016

11. English SATs English SATs consist of: A reading test
A grammar, punctuation and spelling test

12. English Comprehension
The reading test has changed since July This year, pupils will read three texts which may not be linked together. The least demanding text will come first with the following texts increasing in level of difficulty
Instead of being given 15 minutes reading time and 45 minutes to answer the questions, pupils will have a total of one hour to read the texts and complete the questions at their own pace.

13. “A Day in the English Countryside”
Sentence from:
“A Day in the English Countryside”
As the afternoon light started to fade, the cow stopped eating grass, stood instead with its head over the gate and gazed expectantly down the lane.
Where was the cow? (Deductive)
What do you think the cow was expecting? (Inferential)
What time of day was it? (Literal)
What three things did the cow do? (Literal)

14. English, grammar, punctuation & spelling
A new statutory test of English grammar, punctuation and spelling was introduced for children at the end of key stage 2 from May 2013
The test will assess grammar, punctuation, spelling & vocabulary

15. Circle all the adverbs in the sentence below
Circle all the adverbs in the sentence below. Open the drawers carefully and quietly when using the filing cabinet.
Tick one word to complete the sentence below. Michael and Kate read their books ______________ they ate their sandwiches. Tick one. While which between during

16. How can parents help with reading?
Ensure your child reads every night.
Encourage them to read fiction and non-fiction.
Try to listen to your child read and ask them questions about the text.
Help them with the different skills of reading especially ‘skim’ reading where they are looking for key words in the text.
Speed reading

17. Writing
The Form of Writing to be tested is not known by the school prior to the test.
The tasks could require the children to write any of the following…
Instructions
Persuasive text
Discussion text
Recount
Report
Explanation
Poetry
Narrative texts (a story, or based on any of the above formats)

18. Assessment of writing
The written test is no longer sent away to be externally marked and assessed.
The on going progress of individual children is carefully tracked and developed throughout the whole of year 6: this level assessed by the teacher is used in conjunction with the written test to agree on a Level.
Local Authority moderators visit schools to ensure high standards of teacher assessment.

19. Writing test examples

20. Teacher assessment of writing

21. Mathematics Mathematics SATs consist of: Three Maths Papers
Paper 1 – Arithmetic Paper.
Paper 2 and Paper 3 – Reasoning Papers.
Calculators are not permitted in any of the Maths tests.

22. Paper 1:
An arithmetic paper. Questions will be context free. They will assess number, calculations and fractions. The ‘fractions’ strand in the new national curriculum covers fractions, decimals and percentages.
Pupils will be expected to use formal methods to solve specific arithmetic questions, e.g. long multiplication and long division.
There will be guidance in the test booklet to indicate when a formal method is required. Two marks will be available for these questions. One mark may be awarded if an appropriate formal method is used but the final answer is incorrect.
Each question in the arithmetic paper will have a grid area to encourage appropriate working out
Timings for the test
Paper 1: minutes to answer 36 questions

23. Paper 1: Arithmetic sample questions=
1 1/7 − 3/7 =
120 − 15 × 5 =
Write the missing fraction.
1/3+1/ =1

24. Paper 2 and Paper 3:
Assesses pupils’ ability to apply mathematics to problems and to reason. There won’t be significant differences in format or difficulty between the two papers.
The tests will contain a mixture of contextualised and context-free questions, and real life and abstract problems.
Timings for the test Paper 2 and Paper 3:
Each paper will take 40 minutes.

25. Paper 2 and Paper 3 : Reasoning sample questions
Complete this sentence
Every number with a factor of 10 must also have factors of

26. How much more does one orange cost than one lemon?
A bag of 5 lemons costs £1
A bag of 4 oranges costs £1.80
How much more does one orange cost than one lemon?

27. How can parents help with Maths?
Support with homework – not just helping with the Maths but reading the questions can really help.
TIMES TABLES!!!
Help your child to check their work through – this will help them to spot mistakes that can sometimes be easily fixed.

28. Thank you for coming.
Any questions?