Parkfield Primary School

Y6 SATS Meeting

January 2018 Mr Barnes & Mr Kemp

WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT

• SATS DATES

• WHAT SATS WEEK LOOKS LIKE

• WHAT WE ARE DOING TO HELP

• WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP

• EXAMPLE QUESTIONS

• QUESTION AND ANSWERS

WHEN ARE Y6 SATS?

• 14th – 17th May 2018

• Only 56 school days away!

WHAT SATS WEEK LOOKS LIKE

Monday

Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling (SPAG) Test

Paper 1: Short Answers 45 MINUTES – 50 MARKS

Paper 2: Spelling 15 MINUTES – 20 MARKS

Tuesday Reading Test

60 MINUTES – 50 MARKS

SPELLINGS

Re

ad

ing

Questions get

progressively

more difficult

3 separate texts

in a booklet

WHAT SATS WEEK LOOKS LIKE

Wednesday

Maths Paper 1: Arithmetic 30 MINUTES – 40 MARKS

Maths Paper 2: Reasoning 40 MINUTES – 35 MARKS

Thursday Maths Paper 3: Reasoning 40 MINUTES – 35 MARKS

Questions get

progressively

more difficult

Reasoning paper

CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS YEARS

• Third year of children being tested on a brand new curriculum (Children have had last 4 years on the new curriculum)

• Every child will take the test (very few will be dis-applied)

• No writing test – teacher assessment

• Structure of reading test

• Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation (SPAG)

• 3 different papers – Arithmetic, Reasoning 1 and Reasoning 2.

• No calculators in Maths test

• No mental maths test

• No longer a L6 test for more able students – there will be a few questions at the end of each test to demonstrate their skills

CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS YEARS

SCORES & SCALED SCORES

WHAT WILL BE REPORTED

Writing Teacher Assessment:

Working Towards, Working At or Working at Greater Depth

WHAT SATS WEEK LOOKS LIKE

• CHILDREN ARRIVE EARLY FOR BREAKFAST

• CAN BRING PHONE/NINTENDO DS/KINDLE/

WHAT SATS WEEK LOOKS LIKE

• TESTS TAKE PLACE IN THE HALL

• REVISION AND TIME TO RELAX IN THE AFTERNOONS

WHAT WE ARE DOING TO HELP

• PRACTICE TESTS

• OLD SATS PAPERS

• EXTRA HOMEWORK – Mathletics

• THIRD SPACE LEARNING

• AFTER SCHOOL CLASSES (Selected Students)

• BOOSTER CLASSES (Selected Students)

• EASTER CLASSES (Selected Students)

• ONE-ONE TUITION (Selected Students)

WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP

• Get them into school everyday and on time

• Early nights

• Remind them about homework

• Let them know there is nothing to worry about

• Get them to attend additional lessons – no excuses!!

• Give them time to relax

• Be positive

WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP

• HOMEWORK

– Reading

– Writing

– Maths

– Past SATS

WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP

• REVISION GUIDES

IS THERE ANYTHING TO WORRY ABOUT?

No!

• We use Teacher Assessment daily – we know what level they’re working at!

• These tests back up our assessments

• We just don’t want any surprises!

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

THANK YOU