End of Key Stage 2 Assessments (Year 6 SATS)

End of Key Stage 2 Assessments (Year 6 SATS) Friday 31 st March 2017 Ms Coghlan Deputy Head Teacher

In this session Introduction Assessment schedule Results Content of each test How to prepare between now and then Breakfast club reminder Questions?

Introduction Children in England are assessed at the end of each key stage of schooling: Early Years Foundation Stage YN and YR Key Stage 1 Y1 and Y2 Key Stage 2 Y3, Y4, Y5 and Y6 Key Stage 3 Y7, Y8 and Y9 Key Stage 4 Y10 and Y11 Key Stage 5 Y12 and Y13 (Sixth Form)

External assessment Monday 8 May 2017: English (reading) Tuesday 9 May 2017: English (grammar, punctuation and spelling paper 1 and paper 2) Wednesday 10 May 2017: Mathematics (arithmetic paper 1 and reasoning paper 2) Thursday 11 May 2017: Mathematics (reasoning paper 3) Normal registration time Tests commencing shortly after 9:00am each morning.

Teacher assessment Teacher assessment of writing is based on classwork within Literacy lessons, as well as other pieces of writing in other subjects such as History or Geography This is submitted by the school for external verification during June 2017

Results These will arrive in the school in July 2017, and a summary will be prepared and sent to your before the end of the academic year. Children are assessed as working: Below the expected standard for year 6 (working towards WT) At the expected standard for year 6 (expected E) Above the expected standard for year 6 (greater depth GD)

Monday 8 May 2017: English (reading) 60 minutes Adults may not read questions or assist Reading booklet: Fiction and non-fiction Modern and older texts Entire text and excerpts Answer booklet: Find and copy Tick Match Order Sentence Summarise Explain with proof

2016 English (reading)

Tuesday 9 May 2017: English (grammar, punctuation and spelling paper 1 and paper 2) Paper 1 questions 45 minutes Adults may read questions aloud Range of questions about grammatical structures and vocabulary in English Paper 2 spelling Approximately 15min Questions and spellings read aloud by teacher following a script Range of words which do and do not follow spelling patterns / rules in English

2016 - EGPS

Wednesday 10 May 2017: Mathematics (arithmetic paper 1 and reasoning paper 2) Paper 1 arithmetic 30 minutes Adults may read questions aloud Calculating Four operations Fractions, decimals, percentages Paper 2 reasoning 40 minutes Adults may read questions aloud Problem solving including number, data handling and geometry

2016 - arithmetic

Thursday 11 May 2017: Mathematics (reasoning paper 3) Paper 3 reasoning 40 minutes Adults may read questions aloud Problem solving including number, data handling and geometry

2016 - reasoning

Writing criteria Y6 - spelling

Writing criteria Y6 handwriting and presentation

Writing criteria Y6 - composition

Writing criteria Y6 vocabulary, grammar and punctuation

Preparation - school CGP books reference books and workbooks Mock SATS sessions prior to Easter break Daily reading with adult support in Guided Reading different question types Daily Mathematics practice of a range of topics and question types Daily EGPS (English Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling) Regular extended writing within Literacy lessons and in discrete sessions Practice questions as part of practice tests and within lessons

Easter revision day Wednesday 19 April 2017 Breakfast will be provided at 8:30am Revision sessions 9:00am 12:30pm Mathematics Miss Beards English Ms Coghlan Lunch will be provided 12:30pm-1:00pm Easter egg for all who attend the day!

Preparation - home Quick recall of multiplication tables, multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000 Daily reading and discussion of what is being read CGP books reference books and workbooks for self-study and testing each other

Finally Pupils to cross out errors no rubbers! (tests are scanned electronically, and use of rubbers makes this process more open to problems / inaccuracies) Breakfast Club offer - free breakfast for all Y6 pupils from 8am every morning Questions?