Key Stage 2 SATS Information Evening 2018 14 th May-17 th May 2018
What will your child be tested on? Maths Reading Spelling Grammar & Punctuation
Timetable for SATs 14 th 17 th May 2017 Mon 14 th Tues 15 th Wed 16 th Thurs 17 th Fri 18 th Grammar and Punctuation Reading Maths Paper 1 Arithmetic Maths Paper 3 - Reasoning Spelling Test Maths Paper 2 - Reasoning
The Maths Tests There are 3 maths tests: - Paper 1 Arithmetic: 30 minutes - Paper 2 Reasoning: 40 minutes - Paper 3 Reasoning: 40 minutes
Arithmetic Covering calculation methods for all operations, including use of fractions, percentages and decimals. Questions gradually increase in difficulty. Not all children will be expected to access some of the more difficult questions later in the paper. 30 minutes to answer 36 questions about 1 minute per question!! 40 marks available
Example questions: 1. 979 + 100 2. 48 / 6 3. 2.5 + 0.05 4. 20% of 1500 5. 1.6 x 4 6. ¼ x 1/8
Sample Questions Maths Paper 1: Arithmetic
Paper 2 and 3 - Reasoning 40 minutes to answer 20 questions Problem solving and reasoning Application of all maths knowledge 40 marks in total for each paper
Example Question: Large pizzas cost 8.50 each. Small pizzas cost 6.75 each. Five children together buy one large pizza and three small pizzas. They share the cost equally. How much does each child pay?
Example Question: A shaded isosceles triangle is drawn inside a rectangle. Calculate the size of angle a. 38 38 a Not to scale.
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?
Sample Questions
Sample Questions
Reading Comprehension
Reading
During the reading paper, a child s inference and deduction skills are thoroughly tested. They will also be expected to answer questions on authorial choices: explaining why an author has chosen to use particular vocabulary, grammar and text features. Some questions are multiple choice or selected response; others require short answers and some require an extended response or explanation.
Non- Fiction
Poetry
Fiction
Simple Retrieval Questions
Organisational Questions
Inference Questions
Reading Paper
Grammar & Punctuation 2 papers Paper 1: Grammar & Punctuation (45 mins) Score out of 50 Paper 2: Spellings - Score out of 20
Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling Paper 1
Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling Paper 1
20 spellings The sentences will be read out by the teachers and the spelling word repeated for the pupils to write down.
All writing is assessed through teacher assessment - evidence from throughout the year. Evidence gained from all books.
Writing Expected standard The pupil can write for a range of purposes and audiences (including writing a short story): creating atmosphere, and integrating dialogue to convey character and advance the action selecting vocabulary and grammatical structures that reflect the level of formality required mostly correctly
using a range of cohesive devices*, including adverbials, within and across sentences and paragraphs using passive and modal verbs mostly appropriately using a wide range of clause structures, sometimes varying their position within the sentence using adverbs, preposition phrases and expanded noun phrases effectively to add detail, qualification and precision
using inverted commas, commas for clarity, and punctuation for parenthesis mostly correctly, and making some correct use of semi-colons, dashes, colons and hyphens spelling most words correctly, including common exception words* (years 5 and 6) maintaining legibility, fluency and speed in handwriting through choosing whether or not to join specific letters.
What is a scaled score? Each child will have achieved a raw score for maths, reading and GPS (also known as SPAG) based on the number of questions they answered correctly. This is then converted into a scaled score.
What does this mean for each child? If a child has achieved a score of 100, he/she is working roughly at the expected national standard for a Y6 pupil. Using the scaled score, the lowest a child can score is 80, with the highest being 120. If a child s score is close to 110, he/she is working beyond (or above) the expected national standard. If a child s score is closer to 80, he/she is working below the expected standard.
KS2 Thresholds 2016 Mathematics 60 (110) Reading 21 (50) GPS 43 (70) 2017 Mathematics 57 (110) Reading 25 (50) GPS 36 (70)
Results
How to Help Your Child Support and reassure your child that there is nothing to worry about and they should always just try their best. Praise and encourage! Ensure your child has the best possible attendance at school. Support your child with any homework tasks. Reading, spelling and arithmetic (e.g. times tables) are always good to practise. Talk to your child about what they have learnt at school and what book(s) they are reading (the character, the plot, their opinion). Make sure your child has a good sleep and healthy breakfast every morning!
How to Help Your Child with Reading Listening to your child read can take many forms. First and foremost, focus developing an enjoyment and love of reading. Enjoy stories together reading stories to your child at KS1 and KS2 is equally as important as listening to your child read. Read a little at a time but often, rather than rarely but for long periods of time! Talk about the story before, during and afterwards discuss the plot, the characters, their feelings and actions, how it makes you feel, predict what will happen and encourage your child to have their own opinions. Look up definitions of words together you could use a dictionary, the Internet or an app on a phone or tablet. All reading is valuable it doesn t have to be just stories. Reading can involve anything: fiction, non-fiction, poetry, newspapers, magazines, football programmes and TV guides.
How to Help Your Child with Writing Practise and learn weekly spelling lists make it fun! Encourage opportunities for writing such as letters to family or friends, shopping lists, notes or reminders, stories and poems. Write together be a good role model for writing. Encourage use of a dictionary to check spelling and a thesaurus to find synonyms and expand vocabulary. Allow your child to use a computer for word processing, which will allow for editing and correcting of errors without lots of crossing out. Remember that good readers become good writers! Identify good writing features when reading (e.g. vocabulary, sentence structure and punctuation). Show your appreciation: praise and encourage, even for small successes!
How to Help Your Child with Maths Play times tables games. Play mental maths games including counting in different amounts, forwards and backwards. Encourage opportunities for telling the time. Encourage opportunities for counting coins and money; finding amounts or calculating change when shopping. Look for numbers on street signs, car registrations and anywhere else! Look for examples of 2D and 3D shapes around the home. Identify, weigh or measure quantities and amounts in the kitchen or in recipes. Play games involving numbers or logic, such as dominoes, card games, darts, draughts and chess.
Thank you for supporting your child by attending tonight. Any questions?