Y6 SATS MeetingY6 SATS Meeting Mr Barnes & Mr Kemp February 2017 . WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT •SATS DATES •WHAT SATS WEEK LOOKS LIKE •WHAT WE ARE DOING TO HELP •WHAT YOU CAN DO

Parkfield Primary School

Y6 SATS Meeting

February 2017 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?

• 8th – 12th May 2017

• Only 54 school days away!

WHAT SATS WEEK LOOKS LIKE

Monday Reading Test 60 MINUTES – 50 MARKS

Tuesday

Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling

(SPAG) Test

Paper 1: Short Answers 45 MINUTES – 50 MARKS

Paper 2: Spelling 15 MINUTES – 20 MARKS

Re

ad

ing

Questions get

progressively

more difficult

3 separate texts

in a booklet

SPELLINGS

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

• Second year of children being tested on a

brand new curriculum (Children have had

last 3 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 – mymaths.co.uk & mathletics

• SUCCESSMAKER

• 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