Timeline and structure
May 2018 – children will be completing SATs papers during this month.
We can choose when to complete the tests during this time to ensure we
give children the best possible chance at success!
The timings are quite flexible so pupils will be given sufficient time to
complete the tests.
Marked internally by school.
English
Writing - judged through teacher assessment.
Reading – Paper 1 will be a selection of texts with questions throughout
- Paper 2 will be a reading booklet and a separate answer
booklet.
Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (SPaG)
- Paper 1 will be testing spelling
- Paper 2 will be looking at grammar, punctuation and vocabulary
Y1 Phonics check
Reading
Range of genres, including fiction, non-fiction and poetry
Paper 1
Not allowed support with the reading of texts and questions
Paper 2
Higher demand
Pupils will be given the opportunity to complete both papers.
SPaG
Based on the statutory appendices
(Appendix 1: Spelling, Appendix 2: Vocabulary, grammar and punctuation)
Paper 1
Comprises of 20 target words within contextualised sentences.
Paper 2
Short-answer questions (mainly requiring children to tick, circle, or a short
written response)
Questions can be read aloud to pupils
SPaG
Spelling must be accurate in both papers to gain the marks.
Especially when answering questions about:
verb forms e.g. changing the tense of a verb
contractions, the word must be spelt correctly and the apostrophe in the correct place
prefixes and suffixes, the whole word (the root and the suffix / prefix) must be correct
plurals
Children must also use capital letters correctly throughout the papers.
Maths
Paper 1
Arithmetic
Paper 2
Mathematical reasoning and problem solving
All questions can be read aloud
Children will only be allowed a pencil, rubber and ruler.
What will SATs look like at Totley?
Informal
How can you support your children?
Homework (including spellings)
Regular reading at home – thinking about comprehension as well as fluency
Ideas for home
SPaG
Sentence order: cut up a sentence, can they put it back into a sentence? Does it make sense? What punctuation do we need?
Sentence sort: sort sentences into the different types (command, statement, question, exclamation)
Fix my sentence: correct a sentence (punctuation). Can they improve the sentence by using adjectives, verbs, adverbs etc.
Plural sort: sort the words into groups depending on if they have –s as their plural or –es (clap the syllables, if it has an extra syllable then it is ‘-es’, words ending in ‘x’, ‘ch’, ‘sh’, ‘s’ generally have an –es plural ending).
Prefix / suffixes: match a range of words with their prefix / suffix.
Spelling check: correct the spellings in a sentence, this could relate to the words / spelling pattern we are looking at this week.
Ideas for home
Reading
Who is their favourite character? Why? Can they create a ‘character map’
of them (writing or drawing everything they know about them from the
story)
Can they answer questions about the book they have read
→ can they find the evidence to support their ideas
Create a storyboard to show the main events in a book, which characters
were involved? how were they feeling at each point in the story? Why did
they act the way they did?
Ideas for home
Writing
Creative writing: choose a picture to write about. Create a mind map of
words you could use (think about word types – adverbs, nouns, verbs,
adjectives). Orally rehearse a sentence to write. Write this down as a draft
sentence. Read it back through – does it make sense? Can you improve it?
Can you use a different sentence opener? Can you add in any more
adjectives? Can you extend the sentence by using a conjunction?
Ideas for home
Maths
http://www.theschoolrun.com/sats-revision-your-ks1-sats-maths-helper this
website has some practical ideas for meeting the different objectives
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/ - interactive games
Problem solving: http://nrich.maths.org/teacher-primary this has a range of
activities across different maths topics.