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