Henlow Church of England Academy SATs Information Day

Mrs T Rimmer English Leader

English Key Dates Monday 9 th May Reading Paper Tuesday 10 th May Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar paper.

Structure Reading Paper-1 hour including reading time Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling Test-45 minutes Spelling test Writing-teacher assessed

Reading Paper Some of the questions are: shorter, closed response items (such as multiple choice and matching questions); shorter, open response items longer, open response items that require children to explain and comment on the texts in order to demonstrate a full understanding. Questions are worth 1, 2 or 3 marks. For 3 mark questions we encourage children to PEE or PEEL

Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling English grammar, punctuation and spelling – Paper 1 comprises 40 to 50 short-answer questions covering grammar, punctuation and vocabulary, taking 45 minutes; Paper 2 is a spelling test with 20 questions, taking approximately 15 minutes.

Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling Example questions Rewrite the sentence below so it starts with the adverbial. Use the correct punctuation. Treena is performing in a show in a week’s time.

Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling Example questions Rewrite the sentence below so it starts with the adverbial. Use the correct punctuation. Treena is performing in a show in a week’s time. In a week’s time, Treena is performing in a show.

Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling Example questions Underline the subordinate clause in each sentence below. One has been done for you. Although his Mum thought they were very smart, Peter disliked his new trousers. Before he could go swimming, Ali packed his towel.

Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling Example questions Underline the subordinate clause in each sentence below. One has been done for you. Although his Mum thought they were very smart, Peter disliked his new trousers. Before he could go swimming, Ali packed his towel.

Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling Example questions Tick which sentence shows the present progressive form. Grandpa is working in his shed. She made a beautiful display of flowers. They are overjoyed with the amount raised for charity. The crowds were slowly leaving the field.

Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling Example questions Circle which sentence shows the present progressive form. Grandpa is working in his shed. She made a beautiful display of flowers. They are overjoyed with the amount raised for charity. The crowds were slowly leaving the field.

Extension Papers There are no extension (level 6) papers this year. The questions on the papers vary in difficulty and will allow those pupils who are working above year 6 expectations to achieve a higher total score.

Assessment without levels There are no levels now in schools. Currently there is no real guidance on how the SATs papers will be graded (this will not be decided until after the tests have been sat). We do know that there will be a points score awarded from the papers and that roughly 100 points will show the expected standard for a year 6 pupil.

Preparing in school Weekly practise of previous SATS papers Continuous Assessment Weekly SPaG Lesson Weekly extra writing lesson set by ability Grammar Term and Spelling Rule of the Week Whole School Approach-Literacy Across the Curriculum – new spelling system in place Booster Classes and progress sets Revision Guide given to all pupils purchased by the school

How You Can Help Encourage children to read regularly and widely. Show interest in what they are reading-ask a range of questions to get them to think more deeply about what they are reading. Support with homework and weekly Reading Diary Tasks – homework club is available to all year 6 for revision purposes. Discuss the Grammar Term of the Week with them-this can be found each week on the home page of the Learning Platform. Encourage children to look up new words in the dictionary or thesaurus Reassure that they just have to try their best

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Mrs L Dawes Maths Leader

Wednesday 11 th May Paper 1 Arithmetic Test (40 marks) Paper 2 Reasoning (35 marks) Thursday 12 th May Paper 3 Reasoning(35 marks) Mathematics Key Dates

KS2 Mathematics Arithmetic 30 minutes Reasoning 40 minutes

What To Expect Traditional Arithmetic

A Reasoning Question Freddie is half as tall as his mother. Freddie is one metre shorter than his father. Freddie’s father is 180 centimetres tall. How many centimetres tall is Freddie’s mother?

Answer Freddie’s mother is 160 cm tall

A Reasoning Question Mina has 5 more marbles than Kirsty. Kirsty has 2 more marbles than Seb. Altogether they have 30 marbles. How many marbles does each child have?

Answer Mina has 12 Kirsty has 9 Seb has 7

What we will do Ensure the pupils are well prepared Practise assessments weekly Arithmetic opportunities A revision book “Achieve 100” or CGP “Advanced level SATS Question Book” Follow the national guidelines Use data from other schools

What you can do Ensure they know their times tables Check they have correct equipment Practise telling the time Practise using the equipment Equipment A clear 30cm ruler A clear ½ circle protractor

Web sites Henlow academy VLE Numeracy section junior.kent.sch.uk/revision/ junior.kent.sch.uk/revision/ Login= henlow password =triangle level 4 booster materials

……and finally well equipped calm + confident SUCCESS

Thank you