Information For Parents Year 6-Class 1 and Class 2 End of Key Stage Assessment Tests 9 th May 2016 Aims What are SATS? How will attainment be reported? What do our Children achieve? What are the Children tested on? Additional Information for you.

Who sits SATS? That one’s easy to answer... All Year 6 children who it is felt may achieve the Year 6 standard Hang on…What’s the year 6 standard?

Reporting Attainment The tests we sit are for Y6 standards Children are expected to achieve the expected standard by the end of the year Each child will receive: Raw Score A scaled score out of a 100 Confirmation of whether Y6 standard is achieved or not. Conversion tables will be published on the 5/7/2016. Currently, no other standards will be reported. Greater depth will be teacher assessed.

What Do Our Children Achieve? Historically, a high proportion of JG pupils have achieved Level 4 or 5 in all three subjects. We are hoping that the vast majority of our children will achieve the expected standard or greater depth. However, the standard now required the expected standard has been made higher than previously required to achieve national expectations. (L4b vs L4)

SATS 2016 There have been quite major alterations, especially in maths, from the previous year’s tests. One reading test (question paper and reading booklet are now given at the same time) - 1 hour Two Maths reasoning tests [45 minutes] and an arithmetic test [30mins] NO calculators are allowed in any of the tests One Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling test – [45 minutes + 20 words] All tests reflect the content of the new curriculum

Teacher Assessment Writing Teacher assessment of science, (Sample test monitoring of national standards may occur this year. 6 th -13 th June) Speaking and listening will continue to be teacher assessed

Key Stage 2 English Writing The interim arrangements in 2016 will be similar to the approach at the end of KS1. A child’s English writing result will be a teacher assessment judgement of their work across year 6.

Assessing Writing Typically, to achieve the expected standard the children need to spell common vocabulary correctly, use full stops and capitals, speech marks, show ability to structure sentences in a variety of different ways and for it all to make sense! Working at a greater depth is all about style, complex sentences, fancy phrases and achieving clever effects. It needs to demonstrate maturity! Target sheets will be going out on Tuesday so that you are aware of your child’s specific next steps.

Reading 1 hr to read the booklet and answer the questions. The texts get progressively harder throughout the booklet. No help allowed except care and support! They need to read fluently with decent comprehension to achieve the expected standard. For working at a greater depth in reading, it boils down to using inference and reading between the lines… Maturity of understanding.

Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar A test of spelling, grammar, punctuation and vocabulary. Introduced in 2013 after trialling in 2012 Here are some sample questions.

Numeracy There is an Arithmetic test Calculations with all operations up to long multiplication and division All operations with fractions Percentages and Fractions of amounts

Numeracy There are two longer reasoning papers with no calculator The questions are oriented towards problem solving and the children’s ability to reason, rather than just being knowledge based.

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The Timetable 2016 Mon 9 th May Tue 10 th May Wed 11 th May Thurs 12 th May Fri 13 th May Reading test (45 mins +15 reading time) SPAG test (45 mins) Arithmetic Paper (30 mins) Maths Reasoning 2 (45 Mins) Spelling Test (20 mins) Maths Reasoning 1 (45 mins)

Special Provision Some children are entitled to extra help, but this is well regulated: Some children can have an adult reader (though obviously, not in the reading test) Some children can have extra time of 25% (usually if there is some physical, medical or learning condition that slows them down.)

Level 6 There is no specific higher level paper. Some higher level questions are included in each test, to help assess children working at the greater depth level.

Ready Steady Go! To help prepare the children, we will: Arrange booster groups to start from after Feb half-term for children we feel will get the most benefit. These are really just an opportunity to work in smaller, more focussed groups. We will be doing practice papers in school Setting some revision and practice homework tasks. Revision booklets: English £2, Maths £2.50

Relax! Our advice to all concerned is to relax and do your best. The results come in time for annual reports. Do the homework as best you can. View the tests as good practice for later on in life. See them as a chance to brush up on some important stuff you might have forgotten! Please support us by NOT using the previous test papers at home Do not bribe your children to achieve a given result.

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