Parents' SATs Meeting Thursday 14 th April

To share information about KS2 SATs To answer any questions about KS2 SATs Discuss / share ideas about how you as a parent can help your child at home The aims of the meeting:

Your child’s score will be converted to a scaled score to allow it to be compared to others’. Scaled scores will normally range between 80 and 130. The scale will be set so that reaching a score of 100 will indicate that your child is working at the expected standard for the end of Key Stage 2. Higher scores indicate more advanced attainment, with lower scores suggesting that your child may need some additional support to catch up with his or her peers. Scoring

How is SATs week organised? A timetable is issued to school, telling us on which days/sessions tests must be administered. All children must sit the tests at the same time, but there are exceptions that school can adhere to. Tests are completed in classrooms, halls and rooms, with any displays that may help, covered over. Children are divided into groups for test administration to ensure they are properly supported and feel secure.

Monday 9th May Tuesday 10th May Wednesday 11th May Thursday 12th May English -English –Maths Reading TestGrammar,Arithmeticreasoning paper punctuationpaper andB and spellingreasoning paper testA Year 6 SATs Week 9 th May – 12 th May 2016 No Level 6 papers this year. SATS Timetable

English SATs consist of: A reading test A grammar, punctuation and spelling test

Selected or constructed response Question typesSample questions Selected response % Multiple choiceWhere would you be most likely to see this text? Ranking/orderingNumber the events below to show the order in which they happen in the story MatchingMatch the text to the purpose LabellingLabel the text to show the title Short constructed response 40-60% Find and copyFind and copy one word that suggests… Short responseWhat does the bear eat? Extended response 20-40% Open ended response Look at the paragraph beginning … How does the writer increase the tension throughout this paragraph? Explain fully referring to the text in your answer. Profile of marks by question type

Access Arrangements KS2 tests A small number of our children will receive additional support in their SATs test to ensure they can both access the tests and achieve what they are capable of. If your child is working significantly below age related expectations, then they may not be entered for a test or tests. Children not entered for tests are likely to have an EHC/statement for their special educational needs. As a parent, you would already be aware that this could happen and your child would be receiving a significant amount of support in school.

There are a range of different ways that we can support children to enable them to access the tests. The support we decide to provide each child will be based on their individual needs. If we provide additional support for the tests, we need to be able to show that this is part of normal classroom support for that particular child. All adults that provide support during the tests are given clear guidelines on how to provide this support to ensure they follow the strict rules provided by the government.

Additional time Children with a statement/EHC can be given up to 25% extra time (reading, GPS and maths tests) without requesting this.For other children, we can apply for additional time but they must meet a strict set of criteria to be given this. Photocopy a test on to coloured paper or enlarged text Some children experience visual stress when reading black text on white paper. In school, these children are provided with books that contain coloured paper to write on. For the tests, we are allowed to open the test papers one hour early to photocopy a test on to coloured paper. For enlarged copies of tests, we have to apply for these in advance.

Reader In the maths and GPS tests they are testing the children’s maths and GPS skills, not their reading ability. For children who may struggle with reading, there are two ways that we can support them.  For the majority of the children, they will be able to put their hand up during the test to ask an adult to read a question to them  If their reading ability is well below age related expectations, they can be given a 1:1 reader and will complete their test in a different room so as not to distract other children and to enable them to concentrate better.  Obviously we cannot provide any support in the reading test.

physical injury or has extreme handwriting/spelling difficulties, we can write their answers for them. If we do this, the child will complete their test in a different room. Handwriting and/or spelling difficulties For children who experience either handwriting or spelling difficulties it is important that we ensure that the marker can clearly read their test papers. To make sure this happens we can either:  Transcribe – go through a test paper with the child immediately they have finished the test, asking them to tell us any word that we think will not be clear for the marker to read. We then write the word above.  Scribe – if a child has a physical injury or has extreme handwriting/spelling difficulties, we can write their answers for them. If we do this, the child will complete their test in a different room.

physical injury or has extreme handwriting/spelling difficulties, we can write their answers for them. If we do this, the child will complete their test in a different room. Prompter – for children with severe attention difficulties, they may be given a prompter in the tests to help them to stay focused on the test. This must be normal classroom practice. Rest Breaks – for children who find it very hard to concentrate for sustained periods of time or tire easily. During the test, their time can be stopped to allow them a break before they continue the test. The actual time given to work on the test will be the same as other children.

physical injury or has extreme handwriting/spelling difficulties, we can write their answers for them. If we do this, the child will complete their test in a different room. Copies of the sample SATs papers curriculum-assessments-2016-sample-materials Google search engine – ‘Y sample SAT papers’