KINGSTON PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL KS2 SATs 2016 KS2 SATs 2016

Aims of this meeting: Update on national changes in Assessment arrangements Update on national changes in Assessment arrangements Explain school arrangements for KS2 SATs Explain school arrangements for KS2 SATs Opportunity to look at sample test materials Opportunity to look at sample test materials Question and Answers Question and Answers

Why have the tests changed? A new national curriculum was introduced in As a result, the Standards and Testing Agency (STA) is changing the tests so that they assess the new curriculum. Pupils will take the new tests for the first time in May A new national curriculum was introduced in As a result, the Standards and Testing Agency (STA) is changing the tests so that they assess the new curriculum. Pupils will take the new tests for the first time in May 2016.

The old system of national curriculum levels is now no longer used, after the department of education abolished it in Summer Instead, children will be given standardised scores. You will be given your child’s raw score (the actual number of marks they get), alongside their scaled score ( worked out from a conversion table). This will indicate if they have reached the expected standard. This will be 100 on the scaled score. The raw score needed to reach the national average will be announced after all schools have completed the tests. What are scaled scores?

You will be given your child’s score, alongside the average for their school, the local area and nationally. There will also be a ‘performance descriptor’ of the expected standard for Key Stage 2 pupils. The Department for Education is aiming for 85 per cent of children to reach or exceed that standard. We will report each pupil’s scaled score and whether or not your child met the national standard at the end of the academic year (usually when you receive your child’s report.) We will report each pupil’s scaled score and whether or not your child met the national standard at the end of the academic year (usually when you receive your child’s report.) How will tests be reported?

Reassurance! We will be continuing to focus on quality teaching and learning. We will be continuing to focus on quality teaching and learning. We will continue to prepare and administer in the same way as previous years. This is in accordance to DfE guidelines but with sensitivity to the needs of individual pupils. We will continue to prepare and administer in the same way as previous years. This is in accordance to DfE guidelines but with sensitivity to the needs of individual pupils.

What happens if pupils are working below the test standard? Some pupils may be working below the “expected standard” of the test and may not achieve the scaled score of 100. These pupils will still take the tests. Some pupils may be working below the “expected standard” of the test and may not achieve the scaled score of 100. These pupils will still take the tests. Specific access arrangements can be made for some pupils to enable them to complete the tests. Specific access arrangements can be made for some pupils to enable them to complete the tests.

KS2 Assessment arrangements At the end of Year 6, children will take SATs in: At the end of Year 6, children will take SATs in: Reading Reading Spelling, punctuation and grammar (SPAG) Spelling, punctuation and grammar (SPAG) Maths Maths

These tests will be both set and marked externally, and the results will be used to measure the school’s performance (for example, through reporting to Ofsted and published league tables). Your child’s marks will be used in conjunction with teacher assessment to give a broader picture of their attainment.

The reading test will be a single paper with questions based on three passages of text. Your child will have one hour, including reading time, to complete the test. There will be a selection of question types, including: Ranking/ordering, e.g. ‘Number the events below to show the order in which they happen in the story’ Labelling, e.g. ‘Label the text to show the title of the story’ Find and copy, e.g. ‘Find and copy one word that suggests what the weather is like in the story’ Short constructed response, e.g. ‘What does the bear eat?’ Open-ended response, e.g. ‘Look at the sentence that begins Once upon a time. How does the writer increase the tension throughout this paragraph? Explain fully, referring to the text in your answer.’ Reading

Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation The grammar, punctuation and spelling test will consist of two parts: a grammar and punctuation paper requiring short answers, lasting 45 minutes, and an aural spelling test of 20 words, lasting around 15 minutes. The grammar and punctuation test will include two sub-types of questions: Selected response, e.g. ‘Identify the adjectives in the sentence below’ Constructed response, e.g. ‘Correct/complete/rewrite the sentence below,’ or, ‘The sentence below has an apostrophe missing. Explain why it needs an apostrophe.’

Maths Children will sit three papers in maths: Paper 1: arithmetic, 30 minutes Papers 2 and 3: reasoning, 40 minutes per paper Paper 1 will consist of fixed response questions, where children have to give the correct answer to calculations, including long multiplication and division. Papers 2 and 3 will involve a number of question types, including: Multiple choice True or false Constrained questions, e.g. giving the answer to a calculation, drawing a shape or completing a table or chart Less constrained questions, where children will have to explain their approach for solving a problem

Science sampling Not all children in Year 6 will take science SATs. However, a number of schools will be required to take part in science sampling: a test administered to a selected sample of children thought to be representative of the population as a whole. (Monday 6 to Friday 17 June is the science sampling test period in which your child might sit the tests.) For those who are selected, there will be three papers: Biology : 25 minutes, 22 marks Chemistry : 25 minutes, 22 marks Physics : 25 minutes, 22 marks It sounds very intimidating, but these are ‘questions in a physics/chemistry/biology context’, for example: Biology: ‘Describe the differences in the life cycle of an amphibian and a mammal’ Chemistry: ‘Group a list of materials according to whether they are solid, liquid or gas’ Physics: ‘Predict whether two magnets will attract or repel each other, based on where the poles are facing’

SATs timetable The Year 6 KS2 SATs will be administered in the week commencing 9 May It is essential that your child has good attendance prior to and during this period. The Year 6 KS2 SATs will be administered in the week commencing 9 May It is essential that your child has good attendance prior to and during this period. The tests are scheduled for the following days. Monday 9 May -English reading test, reading booklet and associated answer booklet. Tuesday 10 May - English grammar, punctuation and spelling test, Paper 1, short answer questions. English grammar, punctuation and spelling test, Paper 2, spelling. Wednesday 11 May Mathematics, Paper 1, arithmetic test. Mathematics, Paper 2, reasoning. Thursday 12 May Mathematics Paper 3, reasoning.

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