Year 6 SATs Parent Workshop 31st January 2017

What tests will your child have to take? SATs week commencing Monday 8th May 2017 Day/Time Morning Afternoon Monday Reading Test (1 hour) Revision for SPAG Tuesday SPAG test (45 minutes) Spelling test (15 minutes) Revision for maths Wednesday Maths Paper 1: Arithmetic (30 minutes) Maths paper 2: Reasoning (40 minutes) Thursday Maths paper 3: Reasoning (40 minutes) Something fun!!!! Friday Normal timetable

Reading Test The test is 1 hour long and consists of 3 different texts which increase in difficulty. Children can read the text and then answer questions on the text. There is no help given for this test and adults cannot read the questions. On your tables there is a sample of test papers.

How can you help your child? Ensure your child is reading every night for at least 30 minutes. Where possible, help your child read a range of genre (including poetry). Ask your child comprehension questions but also questions about What word choices the author has made and why What unfamiliar words mean and how they might infer it based on the sentence Inference questions using the text as evidence to back up their answers

SPAG test and Spelling test The SPAG test is 40 minutes long worth 50 marks. The paper will have short questions around punctuation and grammar. Children will need to be able to identify a range of grammatical terms and different uses of punctuation. For example: Subordinate and main clauses Semi-colons, dashes, colons, hyphens Active and passive voice Tenses including past simple, past progressive, past perfect etc Capital letters and full stops Antonyms and synonyms Identifying nouns, adjectives, adverbs, subjects, objects and verbs

Spelling test After their SPAG test, children will be given their Spelling test. The test will be approximately 15 minutes and worth 20 marks. This will be added to their SPAG test score. Children will have the words read out to them by an adult. The words are missing from 20 sentences. Adults will use the script: The word is friends I went to the park with my friends. The teacher will ensure that everyone has some time to answer before moving on. At the end the adult will re-read all 20 sentences before finishing the test.

Maths Paper 1: Arithmetic 30 minute test based on knowledge of these areas: Adding and subtracting up to 6 digit numbers Multiplying and dividing Use of times tables Adding and subtracting decimals Multiplying, dividing, adding and subtracting fractions Percentages of amounts Squared, cubed

Maths Paper 2 and 3: Reasoning 40 minutes tests worth 35 marks each Test questions that involve applying the maths curriculum in a range of contexts including: Converting fractions, decimals and percentages Shape and space Ratio and proportion Angles Algebra Pattern recognition Money, time and measures

Scaled scores What is meant by ‘scaled scores’? • 100 will always represent the ‘national standard’. • Each pupil’s raw test score will therefore be converted into a score on the scale, either at, above or below 100. • The scale will have a lower end point somewhere below 100 and an upper end point above 100. • A child who achieves the ‘national standard’ (a score of 100) will be judged to have demonstrated sufficient knowledge in the areas assessed by the tests. • In July 2016 for the first publication of test results, each pupil will receive: A raw score (number of raw marks awarded). A scaled score in each tested subject. Confirmation of whether or not they attained the national standard.

Writing Children are not given a formal test for their writing Teachers will give them a level based on the Independent writing they have produced throughout the year. Year 6 English lessons have been planned to include these assessment pieces. Books are taken to moderation to have the levels agreed. 3 main levels are Working towards the national standard (WTS), Working at the expected standard (EXS) and Working at Greater Depth (GD)

How to help your child First and foremost, support and reassure your child that there is nothing to worry about and they should always just try their best. Praise and encourage! • Ensure your child has the best possible attendance at school • Support your child with any homework tasks. • Reading, spelling and arithmetic (e.g. times tables) are always good to practise. • Talk to your child about what they have learnt at school and what book(s) they are reading (the character, the plot, their opinion). • Make sure your child has a good sleep and healthy breakfast every morning!