Court Lane Junior School YEAR 6 SATs 2016

Aims of the meeting: That you feel well informed about Year 6 SATs and how to support your child To familiarise you with test content / style To answer any queries you may have

Agenda for evening: Introduction Outlining the main changes 10 minutes rotation workshops starting in your child’s classroom: 6AF reading 6CR grammar, spelling and punctuation 6HT maths 6EC writing teacher assessment

What are SATs? Statutory Assessment Tasks & Tests which all pupils take at the end of Key Stage two. They provide a snapshot of attainment in English, and mathematics. The tests take place during May - all tests must take place on the same day, nationally. The tests are marked externally

What are the children tested on? The children will be tested on the ‘Programmes of Study’ for English and maths, outlined in the National Curriculum 2014, which has been statutory in schools since Sept 2014. However, it will be tested for the first time in May 2016. (There will be teacher assessments for writing and science, although some schools will have to participate in science sample tests.)

The National Curriculum is a mastery curriculum and states: Pupils who grasp concepts rapidly should be challenged through being offered rich and sophisticated problems before any acceleration through new content. Those who are not sufficiently fluent with earlier material should consolidate their understanding, including through additional practice, before moving on.

From this To this Breadth, depth and mastery

What are the results used for? Guiding secondary schools – alongside Teacher Assessment and testing on entry Guiding the school on how to improve– analysed each year Monitoring school success

Question: What do the results of SATs mean in real terms for my child’s education? The result will suggest whether academically your child is ‘secondary ready’ or not The main purpose of statutory assessment is to ascertain what pupils have achieved in relation to the areas of the national curriculum (2014) . The main intended uses of the outcomes are to: hold schools accountable for the attainment and progress made by their pupils inform parents and secondary schools about the performance of individual pupils enable benchmarking between schools, as well as monitoring performance locally and nationally

Test timetable Date Tests Monday 9th May English reading test Tuesday 10th May English grammar, punctuation and spelling test: Paper 1 short answer questions English grammar, punctuation and spelling test: Paper 2 spelling Wednesday 11th May Mathematics: Paper 1 arithmetic test Mathematics: Paper 2 reasoning Thursday 12th May Mathematics: Paper 3 reasoning

Main Changes for 2016 Reading The English reading test will have a greater focus on fictional texts. There is also a greater emphasis on the comprehension elements of the new curriculum. There is a reading booklet and separate answer booklet The children will have 1 hour to read the 3 texts and complete the questions. The least demanding text will come first. Greater level of challenge within the test Implications: Building reading stamina, PEE (Point Evidence Explain), comprehension, test technique e.g. ‘Find and copy’

KS2 English grammar, punctuation and spelling test Greater focus on knowing and applying grammatical terminology with the full range of punctuation tested Paper 1: assesses grammar, punctuation and vocabulary 45 mins 50 marks Implications: Terminology, accuracy, usually need to do more than one thing correctly to get a mark e.g. Write the contracted form of the underlined words: That decision does not seem fair. Circle all the determiners in the sentence below: Two apple trees screened the open windows on one side.

Paper 2: assesses spelling Approx. 15 mins 20 words 20 marks Based on the spelling rules taught across KS2, in increasing difficulty 70 marks in total – both papers will inform an overall grammar score

KS2 mathematics test Paper 1: Arithmetic (replaces the mental mathematics test) 30 mins nearly 40 questions 40 marks Will test your child’s number skills, fluency and calculation skills. Implications: Ability to recognise when to mentally calculate an answer and when to do a written method Fluency with number facts, table facts, formal methods (method marks) Accuracy Example starter questions: 979 +100 = 48÷6 = Example challenging questions: 2331÷37 = ¾ + 7/8 =

Papers 2 and 3 – mathematical reasoning 40 mins each 35 marks per paper These test papers cover the wider areas of mathematics e.g. geometry and statistics , however the majority of marks are related to number and calculation within different contexts. Many questions are likely to involve more than one step The questions are set out in approximate order of difficulty Even children who are proficient at mathematics will find aspects of the paper challenging.

Reporting using scaled scores The results of the new National Tests will be reported as scaled scores. Children’s raw marks will be converted into a scaled score to identify whether they have met the national standard.

Scaled scores: A scaled score of 100 will always represent ‘the expected standard’ The raw score will be converted into a scaled score using a conversion table yet to be created (published at same time as results – July) We will report to you: Your child’s raw score Your child’s scaled score Confirmation of whether or not they attained the expected standard

Teacher Assessment Teacher assessments must be reported for English reading, English writing, mathematics and science Teacher assessment provides a rounded judgement that: Is based on knowledge of how the pupil has performed over time and in a variety of contexts Takes into account strengths and weaknesses

2015/2016 Interim Teacher Assessment Frameworks Writing: Teacher assessment only Three standards are described: Working towards expected standard Working at the expected standard Working at greater depth within the expected standard 4th category of ‘do not meet ‘working towards’ standard Implications: All statements need to be met in the awarded standard and preceding standard Spelling – spelling most words correctly, including common exception words High Expectation of basics – proof-reading Legible handwriting – must be evident for greater depth

For Reading, mathematics and science there is only on standard. Working at the expected standard So pupils will be reported as: ‘working at the expected standard’ Or ‘not working at the expected standard’

Preparing for the tests in school. We will be giving children opportunities to: Cover and secure the relevant content practise sample tests, questions and similar materials complete work in a given time learn test strategies i.e. what to do if they cannot answer a question, read a word etc. interventions home learning

Preparing for the tests at home: how can you help your children? Maths games (fluency) Activelearn Tables practice, number bonds Nrich maths website – reasoning Practising formal written methods (refer calculation policy on website) Maths whizz? High Expectations of things you know they can do e.g. basic punctuation, spellings Practising spellings including statutory word lists from Y3,4,5 and 6 Spelling games Reading – to your child, with your child, Bug Club Home Learning – grammar books Home Learning – Learning Logs Rising Stars – Achieve 100 materials

Other questions answered Does at ‘expected standard’ mean for your child or for a national expectation? 2. How does the move to class maths support pupils meeting the expected standard and being appropriately challenged? 3. Where do the SATs tests take place?

Key documents can be found on our website or use the following links: Interim Teacher assessment frameworks: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/interim-frameworks-for-teacher-assessment-at-the-end-of-key-stage-2 Rising Stars 2016 National Tests Parent guide: http://www.risingstars-uk.com/free-stuff/2016-national-tests-parent%E2%80%99s-guide Sample Test Materials: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-curriculum-assessments-2016-sample-materials