1. Garden City Academy KS2 SATS 2017
Y6 SATs Information
Wednesday 11th January 2017

2. Key Stage 2 SATS
The new national curriculum came in in September 2014 and was assessed for the first time in May 2016.
This year’s key stage 2 tests are timetabled from Monday 8 May to Thursday 11 May 2017.
Maths, Reading, Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar
There will no science sampling for the 2016 to 2017 academic year.
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3. Explaining the Changes
A new set of tests were introduced in May 2016 to replace the previous ones.
There are no longer any level 6 tests: all pupils will take just one set of tests. The tests will include a small number of questions to stretch the most able pupils.

4. Explaining the Changes
Scaled Scores
All test outcomes at both KS1 and KS2 will be reported as scaled scores.
The national standard will be 100.
Raw scores (the number of marks awarded for each subject) will be translated to scaled scores (a comparable score for each subject) using a conversion table.
Pupils will receive a raw score, a scaled score and confirmation of attainment of the national standard.
The government have said that the “national standard” will be roughly equivalent to an old level 4b.

5. A Teacher Assessment of writing ability will be made in May/June 2017.
The Literacy Tests
There is a greater focus on fictional texts.
The structure of the test is similar to the previous KS2 reading tests.
There is a greater emphasis on the comprehension elements of the new curriculum.
Reading - 50 marks
Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling Test – 50 marks
Spelling test – 20 words
A Teacher Assessment of writing ability will be made in May/June 2017.

6. Reading Test The Reading Test
For this test there will be one reading book and one answer booklet.
The test will last for one hour (including reading time).
There will be a total of 50 marks available.
There will be a range of texts including fiction, non fiction and poetry.
Marks will be awarded as follows:
Multiple choice or other selected responses: 10% - 30%
Short responses: 40% - 60%
Extended responses: 20% - 40%

7. Reading – Question Types
Some questions will test the children on their understanding of vocabulary.

8. Others will require the children to deduce answers by using words or phrases as evidence.

9. Some questions will ask the children to find answers from the texts.

10. Grammar and Punctuation
Changes to the Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling Test:
There is a greater focus on knowing and applying grammatical terminology with the full range of punctuation tested
Technical terms in grammar will be tested.
There will be one test paper for grammar, punctuation and vocabulary and one test paper for spelling. The design of the tests is unchanged.
The grammar test will last for one hour and there will be a total of 50 marks available.
In the grammar test, two thirds of the marks will be for multiple choice questions. The remaining questions will require pupils to write a longer answer.

12. Spelling There are 20 spelling sentences.
The spelling words are tested within the context of a sentence.
As the sentences are read out to the children,
they fill in the correct spellings on their copy of
the text.

13. Numeracy Tests
There will be three papers: one arithmetic paper and two mathematical reasoning papers.
There will not be a mental maths paper instead an arithmetic test has been introduced to assess basic mathematical calculations.
Questions in the arithmetic test will cover:
straightforward addition and subtraction
multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 100
more complex calculations with fractions and percentages
long division and long multiplication

14. Numeracy Tests Arithmetic Test
There will be 36 questions in the arithmetic test and there will be 40 marks available most of which will be worth one mark.
The test will last 30 minutes.
Mathematical Reasoning Papers
There will be two mathematical reasoning papers.
Each paper will be of 40 minutes duration with a total of 35 marks per paper available.

15. Questions taken from Paper 1 - Arithmetic

16. Questions taken from Paper 2 - Reasoning

17. A question taken from Paper 3 - Reasoning

18. How Can You Help Your Child?
Firstly, 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. If they are really poorly we will send them home.
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!

19. How Can You Help Your Child?
Reading
Listening to your child read can take many forms.
Read a little at a time but often, rather than rarely but for long periods of time!
Talk about the story before, during and afterwards – discuss the plot, the characters, their feelings and actions, how it makes you feel, predict what will happen and encourage your child to have their own opinions.
Look up definitions of words together – you could use a dictionary, the internet or an app on a phone or tablet.
All reading is valuable – it doesn’t have to be just stories. Reading can involve anything from fiction and non-fiction, poetry, newspapers, magazines, football programmes, TV guides.
For reading reward homework – read a few pages together and spend 10 minutes discussing the text. Think about characters, their actions, the meaning of words and their opinions.

20. How Can You Help Your Child?
Maths
Play times tables games
Play mental maths games including counting in different amounts, forwards and backwards.
Encourage opportunities for telling the time. Work out differences in time, use timetables for buses and trains.
Encourage opportunities for counting coins and money; finding amounts or calculating change when shopping.
Look for numbers on street signs, car registrations and anywhere else!
Look for examples of 2D and 3D shapes around the home.
Identify, weigh or measure quantities and amounts in the kitchen or in recipes.
Play games involving numbers or logic, such as dominoes, card games, darts, draughts or chess.

21. How Can You Help Your Child?
What are School Doing?
Revision guides have been sent home – please let Miss Butler know if you have not seen your child’s. Please let us know how your child gets on and what they have been doing, Miss Butler will reward revision with motivators.
Project homework is now revision based.
Additional revision clubs will be set up after half term.
Lots of interventions running in school to ensure all children do their best.
Mock SATs before Easter holidays. We will let you know how your child gets on and send home individualised revision targets.

22. Revision Websites
This is an excellent site, providing revision help for KS2, KS3, KS 4 and KS5. This covers all subjects through activities and tests. A wide range of KS2 SATs questions, from both past papers and their own team of teachers. Revision pages at Woodlands Junior School. These revision pages support the work they do at Woodlands Junior School. They have been put together for their students to help them with their revision. Included are some sample questions taken from past Key Stage 2 SATs papers, as well as a whole host of interactive tests/quizzes. Booster maths games for children to look at the major topics. Not just for homework. This includes some excellent games, activities and help for maths.

23. Timetable

24. Questions