1. KS1 SATs

2. Aims
Understand what SATs are and why we have them
Explain school arrangements for KS1 SATs
Link to Teacher Assessments
An opportunity to look at sample test materials
How to support your child
Q&A

3. KS1 SATs
All children in Year 2 and 6 will be taking the national curriculum tests (SATs) in May 2017.
The tests will provide information about how your child is progressing, compared to children the same age nationally.
They are not qualifications and don’t affect your child’s future options in school. The results are used to ensure that schools are teaching their pupils the essential knowledge and skills in the subjects that are the early building blocks. This is to ensure every child reaches their full potential.

4. KS1 Assessment Arrangements
At the end of Year 2, children will take SATs in:
Reading
English grammar, punctuation and spelling
Maths
SATs have to be carried out during May but there are no set dates nationally – this will be a school decision and we will let you know as soon as we have these dates.

5. KS1 Reading Paper
The new reading test for Year 2 pupils will involve two separate papers:
Paper 1 consists of a selection of texts totalling 400 to 700 words, with questions interspersed
Paper 2 comprises a reading booklet of a selection of passages totalling 800 to 1100 words. Children will write their answers in a separate booklet
Each paper is worth 50% of the marks and should take approximately 30 minutes to complete, although the children are not being assessed at working at speed so will not be strictly timed.
The texts in the reading papers will cover a range of fiction, non-fiction and poetry, and will get progressively more difficult towards the end of the test. Teachers will have the option to stop the test at any point that they feel is appropriate for a particular child.

6. There will be a variety of question types: Multiple choice
Questions are designed to assess the comprehension and understanding of a child’s reading.
There will be a variety of question types:
Multiple choice
Ranking/ordering, e.g. ‘Number the events below to show in which order they happened in the story’
Matching, e.g. ‘Match the character to the job that they do in the story’
Labelling, e.g. ‘Label the text to show the title’
Find and copy, e.g. ‘Find and copy one word that shows what the weather was like in the story’
Short answer, e.g. ‘What does the bear eat?’
Open-ended answer, e.g. ‘Why did Lucy write the letter to her grandmother? Give two reasons’

7. Reading Paper 1: Sample Questions

8. Reading Paper 2: Sample Questions

9. Paper 1: arithmetic, worth 25 marks and taking around 15 minutes.
KS1 Mathematics Paper
The Key Stage 1 Mathematics Test will comprise two papers:
Paper 1: arithmetic, worth 25 marks and taking around 15 minutes.
Paper 2: mathematical fluency, problem-solving and reasoning, worth 35 marks and taking 35 minutes, with a break if necessary. There will be a variety of question types: multiple choice, matching, true/false, constrained (e.g. completing a chart or table; drawing a shape) and less constrained (e.g. where children have to show or explain their method).
Children will not be able to use any tools such as calculators or number lines.

10. Paper 1: Sample Questions

11. Paper 2: Sample Questions

12. Paper 1: spelling, worth 20 marks and taking around 15 minutes.
KS1 SPaG Paper
The Key Stage 1 SPaG paper will comprise two papers:
Paper 1: spelling, worth 20 marks and taking around 15 minutes.
Paper 2: questions (grammar, punctuation and vocabulary) worth 20 marks and taking around 20 minutes

13. Spelling: Sample Questions

14. Grammar : Sample Questions

15. Link to Teacher Assessment
Teacher assessment will still be the main method used to report children’s attainment and progress to parents.
Teachers will use the Key Stage 1 test results to help them to reach an overall judgement of the standards children have reached in English reading and mathematics.
You will also receive a teacher assessment judgement for science, but there is no science test.
You will receive your child’s results in the end of term reports.

16. How to support your child
First and foremost, support and reassure your child that there is nothing to worry about and that 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!

17. How to help your child with reading
Listening to your child read can take many forms:
First and foremost, focus developing an enjoyment and love of reading.
Enjoy stories together – reading stories to your child is equally as important as listening to your child read.
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.
Visit the local library - it’s free!

18. How to help your child with maths
Play times tables games.
Use Mathletics regularly
Play mental maths games including counting in different amounts, forwards and backwards.
Encourage opportunities for telling the time.
Encourage opportunities for counting coins and money e.g. 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,
draughts or chess.

19. How to help your child with writing
Practise and learn weekly spelling lists – make it fun!
Encourage opportunities for writing, such as letters to family or friends, shopping lists, notes or reminders, stories or poems.
Write together – be a good role model for writing.
Encourage use of a dictionary to check spelling.
Allow your child to use a computer for word processing, which will allow for editing and correcting of errors without lots of crossing out.
Remember that good readers become good writers! Identify good writing features when reading (e.g. vocabulary, sentence structure, punctuation).
Show your appreciation: praise and encourage, even for small successes!

20. Q&A
Any questions?