1. Year 6 Parents Meeting 2015 SATs Monday 11 th May – Thursday 14 th May 2015

2. English Tests For 2015: ◦ Comprehension of a variety of progressively more challenging texts (1 hour - 35-40 questions) ◦ Grammar, punctuation and vocabulary short answers (45 minutes – 40-50 questions) ◦ Spelling task (20 questions – approx 20 minutes) ◦ Teacher assessed writing

3. How you can help! Reading comprehension ◦ 15-20 minutes reading with child per day ◦ Ask a range of questions:  Who, where, what, how many?  Why?  How do you know? ◦ Highlight key pieces of text ◦ Children to point out key writing features

4. How you can help! Spellings ◦ Word-a-day ◦ Spot the spelling pattern ◦ Try difficult words (newspaper, magazine, tv!) ◦ Question incorrect spellings ◦ ‘Sounding out’

5. How you can help! Grammar ◦ CGP Support for Grammar ◦ Work through with children ◦ Ask for examples when out-and-about

6. How you can help! Writing ◦ Help children to plan their home-learning ◦ Review with children to check and edit…  More adjectives  Adverbs and adverbial phrases  Range of sentence openers  Does it make sense  Different punctuation and types of sentences ‘Test’ children on key features

7. Maths Tests For 2015: ◦ Paper 1 and Paper 2, both non-calculator (45 minutes each – 25-35 questions) ◦ Mental Maths Paper (20 minutes – 20 questions)

8. Maths Tests

11. How you can help! Test children on multiplication tables and corresponding division facts on a daily basis. Four operations – addition, subtraction, multiplication, division practice. Adding up items when shopping, doubling and halving amounts, cooking, multiplying decimals, half price etc.