Y6 PARENTS

JANUARY

Children of parents showing high levels of interest in their

schooling can progress between 15-17% more in maths and

reading between the ages of 11 and 16 as compared to pupils

whose parents showed little or no interest.

Research carried out by Feinstein and Symon

SATs information

Introduction Miss Patel

SATs overview

English

Maths

Special arrangements

Questions

Overview –11th–15th May

2015

All pupils will take the level 3 –5 papers.

English Tests

Reading Paper -1 hour

Grammar and Punctuation -45 minutes

Spellings -15 minutes

Other Assessment

Pupils’ writing assessed throughout the

year.

of 100

Maths Tests

Three Parts:

Paper A 45 minutes 40

marks

Paper B 45 minutes 40 marks

Mental Arithmetic Audio CD

20 marks

Marks added up to give a

total out 100

SATs test 11th May -14th May

Date Level 3-5 test (All chn) Level 6 tests

Monday 11th May Reading Test (1hr) Reading Test (1hr)

Tuesday 12th May Grammar and

Punctuation (40 mins)

Spelling (15 mins)

Grammar and

Punctuation (20 mins)

Spelling (15 mins)

Wednesday 13th May Mental Mathematics

test (15 mins)

Mathematics Test A

(45 mins)

Thursday 14th May Mathematics Test B

(45 mins)

Mathematics Paper A

Mathematics Paper B

Overview –what is my child

expected to achieve?

� The expected level of attainment in Year 6 is Level 4 of the National Curriculum

� Children are “expected” to make a level’s progress every two years, so…

� •Level 3 is the level expected of a 9 year old

� •Level 5 is the level expected for a 13 year old

� •Level 6 is the level expected of a 15 year old

Overview –SATs week

� Normal timetable is changed for all Year 6 pupils.

� Tests will be conducted in familiar surroundings

� SATs breakfast will be provided

� Additional or extended breaks

� Additional staff will be deployed to support children

Reading Test

� 15 minutes to read a booklet containing 3 or 4 different text types:

� story / report / diary / web pages / journal / letters / comic strip /advertisements

� 45 minutes to answer questions about these texts. Types of questions could include:

� inference / deduction / understand

� interpret / explain / comment

� writer’s viewpoint, purpose or use of language / structure and organisation of the text

Examiners are looking for:

� Pupils who can:

� Infer and deduce

� Follow instructions

� Use varied / technical vocabulary

� Write in the required style / genre

� Write in full sentences with a good range of punctuation / appropriate sentence length

� Write with a clear viewpoint

Grammar & Punctuation Test

� Areas to be tested:

� Word classes –nouns, adjectives, articles etc

� Features of sentences –statements, commands, questions

� Complex sentences –clauses, subordinating connectives

� Standard English –tenses, I and me, contractions

� Vocabulary –synonyms, antonyms, word meanings, prefixes and suffixes, singular and plural

� Punctuation–capital letters, commas, inverted commas, apostrophes, ellipsis, colons etc

Spelling Test

� 20 sentences with words to fill in:

� We sat at the table to eat our ________ (dinner)

� The plants _______ butterflies (attracted)

� Imran _______ the ball (caught)

� The dancers’ movements were _____ (synchronised)

� Last year’s spellings included:

� intelligent dangerous characters scales

� breathe islands extinct supreme associated

Writing

� The overall writing level will be taken from the pupils’ work over the course of the year. This will be moderated internally, by other local schools and possibly by an external moderator.

� The range of styles include:

� Narrative, Poetry, Recount, Report, Instruction, Procedure, Explanation, Persuasion, Argument

Ways to help at home -Reading

� Read a range of non-fiction and fiction texts –identify the features of the texts.

� Listento your child read –use the reading records. Ask questions about their reading.

� Find different types of texts in your home. Talkabout WHO they are written for / WHY they have been written / WHAT style has been used / WHEN the text style is used / WHERE these texts are found / HOW the texts have been organised.

Ways to help at home -Writing

� Vary sentence structure

� •Begin sentences with different words

� •Use a variety of punctuation

� •Use a topic sentence to begin

paragraphs

� •Encourage description and expand

detail

Ways to help at home –Spelling

� Post-its

� Spelling rules

� Point out spellings around the house / in shops / on outings

� When listening to your child read, point out certain spellings

� Reading records –write down spellings of new words / learn the meaning of these words

� Note words and their spellings in the context of the sentences

ESSENTIALS TO SUCCESS

� Pupils MUST:

� Read and follow instructions very carefully

� Check that they understand exactly what is expected

� Know what they have to do to reach level 4 / 5 / 6

� Remember to use their class targets

� Use the strategies taught in class

� Ask WHY

Revision aids -English

� List of websites in pack

� Revision booklet, SATs booklet, spelling

booklet

� Memory aids, visual aids

� CGP books

� Rising Star books

Mathematics

� Three Parts:

� Paper A 45 minutes 40 marks

� Paper B 45 minutes 40 marks

� Mental Arithmetic Audio CD 20 marks

� Marks added up to give a total out of 100

Maths –level boundaries

� The boundaries for

levels vary from one

year to another.

� In 2014 the

boundaries were:

� Level Marks

Level Marks

5A 94 –100

5B 86 –93

5C 79 –85

4A 68 –78

4B 57 –67

4C 46 –56

3A 37 –45

3B 27 –36

3C 18 –26

Maths –level boundaries for

Level 6

� The boundaries are either pass or fail.

� In 2014 the boundaries were:

� Pass Marks

� Yes 32 -50

� No 0 -31

Maths

� The papers assess level 3-5, with level 3 questions at the beginning, followed by level 4 and the later questions cover work from level 5.

� It is important to know your child’s target.

� As a rough guide, all Miss Dhaliwal’s pupils are expected to achieve a minimum of level 4,

� Miss Evan’s pupils are expected to achieve a level 4.

� Miss Maza pupils will achieve Level 5 and Level 6.

� Not all areas of maths are assessed in the test papers so an additional Teacher Assessed Level is also reported in June/July 2014.

Maths –style of papers

� Pupils will sit the 2011 and 2012 Paper A SAT papers in December and the 2013 paper will be used as a mock SAT in March 2015.

� In lessons pupils are already using past papers and SATs questions to practice the skills they are learning.

� Copies of papers are also available at:

� www.emaths.co.uk/index.php/4-students/past-papers/ks2-sat-papers

� www.satspapers.org/mathsKS2SATS.htm

� www.satstestsonline.co.uk/sto_past_papers.aspx

Ways to help at home -Maths

� One of the most important ways is to sit down and talk to your child:

� ODiscusswhat they have been doing in each Maths lesson. Ask them to explain.

� Go through their homework tasks with them. If they can do the work independently then go through it with them afterwards, discussing how they did it and identify any mistakes. (Either explain the work to your child or ask them to see their teacher)

� Use the support materials Educationcity web-site, CGP Targeted Question Book and Key Stage 2 Study Book, Tool Kit and Past Papers etc. Encourage your child to go through these, explain things to them if they are unsure –or remind them to ask their teacher.

� Be careful with Calculation Methods –some pupils will be using informal methods –ask you child to explain the method they use. A hand out is included in the envelope showing the preferred methods.

� Maths Level sheets are included so you are aware what areas of maths your child should know and the standard needed to reach a particular level. The sheets can also be used to highlight areas to revise.

Ways to help at home -Maths

� Many questions involve solving a problem and working in context.

� Ask questions about the world around them, involving:

� telling the time, differences in time, reading bus and train timetables, T.V schedules, cooking times, 12 and 24hr clock etc.

� measuring, estimating, checking –length, area, capacity/volume, mass/weight, temperature (positive/negative), angles etc.

� money, shopping bills, change, tickets etc.

� working out fractions and percentage of quantities

Ways to help at home -Maths

� Certain things children need to learn, for example

� Types of number: recognition of prime numbers, square numbers, factors and multiples

� Average: mode, median, mean, range,

� conventions for co-ordinates

� reading and plotting graphs

� Shape & Measurement: Properties of 2D shapes including triangles and quadrilaterals, sides on a pentagon and the nets of 3D shapes such as cube and cuboid, parallel lines, perpendicular lines, degrees in a line, types of angle.

� Perimeter, area and formulae

� Conversion between units

� Fractions, decimals and percentages and their conversion one to another.

Develop strategies –

• drawing

measurements on

diagram, using

tracing paper,

• annotating graphs,

showing working,

• use of trial and

improvements,

applying inverse

operations,

• following one step

at a time in

problems, reading

questions carefully

Revision aids -Maths

� Revision aids -Maths

� CGP Targeted Question Book.

� The Key Stage 2 Study Book

� Educationcity

� Other web sites:

� www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/maths/

� www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/revision/

� www.mangahigh.com/en_gb/

� www.12xtables.co.uk

� Further recommendations have been included in the pack.

� Pupils will receive two maths homework tasks each week usually a learning task and a written task

Mobile APPs

� Mobile Phone Apps

� Android e.g. Maths Bug, Oh No Maths!,

Maths Practice, Equivalent Fractions

� Apple: e.g. 3D Maths Racing, Meteor

Maths, Math Blaster Hyperblast

Revision Tips -Maths

� When revising maths, don’t just look or read: you need to do it!

� Short periods of 10 –15 minutes at a time are ideal.

� Use ‘Post it Notes’ for key words to help the memory.

� Ask your child to explain how / why to you –it helps their understanding.

� Remind your child they can not ‘fail’ a SAT paper, but it is their chance to show just how good they are at maths and how much progress the have made.

� Success in Maths is all about confidence and enjoyment.

Success in Maths is all about confidence and enjoyment.

SATs week –how to prepare

your child

� Ensure that they get a full nights sleep

� Make sure that they have breakfast

� Send/ bring them to school so that they arrive in good time properly equipped

� Check the test timetable

CONTACT THE SCHOOL IMMEDIATELY IF YOUR CHILD IS UNABLE TO ATTEND SCHOOL

Additional Support

� Booster Classes

� Easter or Weekend School