Year 6 SAT’s meeting

27/2/13

Year 6 SATs• Welcome• Breakfast club• SATs week timetable• Format of SATs papers• Example questions• How we are preparing your children in school• How you can help your children at home• SATs levels & Teacher Assessment• Illness & unforeseen circumstances• SATs information letter• Questions

Breakfast club

* A relaxing, non-threatening start to the day.

* A boost to concentration levels.

TimetableMon 13th

MayTues 14th

MayWed 15th

MayThurs 16th

MayFri 17th

May

Reading Test45 minutes

(plus 15 minutes

reading time)

Grammar,Spelling &

Punctuation45 mins

Mental Maths20 mins

Maths B45 mins

L6 Reading Test50 minutes (plus

10 minutes reading time)

L6Grammar,Spelling &

Punctuation30 mins

Maths A45 mins

L6 Maths papers 1 & 2

30 mins + 30 mins

Format of papers• ENGLISH

Reading test (45mins + 15mins reading

time)Grammar, Spelling &

Punctuation test (45mins)

English – Example Questions

ReadingThese questions are about Pompeii Today1. What was the unusual blanket that covered the town?..................................................................................................................................1 mark2. ... not all visitors treat the site with respect.

Write down two different ways in which they cause damage to the town.1 ...............................................................................................................................2 ...............................................................................................................................2 marks3. ... trapped in time.

Why do you think Pompeii was described in this way?......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................1 mark4. Explain why the archaeologist believes that he is watching the second death of Pompeii.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................2 marks

Grammar Test• A new statutory test of English grammar, punctuation and spelling will be

introduced for children at the end of Key Stage 2 from May 2013.• The test implements an important recommendation of Lord Bew’s independent

review that writing composition should be subject to teacher assessment only, with the more 'technical' aspects of English - such as grammar, punctuation and spelling - assessed via an externally marked test.

The introduction of this new test reflects the Government’s beliefs that children should have mastered these important aspects of English by the time they leave primary school, and that appropriate recognition should be given to good use of English throughout their schooling.

•The test assesses levels 3-5 of the current statutory KS2 English National Curriculum programme of study for English. A separate level 6 test is available.The level 6 test samples additional content from the Key Stage 3 programme of study for English.

Both the level 3-5 test and level 6 tests assess children’s abilities in the following technical aspects of English:

• grammar; • punctuation; • spelling; and • vocabulary.

Level Description Timing

L3-5 Grammar, punctuation andVocabularyShort answer questions presented in order of difficulty

45 minutes

Spelling 20 sentences from which targeted spelling words have been left out

Around 15 mins (notstrictly timed)

L6 Extended task An extended response to a writing prompt through which children are able to demonstrate precision, choice and accuracy of punctuation, syntax and vocabulary when writing

30 minutes

Grammar, punctuation andVocabularyShort answer questions presented in order of difficulty

20 minutes

Spelling15 sentences from which targeted spelling words have been left out

Around 10 mins (notstrictly timed)

Format of papers• MATHS

Test A (non-calculator paper)Test B (calculator paper)Mental Maths test

Mental Maths Paper20 marks

3 sections:5 seconds – 5 questions

10 seconds – 10 questions

15 seconds – 5 questions

Multiply 5 by 9.What is nought point two six

divided by ten?What is three quarters as a

decimal?

What is half of eight hundred and sixty?

A pencil costs 85p. How much change would I get from £1?

Add together fourteen, twenty-three and forty-one.

14 23 41

Look at your answer sheet. Put a ring around the number which is

a multiple of thirty-five.600 700 800 900 1000

Maths Paper A

40 marks

No calculator allowed

45 minutes

Children MAY ask to have words read to them but we

cannot tell them what mathematical terms mean.

Here is a sorting diagram for numbers. Write a number less than 100 in each space.

even not even

a square number

not a square number

Samir spins a fair coin and records the results.

In the first four spins 'heads' comes up each time.

1stsp in

2ndspin

3rdsp in

4thspin

H ead H ead H ead Head

Samir says,

'A head is more likely than a tail'.

Is he correct? Circle Yes or No. Yes / No

Give a reason for your answer.

…………………………………………………………..

…………………………………………………………..

Maths Paper B

40 marks45 minutes

calculator allowed – provided by the school

Sunita has two rectangles. Each one is 8 centimetres by 18 centimetres.

She puts one rectangle over the other at right angles to make this shape.

Calculate the perimeter of Sunita’s shape.

How many biscuits did he make?

How we are preparing your children in school

• Exposure to past questions • Encouraging extra detail to answers• Modelling answers• Teaching ‘tricks’• Setting timed work for speed practice• Revision drop-in sessions• BUT…………

We are:• Still teaching normal lessons!

How you can help your children at home

• Encourage reading• Quick fire/fun mental maths• Encourage discussion e.g about a

text or a TV programme• Mental Maths tests on CD• Revision books

Useful revision sites• www.bbc.co.uk/revisewise

Useful revision sites• www.bgfl.org/bgfl

Useful revision sites

How you can help your children at home

• Let them have fun!!!!

SAT’s levels and Teacher Assessment

• Reading , Grammar and Maths SATs papers are sent away and marked by an external marker.

• We report 1 Grammar plus 1 Reading and 1 Maths (which will be an aggregate of all tests taken).

• We will report a ‘pure level’ e.g. L4 (not 4a,b or c)• Children are tested at Level 3-5. Level 5 is the highest

children can achieve on the papers.• We will also report our teacher assessment – this may be

higher or lower than the SATs score, as appropriate. We will report teacher assessment showing sub-levels for Reading, Writing, Speaking & Listening, and Maths.

• Writing will be teacher assessed in school and moderated across schools.

Level 6• A small group of high achieving

children will be put forward to sit these papers. These children will be registered with QCDA and will begin to look at L6 papers and questions.

• Children will be required to achieve both a L5 in the L3-5 test and pass the L6 test in order to be awarded an overall L6

L6 timetableMon 13th

MayTues 14th May Wed 15th May Thurs 16th May Fri 17th May

L6 Reading Test50 minutes (plus 10 minutes reading time)

L6Grammar,Spelli

ng & Punctuation

30 mins

L6 Maths papers 1 & 2

30 mins + 30 mins

Illness/Unforeseen

circumstances•If your child is unable to attend school due to illness, please phone school by 9am.•We leave the decision as to whether a child attends school if unwell to parental judgement.•A child who does not take all of the tests does not get a final level for that subject.•If, due to unforeseen circumstances, your child is going to be late please phone school ASAP before 9am.

Questions