KS2 SATS 2017

Goosewell Academy

Parents and teachers working together

for the benefit of the children.

KS2 SATS 2017This presentation will be published to our website

and we will send you a link to it via text message.

Furthermore, we will be sending home our

Goosewell Guide to SATs shortly with some extra

hints, tips and pointers.

How are we preparing?

• Daily Maths and Literacy lessons

• SPaG or Guided Reading taught on a daily basis

• Continuous assessment in lessons to inform next steps

• Practising previous SATs style questions within lessons

• Assessment Weeks

• Booster classes and intervention support

• Assessed writing tasks focusing on a variety of skills

• Individual target setting and conferencing for writing

• Home learning (Mathletics and CGP books)

WHAT WILL BE ASSESSED?

ASSESSED BY TESTS (marked externally)

MATHS READINGPAPER 1

(Arithmetic) PAPER 2/3

(Reasoning)

ONE PAPER

Children must answer questions on three

texts.

SPaGSPELLING

GRAMMAR & PUNCTUATION

CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT WRITING

SAMPLING - TESTS SCIENCE

CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT SPEAKING & LISTENING

MATHS 2017

MATHS (marked externally)

Lasts for 30 minutes.PAPER 1 - Arithmetic

Paper 2/3 - Reasoning Lasts for 40 minutes.

MENTAL TEST

This is no longer assessed as it was

previously. Children sit the arithmetic test

in place of the mental test.

The tests have questions of 1 and 2 marks and children are given marks for working out if they finish the task, but have a minor calculation error.

MATHS 2017

Example

Questions

MATHS 2017

MATHS 2017The three numbers on each line add up to 763

Write in the missing numbers.

Example

Questions

MATHS 2017

MATHS 2017• Some examples of Arithmetic questions...

READING 2017

One paper based on reading comprehension of

three to four different, un-linked texts, with a total

of 35 to 40 questions. (Totalling 50 marks).

The least demanding texts will come first with the

following texts increasing in level of difficulty.

Questions worth 1,2,or 3 marks each.

There is a focus on being able to answer inferential

questions based on the text.

Lasts for 1 hour (no ‘reading time’ to start)

PAPER 1

(marked externally)

•There are 4 main types of questions on the reading paper:

•Literal – answer is there in the text

•Deductive/interential – look for clues

•Inferential – read between the lines

•Author intent – e.g. why does an author use a particular word?

READING 2017

SPaG 2017

English - Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar

Comprises 40 to 50 short-answer

questions covering grammar, punctuation

and vocabulary.

A spelling test with 20 questions.

PAPER 1

PAPER 2

(marked externally)

Sample questions

WRITING 2017There is now a greater focus on the progress children make throughout the school year,

as opposed to a test-day snapshot of what they know.

• Teachers will assess children’s writing composition. Children’s

results for English writing will be a judgement of their work

across Year 6.

• Children's grammar, punctuation and spelling skills will be

assessed as part of their writing, but their creativity and

writing style will also be evaluated.

• Schools will moderate their judgements with other local

schools and may be moderated by their Local Authorities

too.

What is assessed in writing?

SCIENCE 2017

• ‘Science sampling’ has been reintroduced.

• Schools that are selected will be notified by mid-May, and are legally

obliged to participate if chosen.

SCIENCE SAMPLING - Every Two Years

PAPER 1 PAPER 2 PAPER 3 25 minutes or less

Results will be published at a national level; neither schools nor parents will be

given their children’s individual results, and they won’t be used in league tables.

This year is not a Science Sample year.

WHEN ARE THE TESTS?

Date

Monday 8th May English Reading

Tuesday 9th May English grammar, punctuation and spelling

Wednesday 10th May

Maths Arithmetic Test (Paper 1)

Maths Reasoning Paper (Paper 2)

Thursday 11th May Maths Reasoning Paper (Paper 3)

All KS2 SATs will be held in the week beginning 8th May 2017.

Some support can be given to children who have an Education and

Health Care Plan. Requests for additional time will be made by

teachers using their knowledge of children and the children’s

individual needs.

Unless there are exceptional circumstances, no help can be given with

the Reading tests.

A teacher can help a child to read instructions on the maths test.

Children with motor skill impairment can have an enlarged copy of

the test.These have been ordered.

SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS

EXPLAINING THE RESULTS

“A pupil’s scaled score will be based ontheir raw score. The raw score is the totalnumber of marks a pupil receives in atest, based on the number of questionsthey answered correctly. The pupil’s rawscore will be translated into a scaledscore using a conversion table. A pupilwho achieves the national standard willhave demonstrated sufficient knowledgein the areas assessed by the tests.”DfE 2016

Your child will receive a scaled score based upon the total number of marks that they receive in the test. This will determine if they are working at, below or above the expected standard.

• A scaled score of 100+ indicates your child is working above the national standard.

• A scaled score of 100 indicated your child is working at the national standard.

• A scaled score of less than 100 indicates your child is working below the national standard.

The national standard will not bedetermined until the tests havebeen completed nationally.

REPORTING RESULTS• Children’s progress, as well as their achievement, will be

measured and reported on in school performance tables.

• Teacher assessments will be passed on to secondary schools

so they can be used as part of the planning process for Year 7

teaching.

• Your child’s results are sent home at the end of the summer

term. These will show you if your child has met the National

Standard.

• Try not to put pressure on your child.

• Support with homework and the targets which will be discussed

at parents evening.

• Read regularly and discuss a variety of texts – not just ‘listening’

to your child read.

• Short bursts of arithmetic questions, times tables and problem

solving etc.

• Please remember that the methods that we teach in school are

the methods that the children will be assessed against.

• Please don’t use previous SATs Papers to practise at home as

these are used to prepare and assess children in school.

HELPING AT HOME

Early nights and lots of sleep

Good attendance

Good punctuality

A good breakfast

LOTS OF PRAISE AND

ENCOURAGEMENT!

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