Information meeting for parents/carersYear 6 SATs 2020

From 2016, a new set of KS2 national curriculum tests was introduced consisting of:

English grammar, punctuation and spelling Paper 1: GrammarEnglish grammar, punctuation and spelling Paper 2: spellingEnglish reading : reading booklet and associated answer bookletMathematics Paper 1: arithmeticMathematics Paper 2: reasoningMathematics Paper 3: reasoning

There are no longer any extension papers. Tests are all externally marked.Writing is assessed using evidence collected by your child’s

teacher throughout Year 6, so there is no Year 6 SATs writing

test.

When and how are the

SATs carried out?• The tests will take place during normal school hours, under exam

conditions;

• Children are not allowed to talk to each other from the moment the

assessments are handed out until they are collected after the test has

ended;

• Afterwards, the completed papers are sent away to be marked

externally;

• The children’s results are sent back to school at some point in July.

Specific arrangements for SATS

Children with additional needs, who have similar provision in their day-to-day

learning at school, may be allotted specific arrangements, including:

• Additional (extra) time;

• Tests being opened early to be modified;

• An adult to read for them;

• An adult to scribe (write) for them;

• Written or spoken translations of the mathematics reasoning papers;

• The use of prompts or rest breaks;

• Arrangements for children who are ill or injured at the time of the tests.

Monday 11th MayGrammar, Spelling and PunctuationPaper 1: Questions

Pupils will have 45 minutes to complete the test, answering the questions in the test paper. The questions are worth 50 marks in total.

Monday 11th MayGrammar, Spelling and PunctuationPaper 2: spelling

Spelling consists of an answer booklet for pupils to complete and a test transcript to be read aloud. Pupils will have approximately 15 minutes to complete the test, but it is not strictly timed, by writing the 20 missing words in the answer booklet. The questions are worth 20 marks in total.

Tuesday 12th MayKS2 English reading test

The test consists of a reading booklet and a separate answer booklet.Pupils will have a total of 1 hour to read the 3 texts in the reading booklet and complete the questions at their own pace. There will be a mixture of genres of text. The least-demanding text should come first with the following texts increasing in level of difficulty.

Pupils can approach the test as they choose: e.g. working through one text and answering the questions before moving on to the next. The questions are worth a total of 50 marks.

There will be a selection of question types, including:Ranking/ordering, e.g. ‘Number the events below to show the order in which they happen in the story’

Labelling, e.g. ‘Label the text to show the title of the story’

Find and copy, e.g. ‘Find and copy one word that suggests what the weather is like in the story’

Short constructed response, e.g. ‘What does the bear eat?’

Open-ended response, e.g. ‘Look at the sentence that begins Once upon a time. How does the writer increase the tension throughout this paragraph? Explain fully, referring to the text in your answer.’

KS2 mathematics test

There are 3 papers; Paper 1: arithmetic; Paper

2: reasoning; and Paper 3: reasoning.

Paper 1: arithmetic replaces the mental

mathematics test. The arithmetic test assesses

basic mathematical calculations. The test covers

calculations covering all 4 operations, including

calculations with fractions, decimals and

percentages. It also covers long divisions and

long multiplications. Pupils will have 30 minutes

to answer the questions which are worth 40

marks.

Maths Paper 1:Wednesday 13th MayArithmetic

Paper 2 and 3 assesses mathematical fluency, solving mathematical problems and mathematical reasoning. .

Pupils will have 40 minutes to complete each test, answering the questions in the test paper. Each paper will have questions worth a total of 35 marks.

In some answer spaces, where pupils need to show their method, square grids are provided for the questions on the arithmetic paper and some of the questions on Paper 2

Maths Reasoning: Paper 2 – Wednesday 13th MayPaper 3 – Thursday 14th May

How will the marks be reported?What is a scaled score? Using scaled scores enables test results to be reported

consistently from one year to the next. Though national tests are designed to be as similar as possible every year in terms of demand, slight differences do occur. Scaled scores, however, maintain their meaning over time, so if two children achieve the same scaled score on two different tests, they will have demonstrated the same attainment.

In the new scaled score for the national tests, 100 will always represent the ‘national standard’, but the ‘raw score’ (the total number of correct answers) that equates to it may be slightly different each year.

Once marked, the tests will be given the following scores:

o A raw score (the total number of marks achieved for each paper);

o A scaled score (which is explained below);

o A judgement of whether the National Standard has been met.

After marking each test, the external markers will convert each raw score into a scaled score to show whether each child is working below, at or above the national standard.

When the scaled score is given, it is given in a range from 80 to 120.

A scaled score of 100 or more is meeting the national standard.

There are no separate tests for higher achieving pupils; however, a scaled score between 110 and 120 would show that a child is working well above the national standard.

What sort of results are

reported?

How a raw score can be converted into a scaled score:

How to support your child :

• Enjoy stories together, 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.

• Practise spellings

• 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).

• Play times tables games

• Play mental maths games including counting in different amounts, forwards and

backwards

How to support your child with maths:

• Encourage opportunities for telling the time

• Encourage opportunities for counting coins and money; 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, darts, draughts or chess

Maintain normal routines at homeEnsure they get a good nights sleepEncourage your child to eat healthily, especially breakfastContinue to support with homework, (homework from Revision Guides will continue to be set up until SATs week). Children should also be reading, practising spelling and mental maths. Try your very best to not put the children under any unnecessary pressure; all we want them to do is try their best.

Monday 11th May 2020

Key stage 2 English grammar, punctuation and spelling test,

Paper 1, short answer questions.

Key stage 2 English grammar, punctuation and spelling test,

Paper 2, spelling.

Tuesday 12th May 2020 Key stage 2 English reading test, reading booklet and

associated answer booklet.

Wednesday 13th May 2020 Key stage 2 mathematics, Paper 1 arithmetic test. Key stage

2 mathematics, Paper 2 reasoning.

Thursday 14th May 2020 Key stage 2 mathematics, Paper 3, reasoning.

Test week timetable 2020

Link to sample papers

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-

curriculum-assessments-2016-sample-materials

This clip explains the SATs process:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=532MUvA81tM

Additional Information

• Homework

• Spellings and times tables

• Read theory

• SATS breakfast (No charge and 8:20 am)