Welcome to the SATS Awareness Evening

1. Welcome to the SATS Awareness Evening SATs 2014

2. Statutory requirements • Schools are required to administer the following levels 3-5 tests: • English reading • English grammar, punctuation and spelling • mathematics • Schools may also choose to administer level 6 versions of these tests. SATs 2014

3. How well do children do at Priory? • Level 4b – Expected • Level 5 – Above Average • Level 6 - Exceptional SATs 2014

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5. Why are they important? • The results are formally reported as the child’s end of KS2 level of attainment • They form the basis of progress measures and target setting for KS3 and KS4 outcomes • They support our planning of teaching and learning for your child • The results are used by the Department for Education in the compiling of school performance tables SATs 2014

6. Practical help at home • Support reading and writing at home • Listen to your child read • Support spelling and writing • Answer questions with them, discuss current affairs and read • newspapers with them • Make use of online support, revision and support guides • Encouragement • Fun>Anxiety SATs 2014

7. Standardised Assessment Tests (SATs) Mathematics Miss Collins Leader of Mathematics Dept SATs 2014

8. When are the tests • Wednesday 14th May – Test A and mental maths • Thursday 15th May – Test B • Thursday 15th – Level 6 Tests in the afternoon SATs 2014

9. Paper A • No calculators allowed • 45 minutes • 40 marks • Paper B • No Calculators allowed • 45 minutes • 40 marks • Mental Maths Test • Questions read aloud from a CD • 20 marks SATs 2014

10. Guidelines on how to answer questions SATs 2014

11. Focus on the words in bold type, underline them if necessary. SATs 2014

12. If the question asks you to show your working write down the calculations you have performed. SATs 2014

13. 48 ÷ 3 = 16 cm 16 X 4 = 64 cm 64 SATs 2014

14. Encourage them to annotate diagrams or underline information in tables. SATs 2014

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17. Pace yourself – if you get stuck on a question, move on and come back to it later. • Ask if you would like a question read to you. SATs 2014

18. Practice answering word questions where they need to identify the correct operation. ÷ SATs 2014

19. Checking your answers does not mean reading what you have written. Answer the question again without reference to what you’ve already done. SATs 2014

20. Helping to prepare my child • At school … Practice SATs questions Revision programme Revise all topics Boosters / intervention SATs 2014

21. At home… • If you have access to the internet: • http://www.mymaths.co.uk/ Login: prioryms Password: helix3 SATs 2014

22. Helping to prepare my child • Also: • www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/maths/ • http://www.teachingandlearningresources.co.uk/funmaths.shtml • http://www.multiplication.com/interactive_games.htm • http://www.subtangent.com/maths/games.php SATs 2014

23. 42 ÷ 6 • Importance of times tables • Games to play SATs 2014

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25. Maths Level Thresholds SATs 2014

26. KS2 EnglishMiss Scott SATs 2014

27. Key Stage 2 English Tests • Monday 12th May • Reading Comprehension • Level 3-5 am • Level 6 pm • Tuesday 13th May • Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar • Level 3-5 am • Level 6 pm (including extended writing) SATs 2014

28. Reading Comprehension • Reading booklet of different texts – not linked by theme this year • Texts start with the least demanding and increase in difficulty • Different types of questions, from one word answers to more complex (read between the lines) ones • Questions are worth 1, 2 or 3 marks • 1 hour to work through the test paper at their own pace SATs 2014

29. Punctuation & Grammar • 45 minutes to answer questions on punctuation & grammar • Identify, insert and recognise: • different punctuation marks • word classes • clauses & phrases • sentence types • correct tenses SATs 2014

30. Spelling Test • Test consists of twenty sentences read aloud to pupils • Each sentence is missing a word • This word is repeated 3 times • All sentences are read again at end of test for any changes SATs 2014

31. Level 6 Writing • A 30 minute piece of writing in which markers are looking for: “precision, choice and accuracy of punctuation, syntax and vocabulary when writing” • Focus should be on using a range of sentence structures and punctuation marks to control the writing • Spelling is not assessed in this piece of writing SATs 2014

32. SPAG.COM • We have signed up to www.spag.com • This site provides practice papers for punctuation and grammar at level 3-5 and level 6 • Each child in Y6 has a username and password • These will be handed out • Tests will be set by English teachers for pupils to access and complete themselves SATs 2014

33. How to help your child to succeed • Talk about the books they are reading • Encourage the use of dictionaries and thesauruses for unknown words • Talk about characters and events within those stories • Encourage them to share written work across the curriculum • Encourage them to proofread their work • Encourage them to complete tests on www.spag.com • Use praise frequently and suggest an area that can be further improved • Encourage them to use a library, and to read newspapers and magazines etc • Play word games – e.g. scrabble, word association, hangman SATs 2014

34. English Level Thresholds Reading SPAG SATs 2014

35. Thank you for listening SATs 2014