Transcript KS2 SATs 2001 - Welcome to our School

Welcome to
Radcliffe-on-Trent
School
SATS Information
Evening 2013
KS2 SATS 2013
The Low Down
The tests are split into
these areas...
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English (Literacy)
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Mathematics (Numeracy)
Mon
13th
May
Tues 14th
May
Weds
15th
May
Thurs
16th
May
English
Reading
Test
45
minutes
+ 15
minutes
reading
time
English
Grammar,
Punctuation
and Spelling
Test
Mental
Maths
Test
Maths
Paper B
Maths
Paper A
Level 6
Maths
Paper 1
Maths
Paper 2
Level 6
Reading
Test
Level 6
English
Grammar,
Punctuation
and Spelling
Test
Fri 17th
May
English Tests
English is split into 3 different areas:
 Reading Comprehension (Test)
 Writing (Teacher Assessment)
 Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling
Test (New for 2013)
 There will be a separate level for
Reading, Grammar,Punctuation and
Spelling and Writing.
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English Comprehension
(Reading Test)
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15 minutes to read a text.
45 minutes to answer questions.
Test carries 50 marks
Children can refer back to the text.
Test focuses on several different types of
text.
Reading for understanding is essential.
Children will be required to refer to text to
justify their responses.
Quick Answers
Brief Answers
More Complex Answers
Writing (Teacher Assessment)
This is an on-going process. Children
are assessed across a range of writing.
 Independent writing tasks set
throughout the year help to assess
levels
 Final Teacher Assessment levels June
2013
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Changes for 2013
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Children’s English writing result will be a
teacher assessment judgement of their work
across Year 6.
The LA will carry out external moderation
visits in selected schools.
Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling Test [will
not form part of the overall English level for
this year. Will be appear in school’s data and
in Performance Tables.
Examples of Independent Writing
The task provides information about a
fictional character. The children are
required to use the information to write
a biographical piece, using the
appropriate features, language,
sentence structure and punctuation.
 [In 45 minutes].
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Longer Writing Task Example
Example 2
Memories of the School Year
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The task asks the children to imagine
the class is making a book of memories
of the year at school. Everyone in the
class will write a page of the book
about their final year. Again prompts
are provided and the children have to
produce three ‘chunky’ paragraphs in 20
minutes. Again, language, sentence
structure and punctuation are
Shorter Writing Task Example
Grammar, Punctuation and
Spelling Test [New for 2013]
The test covers a wide range of
elements [e.g. identifying verbs,
adverbs, basic punctuation, speech
marks, pronouns, articles etc]. 45
minutes to complete
 Within this test is a Spelling Test. 20
words to spell. Words given are within a
context.
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Level 6 Tests
Reading
 Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation
 Some children to sit these tests.
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Maths Attainment Targets
Ma1
 Ma2
 Ma3
 Ma4
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Using and applying mathematics
Number and algebra
Shapes, space and measures
Handling data
Mathematics Test Papers
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There are three test papers:
Paper A which lasts 45 minutes and carries 40
marks (Non-calculator).
Paper B which lasts 45 minutes and carries 40
marks (Calculator allowed).
Mental maths test which lasts approx 20
minutes and carries 20 marks.
Questions will test all areas but now focus an
application, reasoning and problem solving.
Equipment Needed
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All equipment needed for these tests
will be provided by the school. It
changes each year according to the
requirements of the questions.
Question Example 1
Question Example 2
Question Example 3
Mental Maths Answer Sheet
Mental Maths Question Sheet
Level 6 Test
Some children to sit this test
 Last year a number of children achieved
this level
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Top Tips
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Follow school’s revision programme/advice/be
prepared to try
Read questions thoroughly
Get plenty of sleep
Try your best
Try not to leave an answer blank
Manage your time effectively
Don’t panic!
How you can help
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Support your children with any homework tasks set
and make sure they are completed [quality time and
not rushed]
Encourage them to use the suggested websites,
especially BBC Revisewise site
Encourage them to practise methods [ a few but
often]
Whenever writing encourage them to be more
thorough in the self-checking process [Basics are
there! Key Skills are there!]
Whenever possible, read with your child [not just
reading books!] and ask them questions.
Thank you
Useful Web Addresses- Links
available through our website.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/revisewise/
 http://www.qca.org.uk/ca/tests/
 http://www.mathsnet.net/links/
 http://www.mathsyear2000.org/
 http://www.buzzin.net/
 http://www.schoolzone.co.uk
 http://www.nrich.maths.org.uk/
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