Transcript Welcome to Year 3 - Woodley Primary School

Year 2
SATs Information Evening
Tuesday 20th January 2015
Miss H Drinkwater
Miss L Gee
What does SATs stand for?
Statutory Assessment Tests
Statutory Assessment Tasks
What is teacher assessment?
Teachers constantly gather evidence
about pupil performance. The SAT’s
are part of the teacher assessment
process.
What subjects do the
children take SATs in?
Teacher assessment for 7
year olds covers reading,
writing, speaking and
listening, maths and science.
SATs are taken in reading,
writing and maths.
Do all children take SATs
tests?
The children either take a
test or a task depending on
the level that they are
working at.
Reading
Working towards level 1:
•A short task with the teacher
•1 to 1 setting
•How well do they read words and
comprehend them?
Reading
Working at or above level 1:
•A more formal reading test
•Both fiction and non-fiction texts
•A mixture of multiple choice and short
written questions.
•How well do they read words and
comprehend them?
Writing
There are two writing tests:
Short writing test
Long writing test
This work will also be used to
assess handwriting.
Spelling
This is a short dictation passage
with 20 missing words which the
children have to spell.
Maths
Working at level 1:
•Practical maths tasks
Working at levels 2 and 3:
•Test booklets
•Completed in as much time as the child
needs.
•Application of knowledge to a wide range
of contexts.
Mental Maths
•5 questions
•Range of skills and knowledge
•Read out by the teacher and children
answer in the booklet
Why do the children take SATs tests?
These tests are used as a tool to
assess your child’s attainment before
they go into Key Stage Two.
They also allow us to assess the
progress that they have made during
Key Stage One.
When will my child take their Key
Stage One tests?
During the summer term of Year 2.
We are planning to do the tests during
the week beginning Tuesday 5th May
(Mon is bank hol, Thu is INSET).
Where possible, please avoid taking
your child out of school during this
time.
Will my child get any help with their
tests?
While it is anticipated that the tests
will be done independently, some
children may require an adult to read
the questions (not in the reading) or
an adult to scribe written answers (not
in the writing test).
Who marks the SATs tests?
We mark the SATs tests within school
and use the results as another form of
assessment for the children.
How will I find out my child’s results?
Your child’s teacher assessments will
be given in the annual report in July.
What can I do to help my child?
• Continue to hear your child read any sort of book
regularly and ask them questions to check their
understanding of it.
• Encourage any type of writing: lists, stories, fact books
etc and encourage spelling (HFW), use of punctuation
and vocabulary.
• Mental arithmetic in addition, subtraction,
multiplication and division as well as simple word
problems that involve these operations. Ask the child
how they derived the answer.
We take a relaxed approach to the SATs, calling it
‘special work’ so that the children are not put under any
unnecessary pressure. We encourage all children to focus
and try their best and we praise and reward such
behaviour. This makes SATs an enjoyable experience for
the children who view it as a new and novel approach to
their work.
If you have any queries then please feel free
to come and talk to us.