Transcript KS2 SATs 2001 - Welcome to our School

Welcome to
Radcliffe-on-Trent
School
SATS Information
Evening 2011
KS2 SATs 2011
The Low Down
The tests are split into
three areas...
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English (Literacy)
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Mathematics (Numeracy)
KS2 SATs Timetable 2011
(Provisional Subject Slots)
Monday
9th May
Tuesday
10th May
Wednesday
11th May
Thursday
12th May
Friday
13th May
Reading Test
45 minutes
plus
15 minutes
reading time
Writing Test
(short)
20 minutes
Spelling Test
10 minutes.
Mental
Mathematics
Test
20 minutes.
Mathematics
Test B
45 minutes.
Science
sampling
tests
(Selected
sample
schools only)
Writing Test
(long)
45 minutes.
Mathematics
Test A
45 minutes.
Test A
45 minutes
Test B
45 minutes
English Tests
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English is split into 3 different areas:
Reading Comprehension
 Writing (includes handwriting)
 Spelling
 The Reading and Writing tests are
equally weighted.
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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 Tests
Two tests (long and short).
 No choice of writing task.
 Long Test 45 minutes (inc. planning).
 Short Test 20 minutes (inc. planning).
 Sentence structure, punctuation and
text organisation are very important.
 Imaginative, interesting texts which
grab the reader are essential.
 Handwriting assessed in the longer
writing test.
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Longer Task Example
Biography
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
Shorter Task Example
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
Spelling Test
Within a text.
 Fill in the missing gaps.
 20 spellings.
 Marks added to the overall writing
score.
 Only contributes at best 14% to the
writing score.
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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
Top Tips
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Don’t panic
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!
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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