Transcript Green Lane Primary Year 6 SATs preparation meeting

Year 6
SATs preparation meeting
Standard Attainment Tests – SATs
Level 4 aimers
SATs preparation meeting
The point of this presentation:
• Explain what exams your child will be doing
• Show what we do in school in preparation for
them
• Discuss what your child needs to do to get
their highest mark
• Suggest ways you can help at home
SATs preparation meeting
The exams your child will be doing
• English Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation –
external assessment
• Reading Test – external assessment
• Maths test – external assessment
• Writing – on-going assessment in school
Maths tests
Two non-calculator papers, Paper 1 and Paper 2,
each lasting 45 minutes
Mental mathematics test, lasting 20 minutes
 Children’s marks from all three tests are totalled
to calculate their overall mathematics level.
4 operations workshop
Reading Test
Text Booklet and answer booklet
 The booklet will contain three or four texts. Increasing in level of
difficulty.
 35 to 40 questions (totalling 50 marks).
 The questions are:
 shorter, closed response items (such as multiple choice and matching
questions);
 shorter, open response items; and
 longer, open response items that require children to explain and
comment on the texts in order to demonstrate a full understanding.
Questions are worth 1, 2 or 3 marks.
Reading workshop
Reading Test
Writing
On-going assessment
in school.
Children are judged
over a period of time
using a range of their
unaided writing.
We use our ‘Red Hot
Writing’ books for this
purpose.
Highest mark possible?
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Read the question properly
Double check the answer looks right
Finish in the time allowed
Work hard in lessons – don’t distract, ignore
others who try to distract, listen carefully, ask
questions if unsure…
How home can help
• times tables
• mental maths – transcripts in your pack
• make them read aloud to younger children from their own reading book /
Kindle
• reading questions in your pack
• text books
• Emaths.co.uk – practise questions, check answers using the answer
booklet
• Sleep, food, exercise…
SATs 2015 - dates
Date
Mon 11th May 2015
Tues 12th May 2015
Wed 13th May 2015
Thurs 14th May 2015
Level
3-5 tests
English – Reading Test (60
mins)
English – Grammar,
Punctuation & Spelling Test
Maths – Mental
Mathematics Test (20
mins)Maths – Mathematics
Paper 1 (45 mins NO
calculator)
Level
6 tests
English – Reading Test (10 +
50 mins)
English – Grammar,
Punctuation & Spelling Test
No level 6 tests timetabled
for this day
Maths – Paper 1 (30 mins:
Maths – Mathematics Paper
NO calculator allowed)Maths
2 (45 mins NO
– Paper 2 (30 mins:
calculator)
Calculator allowed)