Welcome to St. Gregory’s
Catholic Academy
Year 6 SATs
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Teacher assessment
End-of-year tests:
English
Maths
• Date for SATs 9th – 13th May 2016
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Externally marked tests will take place in:
Mathematics
English Reading
English Grammar, Punctuation and
Spelling
• Monday 9 May - English reading test
• Tuesday 10 May - English grammar, punctuation
and spelling Paper 1: spelling; English grammar,
punctuation and spelling Paper 2: questions
• Wednesday 11 May - mathematics Paper 1:
arithmetic; mathematics Paper 2: reasoning
• Thursday 12 May - mathematics Paper 3:
reasoning
What form will the tests take?
The format of the tests varies from year group to year group, as does the timing, but on
average they have:
English
A reading test (1 Hour)
Externally marked
Grammar, spelling and
punctuation. Externally marked.
(separate spelling paper- 20)
Writing (teacher assessment)
Maths
Arithmetic (20 minutes)
Written paper (45 minutes)
Written paper (45 minutes
Reading
• Pupils are required to read in silence
before answering questions on the text.
• 1hr total
• Therefore, pupils need to practise reading
for that length of time. Pupils should be
doing some reading each night as part of
their homework.
New since 2013
• A new statutory test of English grammar,
punctuation and spelling was introduced
for children at the end of Key Stage 2 in
May 2013.
• Writing composition should be subject to
teacher assessment only, with the more
'technical' aspects of English - such as
punctuation and spelling - assessed via
an externally marked test.
Grammar, Punctuation and
Spelling
What is be tested?
• The English grammar, punctuation and
spelling test assesses vocabulary,
sentence-grammar, spelling and
punctuation. Handwriting is assessed
(letter size.)
The grammar and punctuation
test
• Punctuation, sentence-grammar and
vocabulary will all be assessed by a series
of short-answer questions in a variety of
formats.
Examples of questions
Circle all the adverbs in the sentence
below.
• Open the drawers carefully and quietly
when using the filing cabinet.
Tick one word to complete the sentence
below.
• Michael and Kate read their books
______________ they ate their
sandwiches.
Tick one.
• while
• which
• between
• during
Write a short question beginning with the
words below.
• How many…………………………………
…………………………………………………
……………….
Underline the subordinate clause in each
sentence below.
• Although his Mum thought they were very
smart, Peter disliked his new trousers.
• Before he could go swimming, Ali packed his
towel.
Put the baker’s words into direct speech.
• The baker said that he hoped to sell all of
the loaves by lunchtime.
• Which sentence uses inverted commas
correctly?
Tick one.
• “Fortunately, Peter, you’re going after all,
said Mrs. Smith.” It’s a good job, too!”
• Fortunately, Peter, you’re going after all,
“said Mrs Smith”. It’s a good job, too!“
• Fortunately, Peter, you’re going after all,”
said Mrs Smith. It’s a good job, too!
• “Fortunately, Peter, you’re going after all,”
said Mrs Smith. “It’s a good job, too!”
Complete the sentence below with a
contraction that makes sense.
• If you give me the recipe
__________________________ buy the
ingredients on the way home.
The Spelling Test
• The spelling test will assess around 20
words and will contribute towards the
whole-test score.
Handwriting
• Capital letters must be clear and unambiguous for the
award of the mark. Where letters do not have unique
capital letter forms, the height of the capital letter will be
similar to, or greater than, that of letters with ascenders,
and clearly greater than the height of letters that do not
have ascenders. For example, in the word 'What', the
height of the capital letter 'W' should be similar, or taller
than the 'h‘.
Maths Papers
• Paper 1: 30 minutes
• Paper 2 and Paper 3: each will take 40
minutes.
• Pupils will not be allowed to use
calculators in any part of the mathematics
test.
• The key change for statutory assessment
at both key stages 1 and 2 will be the
introduction of an arithmetic paper. All of the
questions in this paper intend to assess
pupils’ arithmetic ability; therefore the
questions themselves will be context free.
• Paper 2 and Paper 3: assesses pupils’ ability to
apply mathematics to problems and to reason.
The tests will contain a mixture of contextualised
and context-free questions, and real life and
abstract problems.
Example questions for paper 1
555 + 656 =
120 − 15 × 5 =
2 3 76
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15
1 1 - 3
7
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1653 ÷ 28
How Can You Help Your Child?
• Ensure that your child reads regularly at home
and completes all homework.
• Spag resources /Mathletics)
• Encourage children to be confident about their
ability to do well.
• Playing/leisure is important - children should not
be stopped from living their lives as normal
during test week.
• Support you child in working through the revision
guides. Also check out some of the on-line
learning resources to help your child revise.
www.emaths.co.uk/KS2SAT
During SATs Week
• Make sure they get enough sleep.
• Make sure they eat breakfast.
• Support and encourage them with homework.
• Revising. Encourage them to ask the teacher if
they are unsure about anything.
• Explain that the SATs are a way of showing
what they know.
Key Stage 2 SATs Explained
• How will the results be reported?
Year 6 S.A.T.s tests are sent away for marking.
The school reports are accompanied by an
additional sheet that states the test level and a
teacher assessment. Both carry equal weighting.
Teacher assessment is based on descriptions of
what a child should achieve at each level.
Children are assigned a level that ‘best fits’ their
level of achievement.
• B- working below national expectations
• W- working towards national expectations
• N- achieving national expectations
• A- achieving above national expectations
• M- mastering
ANY QUESTIONS?
Thank you for your support.
Have a safe journey home.