Monday 14th September
Year 6 Staff
Mrs Newby
Mrs Grundy
Additional support
from Mrs Holt
Tonight’s Agenda
High School
applications
Robinwood 2016
SATs 2016
High School Applications
 Personalised letters sent home at the end of
last week.
 On line applications recommended – paper
application forms need to be requested.
 TIP: make a note of your password!
 Deadline: October 31st 2015.
 Notification is at the beginning of March.
Robinwood 2016
Tottington centre
Staff: Mrs Newby, Mrs Grundy &
Mr Beck
Dates: 16th – 18th May
Payment options
Pre-trip meeting in May 2016
New Curriculum 2015
 New curriculum introduced with the aim to
raise standards in Primary Schools.
 Children experienced the new curriculum
when they were in Year 5.
 May 2016 will be the first time that the new
curriculum will be assessed.
 The SATs have changed too!
SATS 2016
 Week beginning Monday 9th May 2016
 To be tested in May 2016:
 Reading
 Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (SPAG)
 Maths
 Writing: independent writing will happen regularly
during the year and will be used as evidence for
Teacher Assessment – no formal test.
 Science: Either teacher assessed OR sampled.
The New SATs
 The tests for Reading, SPAG & Maths are set and marked
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externally (as before)
They will be more rigorous (!)
National curriculum levels have now been scrapped
No separate Level 6 papers
A new marking scheme will be used for the first time
Raw score – the actual number of marks the child achieves
in their test.
Scaled score – out of 100. This will be used to gauge
whether the child has reached the national average (which
has yet to be announced).
Reading
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Single paper; 50 marks
One hour to read a booklet and to answer questions
Three passages of text
Questions and texts are roughly in order of difficulty
Types of question:
 Rank/ordering
 Labelling
 Find and copy
 Short answers
 Longer answers and explanations
SPAG
 Paper 1 – 45 minutes.
 Short questions & answers about word
classes, verb tenses, the use of
punctuation etc.
 A reading exercise with SPAG related
questions.
 A spelling test – 20 words taken from the
Key Stage Two curriculum.
Maths
 Three papers:
 Paper 1 – arithmetic; 30 minutes
 Paper s 2 & 3 – reasoning and the application of
maths; 40 minutes each
 Papers 2 and 3 test fluency, reasoning and problem
solving; no calculators
 There is no timed mental maths paper any more
but we will still practise them to help with paper 1
of the new test, which requires speed!
Science
 Christ Church was last selected for sampling
in 2014
 If selected, there will be three papers:
 Biology: 25 minutes; 22 marks
 Chemistry: 25 minutes; 22 marks
 Physics: 25 minutes; 22 marks
 If not selected, science will be teacher
assessed
Results
 The Reading, SPAG and Maths papers are sent
away to be marked independently
 Writing is Teacher Assessed but there is a
chance the school may be moderated
 Results are usually included in the same
envelope as the end of year school report;
Friday 8th July
 Remember: no levels or separate Level 6 tests
anymore!
Preparing The Children
Booster Classes
 Weekly (usually Thursday)
 Eight school weeks before SATs week
 Short break at the end of the school
day for a drink and a biscuit
 An extra hour of teaching
 Ends at 4:45
How Parents Can Help
Weekly spelling list
Times tables
Reading
Home Learning Challenges
Questions?
Thank You For Listening!