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SATS Information
Evening 2012
KS2 SATs 2012
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 2012
Mon
14th
May
Tues
15th
May
Weds
16th
May
Thurs
17th
May
Fri 18th
May
English
Reading
Test
45
minutes
+ 15
minutes
reading
time
No Tests
Mental
Maths
Test
Maths
Paper B
Science
sampling
Selected
schools
only.
Maths
Paper A
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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Changes for 2012
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Schools allowed to opt to mark the papers
internally or externally
Children’s English writing result will be a
teacher assessment judgement of their work
across Year 6. Teacher’s judgement will be
informed by and take account of [but not
limited by] the child’s result in the standard
test.
The LA will carry out external moderation
visits in selected schools.
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.
 Maximum of 7 marks
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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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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!
How you can help
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Support your children with any homework tasks set
and make sure they are completed [quality time and
not rushed]
Encourage them to use the suggested websites,
especially BBC Revisewise site
Encourage them to practise methods [ a few but
often]
Whenever writing encourage them to be more
thorough in the self-checking process [Basics are
there! Key Skills are there!]
Whenever possible, read with your child [not just
reading books!] and ask them questions.
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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