KS2 Assessment
Information Session
Aims of the session:
• To provide information about KS2 SATs
• To answer any questions about KS2 SATs
• Share ideas about how parents can help
children at home
Purpose of the tests:
• The Key Stage 2 tests are designed to test children’s
knowledge and understanding of the Key Stage 2
programmes of study.
• They provide a snapshot of a child’s attainment at the end of
a Key Stage.
• Each child is awarded a level in Maths, Reading, Writing,
Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling.
• Assessment information is passed to child’s secondary school
What levels are expected?
•Level 2 – these children will not be entered for the tests
•Level 3 – below age related expectation
•Level 4 – age related expectation
•Level 5 – above age related expectation
Mathematics
• Paper A – no calculator – 45 minutes
• Paper B – no calculator – 45 minutes
• Mental maths
• Some questions are worth one mark and
therefore accuracy is important.
• Other questions are worth two marks and even
if the answer is wrong, a mark may be given for
correct working.
* word problems need to show all steps
• Teachers may read questions in both written
papers to pupils if asked.
Mental Maths
Typical mental maths questions:
5 second questions:
What time is it half an hour after ten-fifteen?
10 second questions:
The temperature was three degrees Celsius. It goes down by
eight degrees. Write the new temperature.
15 second questions:
Four oranges cost ninety-five pence.
How much do 12 oranges cost?
Home/School support for Maths
School:
Home:
• Small group interventions
to help children across all
levels: in school time and
after school
• Differentiated teaching /
activities in class
• Quick-fire whole class
boosters
• Go through maths work in
CGP books regularly,
discussing errors and
strategies (weekly or
twice-weekly)
• Practice times tables at
every opportunity!
English
• Writing – teacher assessment
(moderated)
• Reading – test paper – 1 hour total
• Grammar, punctuation and spelling
• Short answer questions – 45 minutes
• Spelling test – 15 minutes
Writing
Home/School support for Writing
School:
Home:
• Opportunities to read and
be read to, to enhance
language skills
• Cross curricular
opportunities to write
• Individual targets and
support in improving
writing
• Read a variety of texts
regularly, including non
fiction
• Discuss all written
homework tasks with your
child, encouraging them
to edit and improve their
own work.
Reading
•There are 4 main types of questions on the reading
paper:
•Literal – answer is there in the text
•Deductive – look for clues
•Inferential – read between the lines
•Authorial intent – e.g. why does an author use a
particular word
Sentence from:
‘A Day in the English
Countryside
As the afternoon light started to fade, the cow stopped eating grass,
stood instead with its head over the gate and gazed expectantly
down the lane.
1. How light was it? (Literal)
2. What three things did the cow do? (Literal)
3. What time of day was it? (Deductive)
4. Where was the cow? (Deductive)
5. What do you think the cow was expecting? (Inferential)
6. What strategies does the writer use to give the reader so much
information in a single sentence? (Authorial intent)
Home/School support for Reading
School:
Home:
• Read with your child
• Regular reading and
regularly, asking inference
discussion of
and deduction questions.
comprehension papers
• Share different types of text,
• Reading marathon to
discussing layout, etc
encourage children to
read a wide range of texts • Provide encouragement and
opportunities for quiet
• Class text read to and
reading at home.
with children.
Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling
• 45 minutes test on grammar
Spelling
• Worth 20 marks out of 70.
• Can affect the overall level obtained
Home/School support for
Grammar, punctuation and
spelling
School:
Home:
• Grammar and
punctuation included in
every English lesson
• Booster daily sessions
• Daily phonics/spelling
sessions
• Encourage spelling
homework that practices
spellings and explores
rules.
• Correct verbal grammar!
What does teacher assessment involve?
•Teacher assessment draws together everything the teacher
or teachers know about a child, including observations,
marked work and school assessments.
•Teacher assessment is not a ‘snapshot’ like tests and is
therefore more reliable.
•There can be a difference between teacher assessment
results and test levels.
Example timetable
Date
Level 3-5 tests – Morning
Level 6 tests - Afternoon
Monday 11 May
English reading test (60 mins)
English reading test (60 mins)
Tuesday 12 May
English grammar, punctuation and spelling
test
(45 mins and 15 mins)
English grammar, punctuation and spelling
test
(30 mins and 20 mins and 10 mins)
Wednesday 13 May
Mental mathematics test (20 mins)
Mathematics - Test A (45 mins)
Thursday 14 May
Mathematics - Test B (45 mins)
Mathematics - Paper 1 (30 mins)
Mathematics - Paper 2 (30 mins)
During SATs week:
•Please ensure that your child is in school
every day during SATs week.
•Ensure that they are in school on time
•Please don’t book anything during this week
e.g. doctor’s appointments, holidays etc
•If your child is ill, let us know immediately.
How are we preparing
children:
• Working with children to address their
individual needs
• Taking a positive approach –
celebration and rewards
• A balanced curriculum – engaging
children in ‘non-SATs’ topics!
• Mock SATS 9th-12th March
• Be Our Best week!
Be Our Best week!
• Whole-school approach to ‘being our best’
• Year 6 breakfast club
• Afternoon activities to help children let off
steam, relax, and have fun.
How parents can prepare children:
• Talk to us- about your child’s individual learning
and emotional needs
• Take an interest in learning and support
homework
• Ensure that children get enough sleep
• Try to maintain attendance at school from now
until SATs
• Maintain a positive and balanced approach –
remind your children how good they are at lots
of different things!
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/sats/index.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/
http://www.cgpbooks.co.uk/online_rev/ks2_choice.asp
Sumdog