YEAR 6 SATs 2016
• Year 6 will be the first children to take the new SATs papers
that will reflect the new English and Maths curriculum.
• They are intended to be more rigorous.
• SATs will take place from Monday 9th May to Friday 13th May
2016.
• Children are tested in Reading, Maths and Spelling,
Punctuation in Grammar. (writing will be externally
moderated).
• There will be a new marking scheme to replace national
curriculum levels.
Reading Test
• The reading test will provisionally be a single paper with questions based on one
800-word text and two passages of 300 words. Your child will have one hour,
including reading time, to complete the test.
• There will be a selection of question types, including:
Ranking/ordering, e.g. ‘Number the events below to show the order in which they
happen in the story’
Labelling, e.g. ‘Label the text to show the title of the story’
Find and copy, e.g. ‘Find and copy one word that suggests what the weather is like in
the story’
Short constructed response, e.g. ‘What does the bear eat?’
Open-ended response, e.g. ‘Look at the sentence that begins Once upon a time. How
does the writer increase the tension throughout this paragraph? Explain fully,
referring to the text in your answer.’
Sample materials
SPAG Test
• The grammar, punctuation and spelling test will consist of two
parts:
• A grammar and punctuation paper requiring short answers, lasting
45 minutes, and an aural spelling test of 20 words, lasting around
15 minutes.
• The grammar and punctuation test will include two sub-types of
questions:
Selected response, e.g. ‘Identify the adjectives in the sentence below’
Constructed response, e.g. ‘Correct/complete/rewrite the sentence
below,’ or, ‘The sentence below has an apostrophe missing. Explain
why it needs an apostrophe.’
Sample materials
Maths Test
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Children will sit three papers in maths:
Paper 1: arithmetic, 30 minutes (written)
•
Papers 2 and 3: mathematical fluency, solving problems and reasoning, 40
minutes per paper
•
Paper 1 will consist of fixed response questions, where children have to give the
correct answer to calculations, including long multiplication and division.
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Papers 2 and 3 will involve a number of question types, including:
Multiple choice
True or false
Constrained questions, e.g. giving the answer to a calculation, drawing a shape or
completing a table or chart
Less constrained questions, where children will have to explain their approach for
solving a problem.
Sample materials
Writing
objectives
for year 6
Link to government documents
stating statutory programmes of
study.
Maths objectives
Link to government documents stating
statutory programmes of study.
What does Mr T do on a Friday night?
Reading Objectives
Link to government documents
stating statutory programmes of
study.
Year 6 Timetable
Weeks
The run up to SATs guide
Important dates
Additional support
How you can help at
home?
Wk 1- 1.2.16
 homework club each Friday
read each night for 15 minutes
 practice spellings
Wk 2- 8.2.16
 homework club each Friday
 Bug Club
read each night for 15 minutes
 practice spellings
Wk 3- 15.2.16
read each night for 15 minutes
 practice spellings
 maths Paper
HALF TERM
Wk 4- 22.2.16
 homework club each Friday
 After school Buster
Bug Club
read each night for 15 minutes
 practice spellings
 A math question each night
Wk 5- 29.2.16
 homework club each Friday
 After school Buster
Bug Club
read each night for 15 minutes
 practice spellings
 A math question each night
 homework club each Friday
 After school Buster
Bug Club
read each night for 15 minutes
 practice spellings
 A math question each night
Wk 7- 14.3.16
 homework club each Friday
 After school Buster
Bug Club
read each night for 15 minutes
 practice spellings
 A math question each night
Wk 8- 21.3.16
 homework club each Friday
 After school Buster
Bug Club
read each night for 15 minutes
 practice spellings
 A math question each night
Wk 9- 28.3.16
 homework club each Friday
 After school Buster
Bug Club
read each night for 15 minutes
 practice spellings
 A math question each night
Wk 6- 7.3.16
London trip
10th and 11th
Wk 10- 4.4.16
EASTER HOLIDAY
 Bug Club
read each night for 15 minutes
 practice spellings
 Maths paper
Wk 11- 11.4.16
EASTER HOLIDAY
 Bug Club
read each night for 15 minutes
 practice spellings
 Maths paper
Wk 12- 18.4.16
 homework club each Friday
 After school Buster
Bug Club
read each night for 15 minutes
 practice spellings
 A math question each night
Wk 13- 25.4.16
 homework club each Friday
 After school Buster
Bug Club
read each night for 15 minutes
 practice spellings
 A math question each night
Wk 14- 2.5.16
 homework club each Friday
 After school Buster
 Bug Club
read each night for 15 minutes
 practice spellings
 A math question each night
 homework club each Friday
Bug Club
read each night for 15 minutes
 practice spellings
 A math question each night
Wk 15- 9.5.16
SATS BEGIN
Maths vocabulary!
Maths Questions
Past SATs papers for
children to practice,
with video support
and demonstrations.
Marking
Making progress!
I can statements for foundation
subjects
Who is this all for ?