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Abbey GatesPrimary School’s

SATS(Standard Assessment Tests)

Information Evening

Welcome to:

EnglishComprehension – Externally markedSPAG (Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar)– Externally

markedWriting - Internally marked

MathematicsExternally marked

The tests…

Timetable

There is now… no time limit Includes 3 texts with increasing difficulty (new this

year)

Children can refer back to the text. Reading for understanding is essential. Children will be required to refer to text to justify their

responses.

English Comprehension(Reading Test)

Quick Answers

More Complex Answers

3 Mark Answers

Listen to your child read every day and ask questions about what they have read:

Why do you think Rosie acted that way?What might Rosie have been thinking and why?What do you think this character might have thought about what Rosie did? 

How can you help?

SPAGSpelling, Punctuation and

Grammar

Pronounssubstitutes for nouns in order to avoid repetition:

I, you, he, she, it, we, you (plural), they, me, him, her, us, them

I or me?

If you can take away the other people in the sentence,which then makes better sense – I or me?

After we went cycling, I was very tired?After we went cycling, me was very tired?

The teacher asked I to collect the books?The teacher asked me to collect the books?

Commas

Writing tests are now internally marked through ongoing assessments in the classroom.

Writing Tests

Within a text. Fill in the missing gaps. 20 spellings. Marks added to the overall writing score. Only contributes at best 14% to the writing score.

Spelling Test

Fill in the blanks

Ma1 Using and applying mathematics

Ma2 Number and algebra

Ma3 Shapes, space and measures

Ma4 Handling data

Maths

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 (Non-calculator).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.

How it works

All equipment needed for these tests will be provided by the school. It changes each year according to the

requirements of the questions.

Equipment

Underline key words

Ask for questions to be read to you

Annotate diagrams

Show all the steps to multi-step problems

Ensure digits are legible – digit formation

Never overwrite a wrong answer

Hints for Success

Question Example 1

Question Example 2

Question Example 3

Mental Maths Answer Sheet

Daily teaching / interventions

Booster Sessions

Reading support

In school

Homework

Don’t panic

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!

Top Tips

Websites

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent/sch.uk/SATS

http://www.st-josephs-pickering.n-yorks.sch.uk/past_test_papers.htm

http://www.schoolzone.co.uk

http://www.nrich.maths.org.uk/

Any questions…