Parkland Infant SchoolKS1 SATs Meeting

Wednesday 12th February 2020

What are SAT assessments and why do children have to take them?

• SATs = Standard Assessment Tasks

• These assessments are compulsory tests set by the government and ALL schools will have to ensure that they are administered…. Until 2023 (maybe!)

• End of KS1 (Year 2) and end of KS2 (Year 6) ALL children have to be formally assessed

• KS1 SATs inform Teacher Assessments

• 2016 saw a number of changes in SATs assessments for Year 2 which reflect new National Curriculum introduced in 2014. Expectations for Year 2 were raised considerably.

How will children be assessed this year?

• Teacher assessment is the main focus for the end of Key Stage 1 assessments and is ongoing throughout the year as part of teaching and learning.

• The government have set out standards that a child will be assessed against at the end of key stage one for reading, writing, mathematics and science.

• Each standard contains ‘can do’ statements that children must meet.

How will children be assessed this year?

No more level 1, level 2 or level 3 used until 2015

3 standards for reading, writing and maths.

• Working towards the expected standard

• Working at the expected standard

• Working at greater depth within the expected standard.

What are they tested in?

•To support teacher assessment children must complete

formal tests

•Marked internally and used as a tool for teacher assessment

•Previously children have done 2 tests. Now there are 6

tests!

•Take place in May

•There are no tests for writing or science. Children’s work will

be teacher assessed and taken to county moderation

meetings

What are they tested in?SPAG (optional)

SPAG: The newest test!

•2 tests

•Spelling test: 20 words, complex rules and patterns

•Punctuation and Grammar test: mixture of selecting the

right answers e.g. through multiple choice, and writing

short answers.

Grammar test

CColdwell 2012

What are they tested in?Reading

Reading Tests

• Paper 1: texts and questions combined

• Paper 2: challenging text booklet with the questions in a separate booklet. There will be a range of texts, fiction and nonfiction. The texts will get more difficult as the child reads through.

• Children must sit both reading papers

Teacher assessment: children must be reading fluently from a suitable Year 2 text

What are they tested in?Reading

There will be a variety of question types:

Multiple choice

Ranking/ordering, e.g. ‘Number the events below to show in which order they happened in the story’

Matching, e.g. ‘Match the character to the job that they do in the story’ Labelling, e.g. ‘Label the text to show the title’

Find and copy, e.g. ‘Find and copy one word that shows what the weather was like in the story’

Short answer, e.g. ‘What does the bear eat?’

Open-ended answer, e.g. ‘Why did Lucy write the letter to her grandmother? Give two reasons

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What are they tested in?Mathematics

There are 2 Maths papers:

• Paper 1: Arithmetic paper (New last year) Approximately 20 minutes but is not timed. Worth 25 marks

• Paper 2: Reasoning paper that will take approximately 35minutes but is not strictly timed. Worth 35 marks

• Big change is that children can no longer to use any tools such as hundred squares or number lines to help them

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Will the children know they are doing SATs?

• Some of the tests will be administered as a whole class and some will be carried out in small ability groups.

• Secret Agent Training School!

• Children will complete a range of fun activities, when they are not completing the assessments, that ‘get them ready’ to be a qualified Secret Agent!

• In the last few years, the children have made collages, designed and made a horrible sandwich for a seagull (and fed the seagulls!) etc.

• At the end of the week, children are given a graduation certificate to say they passed the training and are now qualified!

CColdwell 2012

CColdwell 2012

Where will SATs take place?

•The tests and tasks will be carried out in the Year 2 classrooms or a group room (e.g. library)

•. This will enable the children to feel relaxed in their normal environment.

How to help your child

• Make sure that your child is punctual and only absent when it is necessary…particularly during May!

• Try to make sure that your child is ready to learn each

day and is not tired…particularly during May!

• Read with your child daily and discuss the book that you have read together. (Please sign your child’s reading record to earn them their extra dojos)

How to help your child in reading

• Children should be reading

gold or white band books1. Pink

2. Red

3. Yellow

4. Blue

5. Green

6. Orange

7. Turquoise

8. Purple

9. Gold

10. White

• Read regularly with your child…..children should be reading with fluency and expression

To be at ‘expected’ level in reading

• Ask your child questions about what they have read. Why do you think they did that? Which word means cross?

How to help your child in writing

To be at ‘expected’ level in writing

• Regularly spelling common high frequency words (lists are out on the tables and have been given out at parents’ meetings)

• Support your child with the learning of new spellings patterns

given out each week on handwriting sheets

• Ensure ALL letters are formed correctly, NOT reversed and most children should be joining

• Encourage your child to write (or type!) at home

sounding out unknown words e.g. writing a shopping list, a

thank you letter, short stories etc

How to help your child in mathematics

To be at ‘expected’ level in maths

Practise counting forwards AND BACKWARDS in 2s, 3s, 5s and 10s

Recall times tables for x2, x3, x5, x10 mixed up at random

Recall division facts x2, x3, x5, x10 tables

Instantly know all doubles and halves up to 10 + 10

Instantly add and subtract numbers mentally

e.g 7 + 9, 13 – 6, 15 + 7,

Learn to tell the time!!!

Use money, adding coins as often as possible in daily life

How will parents be informed of child’s results?

Around the time of your child’s end of year report you will be sent the teacher assessments for reading, writing, SPAG, science and maths

Their scaled score and the standard they have been assessed at: • Working towards the expected standard

• Working at the expected standard

• Working at greater depth within the expected standard.

Scaled score of 100 will always represent the ‘expected standard.’