SATs Year 6

Thursday 8th October 2015

New Curriculum 2014

» Raised Expectations » Larger amount to cover»New and changed vocabulary» Your children started in Year 5

Preparation

• Here at St Joseph's we have been preparing for 2 years for these changes

• Changed our curriculum • Attended courses • Adapted resources

All the same test

» In previous years we have had Level 6 for the very talented.

» Test now covers all- meaning many questions towards the end of the test are challenging.

» Results will NOT be a level» At expectation or Below expectation » Some children will NOT do the test if they are

too far below expectation

Sat’s 2016- English

» Grammar and Spelling paper- 45 minutes (49 questions)

»We have had this before- but much of the vocabulary in the curriculum has changed, therefore children need to learn correct terms

Grammar

Write the contracted form of the underlined word. » That decision does not seem fair.

Circle all the words in the sentence below that should start with a capital letter. » Henry tudor married his first wife, catherine, in

june 1509. they married in london.

Sentence Main Clause Subordinate Clause

Billie, who was nine years old, loved to play tennis.

Billie’s Mum bought her a tennis racket so that she could play more often.

Billie could not play tennis with her friend Lana because Lana did not have a racket.

Tick one box in each row to show if the underlined clause is a main clause or a subordinate clause.

English

» Spelling – 20 sentences- dictated that children have to complete

» Examples: » discover » loose» sleigh » delicious» unavoidably» scent » parachute » ominous

English

» Reading – 1 hour » 3 texts to read, of increasing

difficulty with approx 36 questions- a total of 50 marks

» Higher level reading questions

Retrieval and record

The story is told from the perspective of » Professor Summerlee » Lord John » Malone » Professor Challenger

Infer

»How does the first paragraph suggest that the characters are in a lost world?

Relating to whole text

The mood of the characters changes throughout the extract Find and copy the group of words on page 9 where Lord John’s mood change. Answer:“ I don’t know what anyone else thinks, but this place makes me very uneasy”

Maths

» Arithmetic Test » 30 minutes » 33 questions (40 Marks) » Calculations- how to follow methods and

complete. » Many can be done mentally.

Maths

»123x2=»50,000-5000=»20% of 1,500=»13 3016

Maths

»Paper 2 and 3 are reasoning papers »40 minutes each »19 Questions (35 marks each) »No calculators allowed.

Maths

Round 124,531»To the nearest 10,000»To the nearest 1,000»To the nearest 100

Testing

»Confident »Relaxed »Prepared

Teacher Assessment

» Reading »Writing »Maths » Science- all aspects

Dates

»Week Beginning 9th May

How can you help?

»All sample papers are available to look at on the gov.uk web page www.gov.uk/search?q=sample+papers+2016

How can you help?

» Support them in all their homework » Encourage them to read challenging books » Encourage them to use espresso at home- there

are lots of good games to help them » Look at some of the websites- given tonight» Ensure a good balance of work/play/activity» Encourage your child to be independent » Every learning moment counts in year 6- keep

them healthy!