Lakefield Church of England Primary School

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Lakefield Church of England Primary School

• Oh no not SATs!!

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What are they?

• Standardised assessment tasks
• Must be taken at the end of each Key Stage (year
  2, 6, 9, age 7, 11, 14) legal requirement in
  England
• Must be reported to parents at the end of each
  key stage
• Published and used for comparisons
• Also optional interim SATs at years 3, 4, 5,
  7, 8 school administered not statutory but are
  advisory this is likely to change next year.

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Key Stage 1 age 7

• Changed from 2005
• Emphasis on performance over the year, not the
  test
• School decides when to test
• School decides how much to test
• Ongoing teacher assessment is more important than
  the test
• Results moderated, then reported to you

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Key Stage 1 tasks and tests

• Reading reading aloud to teacher, reading
  comprehension paper
• Writing special task set, but samples collected
  over the year too
• Maths tasks and tests at differing levels
• Moderation between schools and by LA

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Key Stage 1 testing

• Evidence has already been collected over the year
• Tests (during May) are to confirm the evidence
• If a child performs differently under the
  pressure of testing, the teacher uses their
  professional judgement, backed up by their file
  of evidence

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Key Stage 2 years 3,4,5

• Government set tests for schools to use if they
  wish
• Marked in school by us, moderated by us
• Results reported to you in annual reports
• Useful for us to track progress, and to predict
  future results

This is likely to change from 2009!
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Key Stage 2 year 6 (age 11)

• Taken week beginning May 12th 2008
• Formal tests, like exams
• Timetable for testing, sealed envelopes, spot
  checks, marked by paid markers
• Results arrive in July
• Results (raw scores and levels) go to secondary
  schools often used for setting
• Teacher assessment

This may change from 2009!
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Year 6 SATs timetable 2008
Monday 12th May Tuesday 13th May Wednesday 14th May Thursday 15th May Friday 16th May
Science Test A45 minutes Writing Test (short)20 minutes         Spelling Test10 minutes Reading Test45 minutes (plus 15 minutes reading time) Mental Mathematics Test20 minutes Mathematics Test B45 minutes (with calculator)
Science Test B45 minutes Writing Test (long)45 minutes Mathematics Test A45 minutes (no calculator)
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How do we prepare children in school?

• SATs test what children have done over the year
  in Literacy and Numeracy (and science in year 6)
  in contrast to VRQ tests (grammar school
  entrance tests)
• During Y5 and Y6, past questions are used as part
  of lesson
• At year 6, we do practice papers, revision
  lessons and booster sessions

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What are the Key Stage 2 tests like?

• Reading several passages/stories
• Questions test literal understanding, but also
  inference and deduction
• Writing short and long, particular genre
• Spelling test
• 2 Maths papers with and without calculators
  (after Y3)
• Mental maths (taped, from Y3)

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KS2 Year 6 Sample questions.
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Reading Booklet
Booklet requires reading stamina different text
types, challenging vocabulary, mixture of fact,
fiction and opinion. Questions include some
literal understanding, but a lot of inference and
deduction e.g.
From The Eruption of Vesuvius this liquid rock
canburst through What does the word burst tell
us about the movement of the lava?
From Disaster Strikes Some people think that
Plinys uncle was a brave but foolish leader.
What do you think? Brave Foolish Brave and
foolish Explain your answer using parts of the
information to help you.
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Writing
Short task (20 minutes) Imagine a creature called
a Tongo Lizard. It is an endangered creature,
which means that very few remain and it may
become extinct. An information book about
endangered creatures is being prepared. Your task
is to write the page about the Tongo Lizard. You
can make up the information using your imagination
Longer task (40 minutes) A brother and sister
went on a day out with their family. Tom really
enjoyed the outing, but Sara did not. When they
returned home, Tom and Sara wrote about the day
in their diaries. Your task is to write Tom and
Saras diary entries. Use your imagination to
decide what they would have said
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Maths sample questions
Tick the two numbers which have a total of 10
1 mark    
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• Here is a 1cm square grid.
• Some of the grid is shaded.
• What is the area that is shaded?
• 1 mark
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Science
Polly cuts four identical straws into different
lengths. Her friends blow gently into the straws.
The notes from each straw are different. Some
notes are high and some are low. Describe how the
length of the straw affects how high or low the
note is -----------------------------------------
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Tania says Pollys test is not a fair test
because a different person is blowing into each
straw. Why might Pollys test not be a fair test
if different people blow into each
straw? -------------------------------------------
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What do the levels mean?
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Year 2 (age 7) Year 6 (age 11) Year 9 (age 14)
Level 8
Level 7 Beyond Expectation
Level 6 At expected level
Level 5 Beyond expectation At expected level
Level 4 At expected level Below
Level 3 Beyond expectation Below
Level 2 (2c, 2b, 2a) At expected level
Level 1 Below
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How do the school track the levels?
Anna Average Y2 Y3 Y4 Y5 Y6
English (writing) 2c 2a 3c 3a 4
Maths 2b 3c 3a 4b 5
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Making Good Progress

• Pilot project currently running in 10 Local
  Authorities, including Gloucestershire, for Key
  Stage 2 and Key Stage 3 pupils.
• Focus and target is on each pupil making 2 levels
  of progress over a key stage.
• Pupils are tested when ready for a particular
  level, in December or June.
• Additional individual funded tuition (beyond the
  classroom) available for some children at risk of
  falling behind strict government criteria for
  this.

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How can I help?

• Early nights, hassle free mornings!
• Please, not lots of past papers
• Online games and revision activities
  www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize or
• http//www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/revision/
  index.html
• Take an interest give them something to write
  about, keep mental skills sharp
• Try not to stress and worry yourself
• its infectious!

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• Be positive!