The year 6 children work hard throughout the year to get ready for the SATs tests in May.
Information on this page should help you to prepare for the tests.
Assessments
The children are assessed in the following way:
Maths – SATs test – 3 papers: 1 arithmetic and 2 papers on reasoning
Reading – SATs test – 1 reading comprehension paper
EGPS – SATs test – 2 papers: 1 paper on grammar & punctuation and 1 spelling paper
Writing – teacher assessed
Science – teacher assessed
In class, we will use the test papers from 2017 to the present day, including the sample materials.
Parents evening
Here is the presentation used at the year 6 information evening for parents:
Past papers
Literacy and Maths past papers can be downloaded from a number of sites.
Please use papers from before 2016 to practise, as we use the papers from 2017 – 2021 in class.
One example site is listed below:
http://www.satstestsonline.co.uk/sto_past_papers.aspx
Reading comprehension
This site has some interesting on-line reading comprehension exercises.
https://continuingstudies.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/reading/index
GPS activities
This site has a number of fun, on-line activities to help with Punctuation and Grammar.
http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/literacy/
Revision aids
There are a number of PowerPoint files which explain some of the topics we study in grammar.
Revision Files