Year 6 NA

🌟 Getting Ready for SATs – How Pupils & Parents Can Help

📖 Read every day – Read a range of books, newspapers, magazines and information texts.
💬 Talk about what you read – Explain what happened, predict what might happen next and discuss new vocabulary.
✍️ Practise spelling and grammar – Revisit spellings, punctuation and grammar taught in class.
🔢 Know your times tables – Aim for quick recall of multiplication and division facts up to 12 × 12.
🧠 Practise reasoning – Have a go at different types of maths problems and explain how you worked them out.
➗ Keep maths skills sharp – Practise fractions, decimals, percentages, calculations, measures and problem-solving.
📝 Complete homework carefully – Use mistakes as opportunities to learn rather than simply correcting them.
🎯 Practise SATs-style questions – Become familiar with different question formats without doing endless tests.
💡 Ask for help – If something is difficult, ask your teacher and find out how to improve.
😴 Look after yourself – Get enough sleep, eat well, stay active and make time for relaxation.
😊 Believe in yourself – SATs are important, but they do not define you. Do your best and be proud of your progress.

📚 Encourage daily reading – 15–20 minutes makes a real difference.
🗣️ Ask questions about books – What do you think the character will do? Why? What does this word mean? Can you find evidence?
✖️ Practise times tables little and often – Short, regular practice is more effective than long sessions.
🛒 Use everyday maths – Shopping, cooking, telling the time, measuring, money and journeys all provide opportunities to practise.
🧩 Encourage problem-solving – Ask children to explain their thinking rather than simply giving them the answer.
✏️ Help with homework – Encourage independence and check that work is completed thoughtfully.
📝 Use SATs resources sensibly – A small amount of practice can build confidence; avoid excessive testing.
🌟 Praise effort and progress – Celebrate perseverance, improvement and mistakes that lead to learning.
🧘 Keep SATs in perspective – Reassure children that they are more than a test result.
💤 Prioritise sleep and wellbeing – A rested, happy child will perform better than an exhausted one.
💚 Be positive – Use encouraging language such as “You can do this,” “Let's work it out together,” and “Mistakes help us learn.”

Our message to pupils and families:

Read. Practise. Persevere. Believe.
Small steps make big progress.
Be Resilient, Reliable and Safe.