Key Stage 1 SATS

[Nicki69]

Hi all,

Our son is in yr 2 at school and is due to sit his SATS soon. He has no problems with his numeracy and reading but is struggling with the writing side of things. We try to help at home but he is becoming a bit anxious about it.

Can anyone offer any idea of what is expected of the children??

From what I remember:
The formal sit down tests are just a small part of the overall assessment; if done properly they are just a bit tedious, no worse.
Most of his y2 assessment is already complete, the formal sit-down tests are just to confirm & decide borderline cases.
If he needs encouragement with writing then just keep doing that. Regardless of SATs.

Agree with ragged. The end of KS1 results is mainly based on teacher assessment, so there is no particular need to "prepare" at home. Certainly not if your child is getting anxious about it.
I'd encourage your child to enjoy writing - write notices for his room door, in cards, comic strips ... tailor something to his interests.
His "level" at this stage is only a guide to see where is working in relation to national standards - it will not affect anything in the future!

Thanks for that.

Just tried to help him on the advice of his teacher after our last parents evening meeting. She expressed concerns about his writing ability in relation to other topics. He has said he doesn't enjoy writing so just wanted to help him a little.

The writing task involve writing a short piece and a long piece of writing and a spelling test.

Planning a story with a beginning middle and end, writing information texts about things he is interested in, his favourite cartoon character, jokes... remembering capital letters and full stops and reading what he has written to see if it makes sense.