SATs Inspire 10th February 2011

To support the Inspire, Mr Kelly and I would like to provide you with some useful sites and resources. Practising skills and solving problems on a comuter is a great way to prepare for the SATs.
Some maths resources:
Maths is fun has games and challenges that cover many key skills. I've already recommended te times tables trainer.
http://www.mathsisfun.com/
Here are four more good games sites allowing key skills to be practiced and problems solved.
http://www.echalk.co.uk/Maths/PrimaryNationalStrategy_Yr6/DfES-MathsActivitiesforyear6/index.html

http://www.wmnet.org.uk/wmnet/custom/files_uploaded/uploaded_resources/851/Guessthenumber.swf

http://www.wmnet.org.uk/wmnet/custom/files_uploaded/uploaded_resources/851/Hitthebuttonv7.swf

http://mathszone.co.uk/

Maths is full of its own vocabulary - a vocabulary your child will need to know. Jenny Eather's Maths Dictionary For Kids is one of the best interactive dictionaries around. Use it to investigate shape names, properties and other maths terms.

http://amathsdictionaryforkids.com/

For both Maths and English, the BBC provide a lot of revision aids on their bitesize revision site. Here is the basic link. Follow the pathsways you most want to revise.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/index.shtml

A great problem solving game the BBC have is QUESTIONAUT. This interactive game requires puzzles to be solved and questions answered to progress through the many levels. It really encourages thinking - even grown ups can enjoy it!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/games/questionaut/play_popup.shtml

There is no substitue for getting to know real SATs papers so below are links to some actual SATs in pdf format. I would not recommend printing them all out though because there are a great many pages. However viewing them on screen can be useful.

2003 Mental Maths Paper
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B7ltbtjWnVsOYzg0ZWUwYTQtODAyNC00ZmI3LWE5ODktY2JkODgxZWEwNzdm&hl=en
2003 Maths A
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B7ltbtjWnVsOOTkxZTMwNzctZTczOC00MThjLTkyZTYtODk2Nzg2NjAzYTM3&hl=en
2003 Maths B
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B7ltbtjWnVsON2U0ZDRkMTEtZjQ1YS00MWVkLWI2MDktZDFhMDMxYzkzNjdh&hl=en
2003 Maths Marks Scheme
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B7ltbtjWnVsOMzNhYzY2M2QtYWZiYy00NDE1LWEwYTItZGJmYTMzZDQyNmQz&hl=en

2003 English Reading Text
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B7ltbtjWnVsONDIyNzExYTktMDQwMC00YTE0LTkxZjMtMjJhYzFlMzNmYzQ2&hl=en
2003 English Reading Answer Book
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B7ltbtjWnVsOMWM3MmM5MTctZjUyNy00Njg0LWFiYzItZmZlN2Y5NjBhNmNl&hl=en
2003 English Long Writing Task
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B7ltbtjWnVsOMmVjZmZlNGMtZDIyMi00MjMzLTg3OTMtYTg4ZGM4ZDliNmQ0&hl=en
2003 English Short Writing & Spelling Task
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B7ltbtjWnVsOZmFlNzdiNGMtNzg1Ni00NmM0LWE0ZjQtMDFmZjMxOGY3MDA1&hl=en
2003 English Marks Scheme
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B7ltbtjWnVsOY2M2MTZkMzEtNmM3Ni00N2JhLTk2ZGItZmQxNGRhNDdmYjJj&hl=en