Last Minute Prep: 11 Handy Resources to Help Students Gain Confidence for English SATs

With the 2017 SATs coming around the corner fast, we thought we’d provide you with some support for helping your students gain confidence for the upcoming tests. So, instead of you searching around for lots of resources in doing this, we’ve given you a list of some on EducationCity to help your Year 6 students and the types of question they might be asked.

We’ve pulled together a selection of fantastic 11 Upper Key Stage 2 Activities on EducationCity that aim to support the learning of Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar. As well as this, students will be able to do the Activities at school via MyCity, our lesson planning tool, or even at home themselves with Home Access.

How the Activities Will Help Your Students’ Year 6 SATs Revision…

  • They’re picked out by our Education Team: who have a wealth of experience in teaching at the primary school level.
  • They’re fun and engaging: the content on EducationCity is fantastic for giving students a valuable, fun learning experience.
  • They’re aligned to the curriculum: every Activity on EducationCity is aligned to the National Curriculum, so your students have the right resources to learn with.

Check out the Activities… don’t forget to log in to give them a go!

Space Race – Use root words and prefixes as a support for spelling: sub, tri, con.

  • England: Year 5 & 6
  • Scotland: Second ***
  • Wales: Year 6
  • N. Ireland: P7

Treasure of the Deep – Spell words with suffixes: age, ed, est, er, ing, ful, ly, less, ness.

  • England: Year 5 & 6
  • Scotland: Second *
  • Wales: Year 5
  • N. Ireland: P6

Cave Escape – Spell words using the rule ‘i’ before ‘e’ except after ‘c’ (only with the ‘ee’ sound).

  • England: Year 5 & 6
  • Scotland: Second **English Resources
  • Wales: Year 5
  • N. Ireland: P5

Wilderness Park – To identify the common noun, proper noun, collective noun or noun phrase within a sentence.

  • England: Year 5 & 6
  • Scotland: Second **
  • Wales: Year 5
  • N. Ireland: P7

Phantom Ellipsis – Understand and use punctuation.

  • England: Year 5 & 6
  • Scotland: Second ***
  • Wales: Year 6 & 7
  • N. Ireland: P7

Clue’s in the Clause – Consider the position of a subordinate clause within a sentence.

  • England: Year 5 & 6
  • Scotland: Second **
  • Wales: Year 6
  • N. Ireland: P7

Out to Play – To use capitalisation correctly within a passage of writing.English Resources

  • England: Year 5 & 6
  • Scotland: First ***
  • Wales: Year 5
  • N. Ireland: P4

Skateboard Whiz – Locate/recall information from a text, ‘Learning to Fall’.

  • England: Year 5 & 6
  • Scotland: Second **
  • Wales: Year 6
  • N. Ireland: P5

Timeless Tales (Greek myth – Daedalus and Icarus) – To read a story and demonstrate understanding by answering questions.

  • England: Year 5 & 6
  • Scotland: Second ** & Second **
  • Wales: Year 5
  • N. Ireland: P6

The Great Stensby – Use root words and prefixes as a support for spelling: super, micro and port.

  • England: Year 5 & 6
  • Scotland: Second ***
  • Wales: Year 6
  • N. Ireland: P7

The Grape Debate – Use a range of oral techniques to present persuasive arguments. Use the techniques of dialogue talk to explore ideas, topics or issues.

  • England: Year 5 & 6
  • Scotland: Second *
  • Wales: Year 5
  • N. Ireland: P6

Remember that many Activities come with peripheral content: Learn Screens, Lesson Ideas, Teacher Notes, Activity Sheets and Activity Sheet answers.

Take a look at the Curriculum Map to see even more National Curriculum-mapped Activities that are great for SATs – there’s so much more to see!

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