SPAG test will consist of two parts; a grammar and punctuation paper requiring short answers, lasting 45 minutes, and an aural spelling test of 20 words, lasting about 15 minutes. The grammar and punctuation test will include two sub-types of questions:

• Selected response e.g. ‘Identify the adjectives in the sentence below’
• Constructed response e.g. ‘Correct/complete/rewrite the sentence below,’ or, ‘The sentence below has an apostrophe missing. Explain why it needs an apostrophe?’

Children will sit three papers in maths:

• Paper 1: arithmetic, 30 minutes (written)
• Papers 2 and 3: mathematical fluency, solving problems and reasoning, 40 minutes per paper 

Paper 1 will consist of fixed response  questions, where children have to give the correct answer to calculations, including long multiplication and divisions. Papers 2 and 3 will involve a number of question types, including:

• Multiple choice
• True or false
• Constrained questions, e.g. giving the answer to a calculation, drawing a shape or completing a table or chart
• Less constrained questions, where children will have to explain their approach for solving a problem.

The reading test will provisionally be a single paper with questions based n one 800-word text and two passages of 300 words. Your child will have one hour, which includes reading time, in which to complete the test. There will be a selection of question types, including:

• Ranking/ordering e.g. ‘Number the events below to show the order in which they happen in the story’
• Labelling e.g. ‘Label the text to show the title of the story’
• Find and copy e.g. ‘Find and copy one word that suggests what the weather is like in the story’
• Short structured response e.g. ‘What does the bear eat?’
• Open-ended responses e.g. ‘Look at the sentence that begins Once upon a time. How does the writer increase the tension throughout the paragraph? Explain fully, referring to the text in your answer.’