This course gives Year 6 pupils a clear, supportive route through the main KS2 SATs subjects: English reading, grammar, punctuation and spelling, arithmetic and mathematical reasoning. It is designed for children who need age-appropriate explanations, steady practice and confidence-building review rather than rushed test tricks. The programme starts with a gentle diagnostic check so pupils can see what they already know and what needs extra practice. It then teaches the underlying national curriculum step by step, using worked examples, guided practice, short quizzes, cumulative review, timed drills and mistake-log activities. KS2-style practice is included throughout so pupils learn both the content and how to apply it under test conditions. In reading, pupils learn how to answer the full range of common question types with precision and evidence. Retrieval, including questions with more than one required detail Inference, prediction and summary Vocabulary in context and word meaning from clues Author's language choices, imagery, tone and atmosphere Text structure, themes, character analysis and comparison across texts How to write full-mark short answers without being vague or overlong In grammar, punctuation and spelling, pupils revisit key Year 6 content in a logical order so that accuracy improves across both SATs papers and everyday written work. Word classes, sentence types, clauses, phrases and Standard English Tense, agreement, pronouns, modal verbs, active and passive voice Capital letters, commas, apostrophes, speech punctuation, parenthesis, colons, semi-colons and hyphens Statutory spellings, prefixes, suffixes, homophones, silent letters and proofreading routines In maths, the course builds fluency first, then applies it to reasoning and multi-step problems. Place value, negative numbers and mental strategies Written methods for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division Fractions, decimals and percentages, including conversion and calculation Word problems, missing number questions, sequences and number reasoning Measurement, geometry, time, area, volume, coordinates and data interpretation Explaining methods clearly and checking whether answers are reasonable The course also prepares pupils for the practical reality of the KS2 SATs. Understand the structure of each paper and the question formats used Practise pacing, checking and sensible time management Build calm test-day habits such as breathing, self-talk and preparation routines Use mixed mini-tests and full KS2-style practice to improve stamina Review mistakes carefully so revision targets stay specific and useful By the end of the course, pupils should be able to read more carefully, answer with better evidence, spell and punctuate more accurately, calculate more fluently, reason through multi-step problems more confidently and approach SATs week with a calmer, more organised routine. All practice should use original KS2-style questions or licensed materials supplied by a teacher. Official copyrighted test questions should not be copied without permission.
- Welcome and confidence check-in
- Gentle diagnostic: reading skills
- Gentle diagnostic: grammar, punctuation and spelling
- Gentle diagnostic: arithmetic fluency
- Gentle diagnostic: mathematical reasoning
- Understanding the KS2 SATs papers
- Timing, pacing and checking routines
- Calm test-day habits
- Using a mistake log
- What reading comprehension questions are really asking
- Retrieval: finding facts precisely
- Retrieval with more than one detail
- Vocabulary in context
- Summarising key points
- Prediction from clues
- Introduction to inference
- Supporting inference with evidence
- Distinguishing fact, opinion and impression
- Author's word choices
- Figurative language and imagery
- Tone, mood and atmosphere
- Text structure and organisation
- Character thoughts, feelings and actions
- Themes and main ideas
- Comparing two texts
- Answering two-mark and three-mark questions
- Reading across fiction, non-fiction and poetry
- Common reading mistakes and how to fix them
- Nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs
- Determiners, conjunctions, prepositions and interjections
- Subjects and verbs
- Statements, questions, commands and exclamations
- Simple, compound and complex sentences
- Main clauses and subordinate clauses
- Phrases and expanded noun phrases
- Standard English and informal language
- Sentence clarity and avoiding fragments
- Present, past and future tense
- Progressive and perfect forms
- Keeping tense consistent
- Subject-verb agreement
- Pronoun clarity and agreement
- Active and passive voice
- Modal verbs and degrees of certainty
- Forms of verbs and irregular verbs
- Editing grammar errors in context
- Capital letters and full stops
- Question marks and exclamation marks
- Commas in lists and after fronted adverbials
- Commas for clarity
- Apostrophes for contraction
- Apostrophes for singular and plural possession
- Inverted commas for direct speech
- Punctuation around parenthesis
- Colons, semi-colons and bullet-point punctuation
- Hyphens and avoiding ambiguity
- Common Year 5 and 6 statutory spellings
- Prefixes and how they change meaning
- Suffixes and word endings
- Doubling consonants and dropping letters
- Homophones and near-homophones
- Silent letters and unusual letter strings
- Word families, roots and morphology
- Syllables and pronunciation traps
- Proofreading for spelling accuracy
- Place value in whole numbers
- Negative numbers and counting through zero
- Mental addition and subtraction strategies
- Written addition and subtraction
- Multiplication facts and related division facts
- Short multiplication and short division
- Long multiplication
- Long division
- Estimating and checking calculations
- Understanding fractions as parts and numbers
- Equivalent fractions and simplifying
- Comparing and ordering fractions
- Adding and subtracting fractions
- Multiplying fractions by whole numbers
- Decimals and place value
- Adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing decimals
- Percentages as parts of 100
- Converting between fractions, decimals and percentages
- Reading word problems carefully
- Choosing efficient operations
- Multi-step problems
- Missing number problems
- Patterns, sequences and rules
- Using bar models and part-whole diagrams
- Reasoning with factors, multiples and prime numbers
- Explaining mathematical thinking
- Spotting common traps in reasoning questions
- Units of measure and conversions
- Perimeter and area
- Volume of cubes and cuboids
- Time problems and timetables
- Angles and turns
- Shape properties and classification
- Coordinates and translation
- Position, direction and reflection basics
- Reading tables, line graphs and charts
- Mean, range and data questions at KS2 level
- Introducing ratio through sharing and grouping
- Scale and proportion in practical contexts
- Fractions, percentages and proportion links
- Money calculations
- Real-life problem solving with units
- Interpreting diagrams and visual information
- Checking whether an answer is reasonable
- Cumulative review for reading
- Cumulative review for grammar, punctuation and spelling
- Cumulative review for arithmetic
- Cumulative review for reasoning
- Short quizzes for memory and confidence
- Timed arithmetic drills
- Timed reading and GPS mini-sections
- Reviewing mistakes after timed work
- Personal revision targets
- How to approach mixed mini-tests
- Reading paper practice with answer explanations
- GPS paper practice with answer explanations
- Arithmetic paper practice with answer explanations
- Reasoning paper practice with answer explanations
- Full mock routine and stamina building
- Final week revision plan
- Parent-friendly home support plan
- Celebrating progress and staying positive