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Year 6 parents are you doing extra SATS revision at home?

59 replies

AreMyDucksinarow · 11/04/2023 08:00

As per my title really?

I know school are doing a lot of work with the children at school and it’s been recommended that we do some extra at home?

I am completely torn on this as we do the homework set by school which is all geared at the sats. On top of the homework set we do extra reading, maths busters and English bits and Bobs and have really worked on dc’s handwriting.

I am expecting that my child passes, all previous tests have shown that.

Do we need to do more?

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eish · 11/04/2023 08:03

No none (and I am a teacher myself).

popandchoc · 11/04/2023 08:08

My daughter did her sats last year . She did some practice tests the school gave her but nothing more and did well .
The results don’t mean that much . They used them alongside CATS to set in year 7 but that’s it .

MissRainbowBrite · 11/04/2023 08:08

No, they've had it shoved down their throats nonstop at school. We'll do the usual homework but no more. The kids have heard enough about SAT's and need a break from it.

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Notanotherone5 · 11/04/2023 08:08

No. Hadn’t even occurred to me to do extra. We do the homework set by school and nothing else

LadyPenelope68 · 11/04/2023 08:08

No, don’t do any. I’m a Year 6 teacher and my homework slip for the Easter holidays had 3 tasks:
Have fun with family and friends.
Find somewhere comfy and cosy and read for pleasure.
Enjoy your Easter eggs or other holiday treats!

They don’t need to be doing extra homework in the holidays.

WimbleOfWombledon · 11/04/2023 08:10

No - we're just doing the homework the teacher has set which is a couple of SATS booklets. And DS reads before bed as usual.

CornishTiger · 11/04/2023 08:11

No. We need to teach our children it’s ok to have a proper break. Otherwise you teach them that culture of always being switched on and end up transferring it to adult life where workers check emails and feel guilty for having annual leave.

YellowGreenBlue · 11/04/2023 08:13

Not a year 6 parent, but I never did with my DC when they had SATS.

reluctantbrit · 11/04/2023 08:13

We did the papers the school gave as holiday homework and DD is a bookworm anyway. That may have been 2 afternoons in the whole 2 weeks.

I hate holiday homework, now in secondary DD even gets preparation homework for the new year in the summer holidays.

Trollsinmyeggbox · 11/04/2023 08:20

No, don't even give them a second thought.

CatOnTheChair · 11/04/2023 08:22

But you are already doing extra work - you mention English, maths and handwriting!

Summerslimtime · 11/04/2023 08:23

No. Enough is enough.

BoomBoingBunion · 11/04/2023 08:24

No. The school are very low key / no pressure about it, and I am the same. Young kids don't need the pressure.

Geneticsbunny · 11/04/2023 08:26

No. The SATs are meant to test the school not the kids. They are a stupid pointless set of exams which just cause stress and ruin y6 for the kids. Failing them has absolutely no impact on the kids at all.

BernardsarenotalwaysSaints · 11/04/2023 08:29

No. They're not even imperative for setting at secondary. Dc1 cohort didn't haveSATs due to covid. Dc2 did have them

BernardsarenotalwaysSaints · 11/04/2023 08:32

Sorry posted too soon. Dc2 did have them. He did the work in school & came home with a couple of practice tests which he completed but other than that no further work at home was requested or given. They also stopped homework in the run up to them & just asked us to make sure they carried on with reading as usual.

Circleoffifths · 11/04/2023 08:35

They use a combination of SATs and the CAT test in October of Year 6 (taken in advance of secondary school applications for banding in our borough) for sets in the secondary school my DCs attend. There is movement too though up and down the sets depending on in-year and end-of-year assessments. But ‘pathways’ are determined by SATs. It’s a bit of a pain tbh. My eldest who is about to sit GCSEs is considered ‘off track’ if she gets a 7 because her SATs have determined that she should be getting 8s or 9s.

JustAnotherManicNameChange · 11/04/2023 08:56

We do whatever homework the school sets and sometimes (if she's in the mood) we do past sats papers because for some reason DD actually enjoys doing them.
We haven't even looked at homework for this holiday yet, that starts tomorrow.

Rockbird · 11/04/2023 08:59

Nope. She'll do well on her own and doesn't need the extra pressure. Our household is stressed enough.

PragmaticWench · 11/04/2023 09:00

Circleoffifths · 11/04/2023 08:35

They use a combination of SATs and the CAT test in October of Year 6 (taken in advance of secondary school applications for banding in our borough) for sets in the secondary school my DCs attend. There is movement too though up and down the sets depending on in-year and end-of-year assessments. But ‘pathways’ are determined by SATs. It’s a bit of a pain tbh. My eldest who is about to sit GCSEs is considered ‘off track’ if she gets a 7 because her SATs have determined that she should be getting 8s or 9s.

Exactly this, it's why I won't even mention SATs to my DC as it just increases pressure for them at GCSE stage.

twistyizzy · 11/04/2023 09:01

No way, she is working at greater depth across the board so is having 2 weeks off the whole farce of SATS. School have sent homework, she will do it over the weekend before going back to school on Monday.
I hate the way they are touted as setting a pathway to GCSE, some of the kids haven't even turned 11 yet FFS 😡😡.

Xmasbaby11 · 11/04/2023 09:03

We are BUT they started Sats preparation only recently at school and prior to that the Y6 didn’t have regular homework. Dd has ASD and struggles academically. We tried to do some with her 5 days a week, but she finds it so hard and hates it. It’s uncertain whether she will get ‘expected’ or below but it wouldn’t be good for her confidence if she fails so to me - she already thinks she’s stupid. I don’t want her to start secondary like that.

I suspect parents who say no have bright, self motivated kids who already do other homework and could pass with no extra work.

Maximo2 · 11/04/2023 09:09

Another Y6 teacher here - the homework I’ve set is similar to @LadyPenelope68. I’m happy if they read and dip into some of our subscription sites (Spelling Shed, Spelling Frame, Maths Shed) or a grammar one we have found that they like (Rollama). If they haven’t had a proper break, those 3 weeks before SATs can be impossible in terms of motivation. They’ll just be bored.

JustAnotherManicNameChange · 11/04/2023 09:11

Xmasbaby11 · 11/04/2023 09:03

We are BUT they started Sats preparation only recently at school and prior to that the Y6 didn’t have regular homework. Dd has ASD and struggles academically. We tried to do some with her 5 days a week, but she finds it so hard and hates it. It’s uncertain whether she will get ‘expected’ or below but it wouldn’t be good for her confidence if she fails so to me - she already thinks she’s stupid. I don’t want her to start secondary like that.

I suspect parents who say no have bright, self motivated kids who already do other homework and could pass with no extra work.

But how would she know if she "fails"?
The results aren't shared with the kids, or at least they shouldn't be.

PaperNests · 11/04/2023 09:14

Only driven by DD as they are doing weekly practice tests at school so she knows what she needs to practice. At her current pace she's unlikely to pass the reasoning papers but we're not focusing on it. We encourage a total break from school in the holidays though and try and get her outside, swimming etc instead.

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