To expect my year 6 child to be taught until the end of term

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DC3 is in year 6. With the exception of a couple of days a few weeks ago when Ofsted were in, they have done precisely no academic work since half term (and actually probably a bit before that, once SATs had finished).
Literally every day has revolved around practicing for the end of year production and / or going outside to play (unstructured) sport (although they had a residential trip a couple of weeks ago).
DC is not really into drama so has a very minor part in the school play (I'm fine with this but I am not fine with them having to sit quietly in the hall for the vast majority of each day watching the key performers practice their parts all day everyday with nothing else to do).
They are completely and utterly bored. Is this normal for year 6 children once the SATs are out the way? My elder DC didn't do SATs (DC1 was not at state school in England and DC2 was in a covid year) and so were taught until almost the last week of term.
I am tempted to take DC out to be honest. Their behaviour is getting bad as they're so frustrated at doing nothing all day everyday.

Is there a reason you haven't spoken to his teacher?

You sound fun.

Our year 6s are busy learning but theyve also had camp and a party too. Is the Ofsted report due in September now because of the holidays?

This was my experience of Y6 too. It was fine for two of mine but the ND child had an appalling time of it.

I see your point if they are getting bored. My daughter's school don't "teach" year 6 in the traditional sense after SATs but they have a good 6 weeks worth of life skills so they do cooking, first aid, dressmaking, financial knowledge, young enterprise, they do their cycling proficiency etc.

Yes and no.

I’m in secondary, and we do work until the end of term (mostly because we’d get bollocked if we dared put a film on!) but also because endless ‘fun lessons’ aren’t great for behaviour.

OTOH the kids run out of space in their books but there’s no point giving them a new book, they are tired and fed up of us, they are tired and fed up of one another, we are tired and fed up of them, it’s mid July, it’s hot and stuffy, it feels like summer is half over and TBH no one is going to do anything meaningful at this stage.

When I rule the world I’ll be adopting the Scottish system of holidays. It’s much better.

When I rule the world I’ll be adopting the Scottish system of holidays. It’s much better I often think this too!

They will be learning lots of other things - how to be tolerant, how to take joy in the drama successes of their friends, that having fun is as important as academic learning, that the adults around them recognise that they have been working very hard and need to breathe out a bit .......

Just chill - these year 6s have had years of hard work culminating in the SATs - time to relax with their friends. If your DC is bored, then they can grab a book from the library, or help tidy the classroom, or offer to prompt ..........

Dealing with boredom is a life skill that they need to learn.

They're quite feral once they're past SATs in Year 6, and they have the best time ever if they're that way minded. None of mine had major parts in the end of term production, but they certainly weren't bored.

My yr6 is the same very little learning since SATS but they're having a great time.

I think some schools do a "patch intensive process" where they don't do as much in the way of creative arts, drama, sport etc during most of the year because they are focusing on SATs but then do all the arty sportsy stuff after SATs have finished. I don't think this is unreasonable but if your son is getting bored and frustrated then you should raise it with the teacher.
It is very hard to do any kind of intensive teaching for the last couple of weeks in year 6 though as the children tend to be a bit "demob happy", feeling that primary school is now a bit beneath them and getting rather boisterous in the process. Doing the "fun" stuff in this time can be a way of focusing their energies constructively when trying to get them to do academic learning is like flogging a dead horse.
I'd have some sympathy for the teacher too if she has just done SATs followed by OFSTED.

YABU, school is about more than just basic maths, English and science. They focused on those topics for months and now they’re spending a small amount of time focusing on things like sport and drama.

Your DC needs to learn some resilience and pulling them out of school because they don’t like drama and are bored is ridiculous.

Would you pull them out if they were focusing on maths and he was bored?

Not all learning has to be academic and structured. A 10/11 year old child needs to do some fun stuff and let off steam, and these are their last days at primary school. Lighten up.

Seems pretty standard, I wouldn't expect them to do any learning. I would ask the teacher about them sitting around doing nothing however. It's always interesting to compare the 2 sides.

The Y6 should be doing sport, could be busy doing props and creating a stage for the production. It's the wrong month for learning, but they shouldn't have to be that bored

When I rule the world I’ll be adopting the Scottish system of holidays. It’s much better.

I am voting for you!

I don't really have a problem with the No learning after SATS but I would have a problem with the boredom of my child just having to sit and watch the performance rehearsals day after day.
Maybe ask the teacher if there is something else he can do?

Sitting quietly bored for most your school week isn't exactly fun...

i could have written this exact post. my DS is bored to death. No end of year play or any events either.

Theyve been making a memory book.

Its dull.

That was our experience of Y6 as well. DS didn't care though.

Actually, DC who was a covid year almost had a better year as they taught for longer at the end of term as they didn't do SATs and had missed so much they were concentrating on getting them ready for Y7 as much as possible.

It was the same for my children so seems fairly normal and I'm not in the UK. Mine finished two weeks ago and my ten year old spent most of June just having fun. Walks to local places of interest etc but zero school work.

This sounds great. What a fantastic experience for them!

SATs are not just before half term, though - Y6 children are, in (apparently) many schools, spending about 8 weeks not doing any core subject learning.

It's not really setting them up well for secondary school, is it?

Writing moderation normally happens after SATS, although that would all be done by now.

Have they done any transition days in Secondary?

DS did Sex Ed after SATS, think he would have preferred more SATS!

To be clear, I am not expecting them to be doing hardcore grammar and maths etc. I would love them to be having fun for a few weeks at the end of term doing structured sports, a bit of drama, art projects, team tasks etc.
But they're not. They are in the drama hall from 9:30 until 3:00 everyday for the past 3 weeks, minus an extended 1.5 hour lunchtime where they get to play outside.
For the kids who don't have a key role in the play, they are spending the vast majority of this time sitting doing nothing while the main actors practise their lines / songs (my DC has a single line in the whole play). It's boring and pointless for most of the children.