I’m a Year 6 Teacher AMA!

[LadyPenelope68]

Following on from another thread from a Reception teacher, thought I’d start with the other end of school. If you’ve any questions about your child going into their final year at Primary, or the imminent move to Secondary, please just ask 😁

Why do you think that that school doesn't bother to ask at all? Why wouldn't they want to avoid clashes etc?

Do the secondary schools rely only on the Sats to stream the kids or do they ask you for any mitigating circumstances?

Yes, we get a raw score for each paper (the actual number of marks) and then these are all calculated into scaled scores, which decide the levels.

Because I am a teacher and it is an absolute fact.
I qualified in secondary and worked there for several years before moving to primary.

Absolutely honest - no, I don’t have favourites at all. You always get children that you perhaps warm too more, but that doesn’t mean it’s the more confident or higher ability ones, it can be just something that resonates with you more and there are children I remember more than others. I don’t favour children whose parents volunteer more, absolutely not. Lots of children’s parents can’t or don’t want to volunteer, totally get that and that’s not the child’s fault.

If it’s the same as our area, his teacher will also give their own assessments to the school as well, so please don’t worry about that.

Our local secondary sets initially based on SATS. But you can move up or down quite easily. Not sure why teachers are insisting that it doesn't happen.

I’ve no idea why they don’t ask, always seems strange to me 🤷‍♀️

Most of the High Schools don’t stream in Year 7 in our Authority, but they ask for information on ability etc and we would always pass on any information that we considered important.

Does the stench of years 6ers armpits make you vom all summer?
Why are they so stinky!!!!

Can I be cheeky and ask as a parent of a younger child.

Aside from natural ability what really sets up a child well in schooling and for academic achievement's later in life?
Can you see children in youngers years and predict how well they'll do later?
Can parents do anything other than the normal making them do their homework, reading etc?
Do extra curricular actives make a difference?

Sorry that was lots of questions...

Welcome to the world of puberty. To be honest, it’s not too bad really, but on PE days, or when it’s been curry for lunch, it can be a bit 🤢🤢

You can't say with such authority that it is an absolute fact! That's a ridiculous statement 🤣🤣

My son was streamed using SAT's and I know that is fact because we were told so and informed of the streamed groups they were put in before they started at the school.

Unless they can do their own assessment remotely before the kids have even started at the school, without the knowledge of pupils or parents? 🤷

Do you think the national curriculum in its current iteration sets children/young people up for the real world? Were you in teaching prior to 2014 before Gove messed with it? If so how do you feel about the changes?

@OneTaupeMentor thank you! That's put my mind at ease.

Apologies - deleted post.