year 5 assessment

[santy]

My daughter has just had some assessments she is is year 5 and achieved a 6c in her reading/literacy test. Am I right in thinking this is a year 8 grade?

The only new science my son was taught at secondary school was the periodic table but science was a definite strength in his primary school

So..if my son was a 4c in maths at end of year 5 that would be considered good?
Not that it matters, really.
He has made really good progress so just trying to keep on with that...
Btw op your dd sounds very bright :)
Well done her.

Yes it would

what, even for GCSE mrz?? gosh!!

And he did bioacculumation, the reactivity series, pressure, moments, velocity and acceleration at primary before reaching KS3?

that's really very impressive primary teaching!

Well he passed his GCSE without attending any lessons ShipwreckedAndComatose so I guess he did

that should say after year 7

I'm guessing a back story here, which I can remember some details from your previous posting.

He did well, that's very impressive to achieve the GCSE in this way.

They suggested he studied alone in a cupboard off the library

but his year 6 teacher provided him with excellent grounding

I am sure she did for him to be able to pick up GCSE from it in his own personal studies.

I've got to be honest I don't think he did much studying

Ds is doing pythagoras and quadratic and simultaneous equations in yr 7 - we don't get levels as he's now at a non-selective independent (he was 5b end of yr6 but was capable of doing harder stuff at home - by choice!). I think he could easily pass a foundation level GCSE paper...

(Incidentally all the science he's doing seems to be KS4 stuff if we've ever gone onto BBC Bitesize site for additional help, so not sure if they'll need to go back and fill in some KS3 topics at any point?! His science teacher said the whole top group could easily pass single science GCSE by yr 8 but obviously they were aiming for triple science...not sure if taking up three of the nine courses with science is a good idea for those not planning on science later but, hey ho, it's years away yet!)

My sons primary is very good with RE, history and science too.
Ds has come on leaps and bounds since starting year 4 and although a lot of that is down to work we do with him at home, his teachers were excellent.
They are ok in year 5 too, but his year 4 teachers really helped him believe in his abilities...he would never believe me :(

:)

that's why we do only a two year KS3!

I have a feeling KS3 will be squeezed even more between the primary school and the GCSE reforms.

it was given a very high profile about 15-20 years ago but that's all passed on by...