Bloody SATS

[Ledkr]

I know they are important to schools but its madness at dds school. They've gone on and on at them a out it for months, extra homework, extra lessons and generally created a great deal of expectation and stress.
Poor dd gets migraines and they are currently rife due to her worry over sats. She thinks they will impact on her going to her already allocated secondary school.
Then yesterday she came out with a list her teacher had given them. Apparently it's bed early a d a good breakfast (preferably cooked) which obviously all children need everyday.
It seems ott to me but hey.
Anyone got any comparisons?

DD came home with a big smile on her face. i was expecting to deal with the fallout from this morning

DD said she enjoyed the tests and only found one question hard.

She told me tomorrow is the SPAG test. DD called it the spagbol test.

I'm so relieved DD is more positive.

SPAG homework the night before the SPAG test? Really? Does your DS want to do this or are the school insane enough to make him?

DD2 tells me the Yr6 are not stressed out at all, seems like her school is keeping it low key. I hope it's the same next year when she's in Yr6. She had a go at the L3 to L5 sample SPAG paper online (I couldn't stop her!) and really enjoyed it, strange girl that she is.

he says it's due in tomorrow pointy.

But he's doing the SPAG test tomorrow! I mean, what's the point? I don't blame you for being , if he hasn't misunderstood then his school is really losing it!

DD2 already knows I will shield her from this kind of nonsense if her school are mad enough to try it, but then I am an obstreperous and contrary so and so strong-willed.

androbbob I doubt there's that much difference between the top of the middle set and the bottom of the top set. DD1 is in Yr7 and the range in her top maths set is mid-level 5 to high level 6/borderline 7. The teachers know how to differentiate even in that group.

DS1 said the lvl 3-5 paper was easy, but there was one really hard question in the lvl 6 paper that he's unsure if he got right or not.

He's obviously had to use his brain today - he took himself off to bed at 7pm, which is unheard of - his usual bedtime is 9.30 on a school night, and he doesn't usually fall asleep until gone 11pm!

I can't wait for Friday!

dd said it was about wolves, was quite good as she likes wolves, but would have preferred something about Take That. Then she came in, ate a double decker and played sonic on the Wii.

that's my girl!!

DD said that the level 3-5 was easy but found the 6 quite hard, as aparently did the others doing the level 6 paper, which was about swimming apparently.

So SPAG tomorrow, will be glad to get that one over with. The onto maths and she's only doing level 3-5 so no worries about level 6.

Roll on Thursday 3pm!

According to DD1, in the level 6 paper, the passage was easier than usual but the questions were much harder and her brain froze. So that's encouraging !

Completely off topic here but I'm new and was wondering if someone could tell me how to post my own post please?.

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welcome!

Aw, my poor DS. He has gone in coughing and sneezing, loaded with tissues and cough sweets and dosed up on paracetomol . He wouldn't hear of not going in though; too indoctrinated over the last few months about how Very Very Important SATs are

We sent a note asking that he is allowed home after the exam. He isn't doing level 6 thankfully. If he was I would still have wanted him home after the morning paper.

Aww Lack poor soul. He'll be back soon. x

So, is it spagbol for tea tonight then ?

SPAG bol all round. or will it be GASP as it was reeaaallyy hard?

So long as there are no GAPS in their knowledge. Boom boom!

This thread has just appeared. It's not right is it?

Day 2. DS1 doing level 5 & 6 SPAG today and was VERY grumpy as we walked to school this morning. Sounded like he missed out about 3 or 4 questions yesterday as 'the page was stuck together'... Oh dear. Never mind - roll on end of Thursday.

My dd came home really happy - she sat the 3-5 paper and was pleased she got to the end of it and only left out one question. She said it wasn't the easiest paper she'd done (4 or 5 practise papers at school) but it wasn't the hardest either...

Why all the "level 6 was hard though" stuff - of course it was! It's supposed to be....

Oh and dd went skipping off to school today - SPAG is her "favourite" test - strange girl!!

DS1 (13) was 'SPAG? What on earth is that?!' when DS2 told him what the test was.

dd1 year 2came home yesterday. says her teacher been out again at meetings.

shes in mixed year 1class but phonics test not until june.
she passed phonics test last year.

doesnt appear shes had any tests.

however she was talking to a year 5 about sats.
I said oh really what is a sat shes like mum its an exam and test that year 6 take.

Why do they take it? its to help determine what group they in for senior school.

Are you sure? did the year 5 or year 6 kids tell you this?
no the year 5 teacher when I asked her

so would school perpetuate that myth that it determines sets in year 7 to try get them work harder?

Then my weird child says I cant wait to do my sats.

maybe in 4years things will change.

im assuming year 2sats possibly next week as teacher said few weeks ago they not happened yet and happen in may.