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?

[JugglingFromHereToThere]

DS thought that too Sticklebug

Guess he figured 4 divided by 2 = 2

But seems the adults aren't that logical.

Meant they all got to go swimming yesterday afternoon though
(Maybe that was the idea - to have a bit of a mid-week break ?)

[mrz]

Went into school this morning to be faced with a burst water main and school closed ... nightmare!

[DamnDeDoubtance]

Our school do optional sats each year. Dd has just finished sats and is now doing cats!?! No idea what they are.

[JugglingFromHereToThere]

I think they're "cognitive ability tests" Damn - and usually done in Y7 by the secondary schools. But I've only just found out about them too, here on Mumsnet. I don't remember DD or her school mentioning them when she was in Y7 a couple of years ago ? Apparently used for setting and streaming more than the SATS, or so I heard.

[lljkk]

What are they doing about y6 SATs, mrz?

Noon update from DD was gleeful report that her team won the school Netball tournament. SATs pressure? What SATs pressure?

[MadeOfStarDust]

Mine - only doing level5 papers said that this year they were a lot easier than the previous years papers... ho hum...

[Sparklingbrook]

Yay. It's over! I will never have to see another SATS paper in my life. Unless the grandchildren are still doing them.

[mrz]

We sent everyone home except Y6 and they did both the level 5 & 6 tests without a break before going home ...

[Ruprekt]

Mrz....what a pain but a nice short day!

Ds had a viral rash all over his body.....not contagious....sat the paper and is pleased with what he did.

Took more piriton and calpol this morning....but it has flared up again now.

[CatelynStark]

My girl arrived home so shattered that she could hardly speak! She did manage to mutter that the Level 6 Maths was horrendous though :(

Ah well, that's the stress over until ruddy year 9!

[Picturesinthefirelight]

Why? What happens in Year 9. I guess they choose their options and are put into sets for them?

Dd has had quite a nice week. Internal tests in the morning then things like house music, leavers play rehearsals etc in the afternoons.

However we found out yesterday she has an important audition next week which could mean a change of senior school choice.

[Sparklingbrook]

DS1 (13) is Year 9. He has just chosen his options, ready to start in Year 10. Hard to keep up any enthusiasm for dropped subjects for the rest of this term.

[Picturesinthefirelight]

I feel like we're in limbo to be honest. Hopefully bybthecend if next week we will know exactly which school dd is going to.

[CatelynStark]

Yes, my middle girl is in Year 9 and has been constantly stressed with endless exams and assessments since September!

She starts year 10 after this half term (which I still can't get my head around) and we still don't know if she's been given all of her options :(

[BackforGood]

really ?
My dd is in Yr9 and thinks it's a 'chilling year' before starting her GCSEs next year.

[Sparklingbrook]

I know DS1 has exams coming up but Year 10 doesn't start til September. I think he is in for a huge shock TBH. He has requested to do Triple Science for some unknown reason.

[float62]

Yahay, they're done and I couldn't give a twotafwaddle about the results but my ds has done them. I s'pose I should post this in special needs given ds (ASD yeah, yeah, blah,blah,etc,etc) was screwed around with no or little school for 4 years but shan't. He did it. He can do the jump through hoop thing that we all have to do. Gosh I can even post here as a proud mummy. Many thanks to his school and his very special teacher.

[seeker]

Some schools start GCSEs in year 9. Bonkers in my opinion.

[Picturesinthefirelight]

Agree. Bonkers.

[BooksandaCuppa]

Well done to float's ds and teacher

[EllenJanesthickerknickers]

I had a look at all the maths papers today. Pretty usual mix of difficulty on the 3 - 5 one, with one strange diagram I hadn't seen on a SATs paper before. The level 6 papers were, well, level 6! Algebra et al. Wonder how DS3 did? We'll have to check back in in early July...

[piratecat]

dd went in feeling sick to do hers, and said there was some graph or something she didn't get at all.

[JugglingFromHereToThere]

Hi fives with float - They're over !

DH even asked DS if he was having a beer to celebrate, and then said not to worry (when DS, slightly bemused, said he didn't have any) - he'd get them in !

[EllenJanesthickerknickers]

Pirate, that might be the diagram I mentioned. Don't want to give anything away and get deleted again but it was a stinker. Take heart that nearly all the DC would have found it tricky so it may lower the thresholds a bit for this paper?

[QuintessentialOHara]

DS1, is in Y6, and sat Level 6 maths today, he is in knots saying "I am letting my school down if I fail" Whoever gave him that idea? I am sure it was motivational pep talk, but come on! Way to increase the pressure on young children! I feel justified in telling him "Rubbish, if you fail you are not letting your school down, your teacher has let down both you and your school".