KS1 SATS prepration

[amaranaveed]

Hi.
I am preparing my daughter for KS1 SATS. can some tell me any good websites with resources that can help?
many thanks

No, you don't need them!
The school will do all the "preparation" she needs. All you need to do is what you would normally, read with her, talk about the books, write a couple of shopping lists, add up some change-the usual!

Please don't do any more than that. It's not necessary and might put some additional pressure on your daughter which isn't needed

Absolutely no need!

Please don't tell you DD that she is about to sit a test. Don't call it test. Don't talk about it. Hopefully the school will not tell the children that they are about to sit some tests. This is the approach our school had and DS had no idea he sat any tests and I have no idea when he did them and the score for that matter (he is in Yr 4 now).

(Oh, and in our family academia is very important (double degrees, Oxbridge etc) but at the right time! KS1 is not the right time (and I'd rather avoid SATS for KS2 too, if I can).)

If you ask teachers at my school they'll just say make sure they've had a good breakfast that morning, and didn't go to bed too late the night before!

There is absolutely no benefit to the child if you do this, and it could even cause problems down the line.

The purpose of ks1 stats is (1) to assess the teaching and (2) to provide a standardised reference point against which to measure future progress.

If you do extra prep then (1) only benefits the school at the expense of your child feeling stressed out by the extra pressure.

If you do extra prep then (2) will mean that your child gets less recognition for future achievements as they will be judged against the wrong criteria, which could damage their confidence.

The only prep that is worthwhile is constant reassurance that they are OK no matter what level they achieve so long as they are doing their best.