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The weekend before SATs...

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JustCallMeJones · 03/05/2018 18:35

My dm has offered to have Ds from Fri until Sunday on the weekend before SATs.

Currently Ds seems to be doing lots of SATs revision at school, has brought papers home etc

How will you be preparing your dc the weekend before?

Ds doesn’t seem fazed by them atm, in fact he tells me he’s looking forward to them

Is it best just to chill out and think ‘what will be will be’ and let him go to my dm, where he will late nights, haribos and loads of fun

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nicknamehelp · 11/05/2018 11:37

Chilling out teachers have stressed dd enough. No one will ever ask her again what her SAT results are. High School will do their own tests/ assessments to see where to put her (apart from maths/English our high school doesn't do sets for year7) so whatever the results it will have no adverse or positive impact on her life. I am just proud of her and whst she has achieved.

lorisparkle · 11/05/2018 11:42

My ds had a normal, relaxing weekend and a normal bedtime Sunday. No fuss, no pressure. School provided toast first thing on the mornings as well.

However In our area SATs are used by the secondary school to set the children in many subjects and used to predict their GCSE result so they are not just for the school or government.

nicknamehelp · 11/05/2018 11:53

They are used to predict grades but it's a prediction not a you only got this in SATs so can't get a whatever level in GCSEs so I don't agree they have any affect on their lives. My d's is in year 9 and in completely different sets to what he was in in year 7 so again onve High School get them no affect on child whatever SAT results child has. It's all for primary school heading and poor kids are caught up in it.

cansu · 11/05/2018 18:28

I am a year 6 teacher and I would say forget about revision. They need to have a normal weekend and not worry about the tests.

JiltedJohnsJulie · 11/05/2018 18:38

DD is currently at Cricket Practive and will spend the rest of the weekend either doing sport or eating chocolate and watching YouTube. If we’re really lucky she may bake a cake or even talk to us.

She is far more interested in auditioning for the end of year play than she’ll ever be in SATS.

Don’t get me wrong, I want her to do as well as she can, but our school retest in September and move them all around anyway.

ILikeyourHairyHands · 11/05/2018 18:41

DS is sailing tomorrow then off for a birthday sleepover, Sunday we're all off for a family lunch.

No stress here.

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JustCallMeJones · 12/05/2018 10:37

He’s gone to dm, no stress.

Will be glad when the week’s over for them all.

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vickibee · 12/05/2018 10:40

My son has asd and is worrying really badly. Fortunately he is on a short break today doing an outdoor scout like activity so that should take his mind off it.

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JustCallMeJones · 12/05/2018 11:13

Vickibee, hope your Ds enjoys his stress free day today.

Ds keeps stating how much he’s looking forward to the tests but I can’t help wondering if he’s masking the way he’s feeling, he’s been a bit snippy with me this week.

Good luck everyone, this time next week we’ll have a wedding to watch (or football )

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vickibee · 12/05/2018 16:04

Footy any day over a royal wedding.

Frogletmamma · 12/05/2018 17:17

Eurovision party tonight...and preparation for confirmation tomorrow.

Magaggie · 12/05/2018 17:24

Haven't given it a thought until now. I personally don't care if DD draws smiley faces all over her SATS papers. The school have pushed them so hard and lied to them about their SATS that it's annoyed me.

VanGoghsLeftEar · 12/05/2018 17:30

My dd is currently playing games on her 3DS. She's been given revision but it'll be up to her if she wants to do it. I hold no stock with SATs. Our attitude is, just do your best, and that's all you can do. I find they take up a lot of Y6 time.

Starlight2345 · 12/05/2018 17:41

My Ds has been swimming with a friend now they are Sat in front of Tv with Pizza.

I do know someone who has stopped sports for the last few weeks until after Sats . Now that is crazy imo

Frogletmamma · 13/05/2018 17:23

Good luck to all the sats kids tomorrow!

vickibee · 13/05/2018 18:50

My son has 20 percent extra time which he has objected to, says he doesn’t want to spend a minute more than he has to doing silly tests. The English one is so bloody hard

cansu · 13/05/2018 19:29

I understand why many people are against sats as they do make the Y6 curriculum very narrow and dull. I wish we didn't have them! However, I also find many people's attitudes on here rather odd. They reject the SATs and often say they don't care how their children do and would prefer they just doodled on their paper etc etc. At the same time, many of these same people will reject a school with a poor Ofsted grading and poor results in SATS. It is very difficult for a school with poor results to achieve a good rating. Your child's teachers no doubt find cramming for SATs tedious and would rather be doing more interesting work with your children. Unfortunately if the school does not achieve good results the school will be deemed to be failing the pupils. Very few parents are happy for their children to remain in a 'failing' school with teachers leaving and other undesirable consequences.

Parker231 · 13/05/2018 19:36

SAT’s are for the benefit of the school. They will have no impact onto what happens to GCSE’s. In the best schools the children will not even know when the SAT’s are. Lots of revision, extra homework and practice classes are not a true reflection on the ability of any Yr 6 pupil.

nicknamehelp · 13/05/2018 20:19

We'll said Parker

MedusaBadHairDay · 13/05/2018 20:49

I agree with you cansu it’s a vicious circle. The do have a slight bearing on high school setting - in some high schools - and they are used now as a base marker of the “flight path” of gcse predicted grades. Every report I’ve had over the last two years for my ds now coming to the end of year 8 has used this prediction to say whether is is below standard, at standard or exceeding. As he didn’t actually try too hard in his sats he is now exceeding in most subjects at high school. This is mainly due to him really enjoying the way high school works with specialist teachers rather than just one or two all year for everything at primary

MissWimpyDimple · 13/05/2018 21:31

My poor girl is in tears. Worrying about what happens to her if she fails.

I haven't said anything about that so it must be coming from the school.

I'm so cross about it. The bloody school is so soft on everything else, no grading, no testing, no competition blah blah and then pile it on the poor kids.

cansu · 13/05/2018 22:12

The children are not daft; they know it is different from other tests, precisely because it is their first real experience of a formal exam. If you dislike SATs, then parents need to be supportive of calls to get rid of them. How can a school prepare children for a demanding series of tests without telling the children?

Muchtoomuchtodo · 13/05/2018 22:20

Blimey.

In Wales they sit national tests every year from year 2-9. It's just something that happens every year and is much more low key than the English SATS seem to be.
I'm not a massive fan of them, but don't object as they're not a source of stress to the kids.
Is it so different because SATS are only done twice?
Whatever, I hope all those having to sit them don't worry themselves about them and manage to do their best.

MegBusset · 13/05/2018 22:23

We have been to our caravan and had a lovely long walk today. No homework or revision at all.

Our high school no longer use SATS results for Y7 setting as they have found it so unreliable as a marker of ability. They ignore them and do their own assessment in Y7.

I have a bright, motivated child and loathe the SATS - the narrowing of the curriculum has really spoiled Y6 for him and for the first time ever he's been saying he's bored at school.

PiggeryPorcombe · 13/05/2018 22:43

In the best schools the children will not even know when the SAT’s are

Not sure how ds could not notice he’s sat in the hall with the other 120 yr6 kids doing the tests rather than in his normal classroom? I think at 11 he might suspect something

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