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Have just had a note to say parents can find out about Yr2 SATS at meeting next week.
I have always thought I wouldnt worry too much about these, however I have a DD with very mild CP (registered as special needs at school). Her writing is incredibly slow and difficult to read.

My question is - should I be asking for extra time or something for her - I have heard of children being given extra time for dyslexia for example so I think maybe DD's condition justifies it also?
I am not overly concerned as to what result she gets - does the result affect anything for the future?
If I dont question it now, will it make it harder for her to get extra time in the future - would it be better to get something in place now from the start?
Teachers have not said anything at all to me so I assume they would just leave her to do her best.

Does she get extra support in the classroom?

Oh am so sorry I didnt put a title on this - you can tell I dont start threads very often. I dont suppose I can fix that now can I?

She is on something called Action Plus which means she gets a little help but basically they just help her out as needed - so getting dressed for PE for example, or carrying her lunch tray and cutting up her food. They do a few different things with her during PE and make those sort of allowances for her. But she doesnt have a statement.

I think its generally down to the school to make the decision about extra time. My ds has a statement and although intellectually capable of doing his SATs pretty much refused to do much of them apart from numeracy. The school were allowed to write a teachers report for him instead.

If you have concerns then approach the school now and talk to them about it. Don't woory too much about SATs results at this stage though - in the long term they aren't really important.

I wouldn't worry about the results in themselves but I think it's a good idea to get your DD all the help she's entitled to (like extra time if she physically needs it). My Ds is deaf and he gets a little bit of modification to his tests (the bits that are presented orally, for example, rather than in writing).