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Good luck to all yr 6 kids starting their week of tests and exams today. My daughter included. Don't agree with it, but she's worked hard and I'm sure she will play her part in making the school league tables look good for the government.
Catherine
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morning Catherine,Im sure my grandaughter has already started,but good luck to 6yr kids everywhere.Certainly all changed since I was at school.
Kay

My oldest did his yr 9 SATs last week and my youngest starts his yr 6 ones today. Roll on the weekend!!! And good luck to them all
Tina xx

good luck year 6s

thanks ladies good luck to your two Tina
catherine
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Good luck to all children taking their SATs,including our youngest daughter,
good luck to your daughter Catherine and to your two Tina

Karen x

Hi Catherine, My son did his sat's last week, he's a bright lad and sailed through them. I told him what I tell the other kids 'don't worry about them they are just tests to see if the school is teaching ok'. I know of some kids who get really strung up about them and some parents who get their kids into a real mess by pushing and pushing them for something that isn't that important.

Bless them all.
AND.... don't let them worry about it.
I too disagree with the whole thing!
Deanna X

Good luck to all those kids, mine is doing those next year.
Last week was sats for my year 9, starting this week GCSE for my year 11.

Lots of revision going on in my house for the last month or so, aided by bribery blackmail and threats of dire murder....

My son is doing his too this week, think im more worried that him lol

My son started his this morning. He's not worried but reckons he will probably die of boredom before the end of the week. Not one to exaggerate my lad.

Karen x

My daughter was saying this morning she has to do a SATs test this week. She's in year 3. Would this be true? I thought they only did them in Yr2 and Yr6 and of course high School.

My daughter is in year 3 and she isn't doing them

My grandaughter and grandson are doing Sats all week.Good Luck to all children that are sitting them this week.

They do them in years 2 4 and 6.

Year 6 Science papers this morning were the toughest ones for years, according to the teachers.............I sat as a reader with one of the year 6 boys and they were struggling:(

I am completely anti SATS....................especially for the poor year 2's..............some of them are still only 6 years old!

Year 2 SATs which are teacher marked / assessed. Year 6 SATs are marked externally. These are the ones used for league tables (to beat schools up with!)

There are Optional SATs papers for years 3, 4 & 5 - schools choose for themselves whether to use them or not to assess progress. The school I worked at used to do them in all years groups, but doesn't any longer - loads of stress and work to tell them what the teachers knew already.

Good luck to all year 6 - including my lovely daughter.
I just sat as a reader for a dyslexic boy and he did really well despite the second paper being pretty tricky.

Some of these kids are only 10 years old - strict exam conditions and stress leading up to SATs week can not be good for the poor souls.

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my year 3 & 5 children are doing QCA's this week so the whole school is stressed !!!

Just adding my good luck wishes to all yr 6's, my son is also doing them this week and my other son did his last week!

My son said the science was easy today - oh dear!!
*wonders what he wrote* lol

Kaz :o)))

Good luck to all yr 6 including my triplets

Star