Dear Mr Year Six Teacher, Don’t worry, don’t fret, the time is nearly here. On Monday the SATs begin and it’s time for your class to be tested. You’ve worked so hard, day after day, cramming it all in. Staying late each day, coming in on Saturdays and holidays. Barely time to consume your…
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Word of the Week – School
This week has been focused around School. Star has been having assessments, they seem to have them every term at her school and often there are classroom changes afterwards depending on the results. They could move to a higher class or down to a lower one. Star was incredibly nervous at the beginning of the…
Schoolday Trials and Tribulations Part One: SATS
This time of year many young children are gearing up for their Statutory Assessment Tests, or SATs. Boo is in year six and her SATs are in May but already her workload has increased to a ridiculous amount. Each day she is bringing home at least two pages of homework, all SATs related. They are…
Word of the Week – Emotions
This week has been all about emotions. At the beginning of the week my little girl showed her first signs of becoming a young lady. I don’t think I’m ready yet, is it really time for her to start growing up. We had a lot of emotion, in particular as she didn’t deal with it…
Word of the Week – Treats
This week the Little Man has been doing his SATS, I do think it’s wrong for children as young as six to have this pressure. The school has been very good but you can see that he has been working hard all week. Today I’ll be giving him a treat for all his hard work….