Good luck

[BERNADETTE]

Good Luck Reece

[blazey]

Out of interest, do people get their children to revise for SAT's and things? I never did, but times have changed a bit now from what I understand and there is more pressure on exams... apparently

[SamF]

I really think the SATS especially in year 9 should be scrapped, the schools heap on the pressure when they do nothing what so ever for the pupils. It has a negative effect in two ways - firstly it puts the children under unnecessary stress and secondly the way schools go about it they make it seem really important, which they then repeat for 2 years for GCSEs however once the pupils realise the SATs were worthless they get the doubt of "Well are GCSEs actually that important or are they having us on again ?"

[flashy]

Originally Posted by blazey

Out of interest, do people get their children to revise for SAT's and things? I never did, but times have changed a bit now from what I understand and there is more pressure on exams... apparently

yes, Reece has been on Revisewise on the net at home for months now, he was really nervous when he went into school this morning, i just told him to try his best and not to worry about them

[BERNADETTE]

Originally Posted by flashytart

yes, Reece has been on Revisewise on the net at home for months now, he was really nervous when he went into school this morning, i just told him to try his best and not to worry about them

All you can ask is that he tries his best

[blazey]

I think SAT's should NOT be scrapped because they are very important when it comes to putting students into a class that suits their ability.

I also never found mine stressful, nor did I revise for them. I don't think it is wise to practice in preparation for SAT's because it gives a bit of a false representation of what you have learned and actually focuses more on what you are capable of memorising. It's a bit like an IQ test, only accurate if not practiced for.

Of course everybody wont agree with me, and that is fair enough, but I can see the benefit of SAT's and your right to an extent Sam because I don't see the real relevance of GCSE's, mainly because you get up to this level and they are never mentioned again except in the odd conversation with friends.

I think the unnecessary stress surrounding exams cant be blamed wholly on teachers, parents often encourage the stress to in my opinion. The people who I find worry most about them are the people who's parents focus on exam results too much, and it just shouldn't be about that, and thankfully it isn't like that at uni otherwise I think I would've lost all faith in education.

[flashy]

i know a lad from Accy who started at Lancaster Uni last September

[lancsdave]

Originally Posted by blazey

I think SAT's should NOT be scrapped because they are very important when it comes to putting students into a class that suits their ability.

There are 39 weeks in a school year. I would class it as poor teaching if they can't tell how good a child is in that time. Scrap the SATS

[blazey]

Originally Posted by lancsdave

There are 39 weeks in a school year. I would class it as poor teaching if they can't tell how good a child is in that time. Scrap the SATS

High school teachers teach several classes a day, it's hard to have the same relationship with the pupils there that you would have with primary school children that you teach every day, all day.

You have SATs at the end of primary school to be put into your classes at high school, then reassessed in year 9 to make sure you are in the right sets for GCSE. I don't recall anyone finding them stressful, they were just something you did. I don't recall anybody revising for them I certainly didn't anyway.

How long have SAT's been used for this purpose? Where they used when you were at school?

[blazey]

Originally Posted by flashytart

i know a lad from Accy who started at Lancaster Uni last September

Chances are I wont know him, and as Medicine is the only course that actually begins at Lancaster Uni in september, I definitely wont know him.

[Lilly]

Originally Posted by lancsdave

There are 39 weeks in a school year. I would class it as poor teaching if they can't tell how good a child is in that time. Scrap the SATS

Although year 6 SATS results are used to decide which set to put children in at secondary school, their main purpose is to assess the performance of the primary school.

Children tend to get very nervous about these exams and although they are told to relax it's easier said than done as it is such an intense week with lots of tests to be done.

However, if they fall to pieces on the day, don't get the results they deserve and finish up in a lower band at secondary school, the teachers will soon realise when they start secondary and see their work that they should be in a higher band and it is easily rectified.

The main thing to remember is that it is the school under examination, not the child.