Booster homework:SATS

maman

securityguy wrote: »

...there's not that many people over fifty teaching in KS1 and KS2

Don't you believe it. If Gove has his way (if he's not too busy pontificating on how bonkerooney it would be not to have a referendum on Europe) they'll be teaching until 68 at least!:rotfl:

Egypt191

Thanks for all the great advice I received, it's now just coming to the end of the SATs and I thought I'd update.

DS wanted to sit the SATs in the end as his practice ones went well, but all pressure was removed from him by the school by not forcing him to complete boosters in the end, and not forcing him into booster classes (this is where the advice I received was invaluable:)).

He found the first SAT really stressful, got a migraine and had to leave. Myself and the head spoke about what was going to work best for DS and came up with the plan of he came into school for the tests and then came home. Result, one very relaxed child, one very happy school, and no migraines! He took his level 6 today, and was relaxed and felt happy!! Hopefully they'll learn from this, DS3 takes his SATs next year so time will tell..

Thank you all again, the support and advice was much needed

Strapped

Sorry to come late to the thread, but just to say, I'm so glad I didn't read this before the SATS. My son also has Asperger Syndrome, and is extremely bright, but he is at a special school due to his inability to cope with a busy school environment. His school don't set ANY homework (but have a slightly extended school day) because of the difficulties many children on the ASD spectrum have with "school" work at home. They didn't make a big deal about the SATs, maybe because it's an all-through school (so no transition to secondary) and because special schools don't have to report their results. My son still managed to be extremely anxious about them (to the point that he was physically sick on the first day and missed the reading test). Too much pressure for primary kids, I think. My younger son is at a "normal" (for want of a better word), very middle-class mainstream school full of pushy parents so I am dreading him coming up to SATS in a couple of years. (And all the 11+ coaching - which he definitely won't be doing...)