It’s almost time for the SATs. Last year this time, Jadyn was ear deep in workbooks and practice papers.
I know a lot of people believe that the SATS don’t count for anything but through experience let me tell you that they do. They determine the set that your child will get into when she enters secondary school. Yes, there is always scope to better oneself throughout the year but the initial set is determined by the SATs and of course, any entrance examinations the school may have.
And it’s always good to enter secondary school on a higher set. It does wonders for self-confidence.
I did tell Jadyn last year that the SATs were important and she worked hard. She was rewarded with good results.
She did find these books and practice test papers very helpful.
Letts KS2 Success have the SATs Revision Guides which teach about the different topics and have questions to work out. It is a great way for revising all you have learnt in the years leading unto Year 6.
You can then purchase the SATs practice papers which have 4 complete papers with answers. These are really handy for preparation for the real thing as you can time your child.
The books are targeted to 7 – 11 so you don’t really need to wait until just before the SATs to start with these books. Ideally, I feel it would be better to start working on the books in Year 5.
Check out http://www.letts-revision.co.uk/index.html for more information on these books. There is also an offer on at the moment where you can get 30% off the books until 1st May 2017.
Since I found these books so helpful, I’ve joined with Harper Collins to giveaway a set of SATs books worth £50. All you need to do is enter the giveaway below.
Baking and home economics fun
We had a brilliant teacher and has left me with a life long love of food cakes and nutrition
My favourite memory is sitting out on the school lawn to have lessons on warm days.
going to Holland for a week
My favourite memory of school is playing around on the keyboards (music lesson) with my friend then getting told off. We then decided to try and press as many buttons as we could without getting caught, but as soon as we pressed the “DJ” button the keyboard crashed, went on to full volume and kept repeating DJDJDJDJDJDJDJDJDJDJDJDJDJDJDJDJ over and over again. We were rolling around on the floor laughing…
I have had many enjoyable moments, such as sport team victories and just general tom foolery, but I don’t think that I have ever laughed as much as I did then…
Books look very useful
I used to love cookery lessons at school…..I have some great memories from those lessons. The fun I had and of course all the yummy cakes x
I loved going to the library at lunch time and searching at the pages of Where’s Wally 🙂 x
perfect for helping my son fingers crossed fantastic giveaway
I loved PE and was a good all rounder
when it ended haha 😛 I didn’t really get on too well at school!
Coming first on a spelling test.
I loved history lessons at school, still to this day I can remember the enjoyment of discovering history of the past
Mine is dressing up as a Dalmatian for the very first World Book Day!
We had a talent show one year and me and 4 friends did our own version of “Spice Girls” it was crap. but hilarious ! We all loved it x
Winning the new Harry Potter book at the time (goblet of fire) for my neat handwriting. I remember it was only newly released and everyone wanted to read it! 🙂
I loved playing in the playground