SATs! Help Me!
SATs met the year 6s on the week beginning 8th of May and many of the pupils were feeling anxious. If you do not know, SATs are a national set of exams for Year 6s and they petrify some people. The entire year had been preparing for what seemed like ages in English and Maths lessons and sometimes other lessons as well. In registration, there had been tons of revision worksheets handed out and we felt like we had not had a registration with a chance to read for years. (hyperbole - and brackets! With a dash and exclamation mark thrown in for good measure.)
SATs met the year 6s on the week beginning 8th of May and many of the pupils were feeling anxious. If you do not know, SATs are a national set of exams for Year 6s and they petrify some people. The entire year had been preparing for what seemed like ages in English and Maths lessons and sometimes other lessons as well. In registration, there had been tons of revision worksheets handed out and we felt like we had not had a registration with a chance to read for years. (hyperbole - and brackets! With a dash and exclamation mark thrown in for good measure.)
English and Maths lessons had been filled with practise tests; reminding us about active and passive voice and the present perfect tense (we know some people are reading this thinking ‘you what?’), practising three mark reading answers, completing countless arithmetic tests about angles and fractions and circles. It had been very tiring and we knew every single Year Six pupil just could not wait for them to be over. When SATs are over, we thought no one will want to have any more revision… EVER AGAIN!
We asked a few pupils about how they had coped with revision and how they felt about the SATs.
“I am a bit nervous about the SATs because my previous test results have been very good and I hope my score doesn’t go down.” Katie, 6NS.
“I’m feeling a bit scared, but if I pass, I will be happy.” Freya, 6NS.
“I’m not feeling that nervous because it’s like any other test, just more important. However, I’m slightly nervous about my scores as they have been really good in the past.” Sana, 6NS
“I’m feeling relaxed as we’ve done lots of practice. We know what’s coming.” Leila, 6NG
“A mixture of excitement and slightly nervous. I’ll be happy with myself if I do well.” Alex, 6NS
By Katie, Freya, Sana 6NS and dedicated to everyone in Year 6 who had to put up with SATs