A letter from school

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  1. Angela Toucan

    Angela Toucan I keep looking for THAT wardrobe

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    Joy has Year 6 SATs next week Monday through to Thursday - Standard Assessment Tests for children aged 10/11 years, which I personally disapprove of. She brought this letter home from school with her today. I'm very happy with the contents of this letter.
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  2. BevG

    BevG If I can't remember it, it didn't happen

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    Very encouraging!
     
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  3. carrie1977

    carrie1977 Tequila and Taco Tuesday

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    How fun! My kid is in the middle of state testing and has still had homework, so yeah....lol
     
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  4. HeatherB

    HeatherB Ain't nothin wrong with a few dust bunnies!

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    What a great letter!!
     
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  5. KimJ

    KimJ Did you check in the refrigerator?

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    I love that! What a wonderful attitude!
     
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  6. jk703

    jk703 CEO of Anything and Everything, Everywhere

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    Love this!
     
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  7. Tree City

    Tree City Get a stepladder, I'm busy

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    How wonderful! I wish more schools would hand out "homework" like this. :)
     
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  8. Cherylndesigns

    Cherylndesigns All glasses should be bigger than 1.5 oz

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    What a great letter, Angela.
     
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  9. jenn mccabe

    jenn mccabe She's OUR sunshine!

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  10. amandac

    amandac Read, or Run? Hmmm ...

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    My youngest will start her final year 12 QCS test next semester (for university admissions, she desperately wants to do a dual nursing/para-medicine degree) and she gets very nervous and worked up about it. I tell her over and over, she can't prepare for it she just has to relax and let it happen but I am going to give her that check list .... not all of it can be done by a "too Cool" teenager but some of it will make her smile! Thanks for sharing such a positive letter Angela!
     
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  11. IntenseMagic

    IntenseMagic Some grannies cuss a lot. I'm some grannies.

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    We are in the middle of state testing right now and I absolutely love this!!
     
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  12. bellbird

    bellbird Pollywog

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    next week is NAPLAN here for both mine (same sort of testing really that they do every second year from yr3 to yr9 to give some kind of between states benchmark because their curriculums must differ!? (ie. i dont know why but anyway, i wish all the schools gave out a letter like this!
     
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  13. bestcee

    bestcee In love with places I've never been to

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    That's awesome! Our friends are all in texting right now. It sucks how stressed they are!
     
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  14. StefanieS

    StefanieS Think it over, think it under

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  15. marijke

    marijke Weekends are for wine.

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    awesome letter ...
     
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  16. cfile

    cfile My bags are packed for Platform 9 3/4

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    wondeful letter!!! Good luck to Joy on her tests!
     
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  17. Juliestcyr

    Juliestcyr Grammar nerd and proud of it

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    My youngest has the Grade 6 EQAO (Evil Questions Attacking Ontario) this year. It's standardized testing in grades 3, 6 and 9. I have so many arguments against standardized testing. But mostly, I remind kids that although they are filling out the forms, it is their teachers and principal who are actually being tested. Everytime the results arrive in the mail, I rip them up and throw them out without looking at them.
     
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  18. cookingmylife

    cookingmylife Pizza would be my last meal, except ...

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    Your school is very wise!
     
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  19. gonewiththewind

    gonewiththewind I choose joy.

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    I totally agree with our children being challenged and tested to make sure they are mastering concepts . . . to use as a tool for the teacher to review and address those that are perhaps not hitting the mark. Otherwise, it's something that's always stressed me out when I had to take them, and it stresses me out for my son who is in the middle of testing now.

    I would be DELIGHTED to get a letter like this! I think it's awesome!
     
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  20. Karen

    Karen Wiggle it, just a little bit!

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    That is great!
     
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