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You're watching Newsround, this Monday afternoon, Ayshah here. | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
Make sure you stick around, because we have all | :00:00. | :00:07. | |
With SATS week having begun, we take a look at whether tests | :00:08. | :00:13. | |
I do feel quite pressured because I don't want to mess up. I feel like I | :00:14. | :00:25. | |
have forgotten everything. First, how do you feel | :00:26. | :00:32. | |
when you have exams coming up? Confident, worried or a bit | :00:33. | :00:35. | |
stressed? Hundreds of thousands of pupils | :00:36. | :00:37. | |
in England are taking Standard Assessment Tests, | :00:38. | :00:40. | |
or SATs, this week. In a survey for Newsround, | :00:41. | :00:43. | |
87% of ten and 11-year-olds questioned said they feel pressure | :00:44. | :00:47. | |
to do well in school tests. Hayley's been asking | :00:48. | :00:51. | |
children in Manchester who are sitting their SATS, | :00:52. | :00:53. | |
how they're feeling. How are you feeling about Europe | :00:54. | :01:10. | |
starts coming up soon? I do feel quite pressured | :01:11. | :01:15. | |
because I don't want to mess I can't really get to sleep as much | :01:16. | :01:18. | |
and not that easily. Preparing for any test can be | :01:19. | :01:24. | |
a stressful time and it's going to be a really busy week | :01:25. | :01:30. | |
for hundreds of thousands of ten and 11-years-olds, | :01:31. | :01:32. | |
who start their week of SATs today. The tests in England keep track | :01:33. | :01:35. | |
of how primary school They can also affect | :01:36. | :01:37. | |
which class students go into when they move up | :01:38. | :01:42. | |
to high school. The lessons taught in schools | :01:43. | :01:47. | |
and the way children are tested Hundreds of children answered | :01:48. | :01:50. | |
questions in a survey for Newsround More than half said say they feel | :01:51. | :01:59. | |
some pressure to do well, while over a quarter said | :02:00. | :02:08. | |
they feel a lot of pressure. Many said they feel nervous before | :02:09. | :02:11. | |
tests while others said And they told us the pressure can | :02:12. | :02:15. | |
make them sad and moody, But nearly half of children | :02:16. | :02:23. | |
questioned said they didn't mind taking the tests and some even said | :02:24. | :02:28. | |
they enjoyed them. Last Tuesday meant a day out | :02:29. | :02:34. | |
of school for some children - their parents kept them off | :02:35. | :02:37. | |
in protest at the way Thousands of people signed | :02:38. | :02:39. | |
a petition telling the Government the tests put children under | :02:40. | :02:44. | |
too much pressure. The Government says that tests | :02:45. | :02:47. | |
are important and should not be Tests help teachers identify | :02:48. | :02:52. | |
and provide the support pupils need as well as giving parents a picture | :02:53. | :02:58. | |
of how their child is doing." What advice would you give other | :02:59. | :03:08. | |
children stressed and worried? Keep calm and just try to keep your | :03:09. | :03:13. | |
mind off it until it comes. We all know exam time can be | :03:14. | :03:22. | |
worrying for some of you, but there's loads you can do to stop | :03:23. | :03:25. | |
yourself getting too stressed out. Here are some of CBBC's famous faces | :03:26. | :03:28. | |
to tell us how they coped Are used to work really hard at | :03:29. | :03:43. | |
school and before exams, that's what used to make me nervous. I used to | :03:44. | :03:48. | |
stay behind school and talk to my teachers and we used to work one on | :03:49. | :03:55. | |
one. Always take a moment and brief. It sounds like such a silly thing | :03:56. | :04:02. | |
but honestly, taking deep breaths is everything. Try your best, try and | :04:03. | :04:07. | |
get everything on the page, that is all you can do. Have faith in | :04:08. | :04:11. | |
yourself, keep calm and do your best. | :04:12. | :04:12. | |
And if you want any more info on how to deal with exam stress, | :04:13. | :04:16. | |
then go to Newsround online, where Hayley has more | :04:17. | :04:18. | |
There's loads of other stuff worth taking a look at too, | :04:19. | :04:22. | |
including the big goat chase that saw these cheeky animals making | :04:23. | :04:25. | |
a run for it during the opening ceremony of a farmer's market | :04:26. | :04:28. | |
It took about 40 people to eventually catch and return them. | :04:29. | :04:34. | |
And there's another story which has the safest way to spot the planet | :04:35. | :04:37. | |
Mercury from Earth today - you've got until before 8 tonight. | :04:38. | :04:42. | |
All that and more waiting for you online now. | :04:43. | :04:46. | |
That's all from me and the team today. | :04:47. | :04:48. | |
Newsround's back tomorrow morning with Leah at 7.40am. | :04:49. | :04:52. |