How to maximise the Easter holiday for SATs preparation

If your child is in Year 6 and preparing for their Key Stage 2 SATs, you may be wondering how to keep the momentum going during the Easter school holiday. Atom's Education Experts are here to help you get the most out of holiday learning.

Discover how to help your child use this time effectively to minimise stress and maximise confidence when the SATs come around. Keep reading for activity inspiration and to get your hands on a limited Easter discount for Atom Nucleus!

How to maximise the Easter holiday

Watch our parent webinar:

In this webinar, Gemma, Atom's Head of Customer Success, discusses:

• How you should be structuring your child's learning

• How you can track and accelerate your child's progress using your Parent Portal

• How you can keep your child motivated during the school break

How to prepare for Year 6 SATs

You can also watch our webinar How to Prepare for Year 6 SATs for advice on how to help your child be ready for this year’s exams. You can watch the recording of this webinar at any time.

SATs tips and guidance

• How to prepare for Year 6 SATs

• What to expect from the Year 6 SATs maths exam

• What to expect from the Year 6 SATs English exam

• How to prepare for exams mentally and emotionally

• Download these helpful KS2 SATs checklists to help structure your child's revision:

Maths SATs checklist

English SATs checklist

• How to add Atom to your child's routine

• Looking ahead to help your child transition to Year 7

• Make the most of SATs Mock Tests on Atom Nucleus:

Resources, activities and quizzes

• 5 ways to engage your child with reading

• 5 ways to help your child with maths

• Everyday ways to engage your child with science

• 5 simple science experiments to try at home

Easter Holiday Live Lessons

For a fun and interactive way to keep your child engaged with their learning, sign them up to join Atom's Live Lessons.

Get your Easter Holidays Live Lesson timetable here:

Taught by some of the UK's best teachers, these sessions are designed to help students master key subjects, excel in exams and build academic confidence. Mark these dates in your calendar:

SATs prep courses

• Maths: 28th March and 11th April, 4.15pm

• Spelling, punctuation and grammar: 4th April, 4.15pm

Year 6 Club

• Stats and graphs: 31st March, 5pm

• Mechanisms: pulleys, levers and gears: 7th April, 5pm

• Mean, median and mode: 14th April, 5pm

Lessons for younger siblings

Atom has lessons for younger siblings too, with maths FUNdamentals and junior quiz club to keep children in Years 3 and 4 engaged.

Go on a learning journey with Atom Nucleus

For the ultimate independent learning experience for your child, try Atom Nucleus. Get 20% off Nucleus during Easter using the code EASTER20 (valid between 10th - 18th April).

Your child will work through fun, interactive worlds to achieve points and badges.

Atom's 90,000+ questions, written by expert teachers, will take them on a personalised learning journey to master all content they need for the SATs, at the pace that is right for them.

If you have any questions about your child's Key Stage 2 education or their SATs preparation journey, Atom's Education Experts are on hand to support you every step of the way.

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Parent WhatsApp groups

If your child is currently in Year 6, why not join our Year 6 WhatsApp group? You'll get access to free resources to help your child continue to excel throughout Year 6, plus Education Expert advice on preparing for SATs and the transition to secondary school.