Dear Year 6,
Well, today is the day that you  would have been taking your first SATs test. It’s strange to think of how different today would have been if things had been normal – the nerves and the excitement – and that’s just me! 
I just wanted to tell you how proud I am of you all. I have been constantly impressed by the maturity, determination and perseverance you have shown already this year and how hard you worked towards your SATs. I’m sorry that you didn’t get the opportunity to show   that this week, and to experience the sense of achievement that you so deserved from your results. But. You don’t need a scaled score to prove your success. You are, each of you, amazing, talented and special. 
I hope you measure yourself instead by what you have already achieved. You are the sum of your years at St. Peter’s and all your experiences here. You have achieved lots academically for sure, but so much more besides that. You have developed social skills that will shape your life, made lifetime friendships, fallen out, made up, defended each other, played  and laughed and cried together. You have developed your many talents and grown in confidence: learning new sports and instruments, singing, dancing and performing, speaking in public, for some staying away from home for the first time! and realising that it’s good to take risks sometimes. You have developed your spirituality: prayed together, shared your journey of faith and experienced what it is like to be a part of a wider family. 
None of this can be measured by a test.
I’ve been lucky to spend 2 years of your primary school life with you (not sure you will feel the same) and have watched you grow from those littlies who were still struggling to do their tie to the wonderful group of young people you have become. It has been a pleasure and a privilege. Thank you.
As you will have heard, it looks like we’ll be back in school in June and  I’m really looking forward to celebrating your last weeks of primary school together.
Year 6, you are the best!
Mrs Barber