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14.07.2023 - 19:33 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Primary school SATs tests are something endured by most youngsters, with schools and teachers just pleased to get them done and dusted.
So imagine kids being told they needed to resit because theirs had got lost in the post. That's exactly what happened to Year 6 pupils at Sacred Heart RC Primary School in Westhoughton, Bolton, earlier this week.
The three classes made up of around 60 children were told they would need to resit their spelling test, because theirs had gone amiss. But no tests had been lost and there was no resit.
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When they opened their papers they were met with a pizza menu instead, to choose which Domino's they would like for their end of school party next week.
The moment pupils were sitting in silence ready to do their test, before eventually realising it was all a prank, was captured on film by the school and, after being shared on Facebook, has quickly gone viral.
If you listen you can hear the teacher telling the rather glum looking kids: "This is the English grammar, punctuation and spelling paper two, please open your papers to page three."
A few seconds of silence ensues before they clock on to what's happened, with one saying 'come on, oh sir', followed by laughter as the pupils put their heads in their hands.
Aidan Edwards, one of four Year 6 teachers at the school, was the brains behind the prank and said the pupils took it well.
"I'd been toying with the idea, but at the same time I was thinking 'will they find it funny?'," he said.
"They'd all been asking about the pizza party as it's something we have at the end of Year 6, so we kept just saying 'we'll see'.
"We have three different Year 6 classes and had kind of all said
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