This is what I meant really. I know how my daughter can act in situations where she is nervous and she can sometimes try and hide these nerves by being silly. She has only just turned 10 after all, so I don't expect her to have full control of her emotions just yet - maybe by 11 she will though
As for her "mucking about" during the exam, I'm not sure where in my post I said, or even inferred this, but this is not the case. I expect her to be well behaved, as she is the majority of the time and she would certainly not distract other children and this is the reason why I haven't talked to her about this, as I don't believe I needed to.
I was just thinking about whether it would be better for her to be in a room with children she knew or didn't know. Before I got the letter, I probably would have said with children she knew, but thinking about it, I'm not so sure.
I will certainly mention to her that she must concentrate on her work and not pay attention to anything else in the room, whatever it might be, but I probably would have done this the night before anyway, as like many of the other children, she hasn't done anything like this before.
Just a topic to debate, not a big deal really, perhaps I should worry more about her maths skills.
Thanks for your replies.
J