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KS2 SATS - what does

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MrsEff · 11/05/2006 23:36

my 9 yr old (yr4) is very able at maths and his teacher sent a note home tonight saying that he had given my son a yr5 maths SAT and he was only 2 marks off grade 5B.
He sates he is 2 levels ahead of his year group.
now the tricky bit....
He goes on to say that he feels that next yr (yr5) he should do yr 6 maths AND do his KS2 maths SAT a year early.

what i want to know is is that a good idea...the doing sat early...he has a form of autism (aspergers) and maths is definitely his thing...show him something once and he can do it.
however he is emotionally as a 6 yr old at best...and not as able in any other subject.

he is already very isolated at school due to his difficulties with 'social skills'... i'm worried what HE would tell the others of his age....about being with the older kids for maths...as unfortunately..again due to his autism... i know he will rub it in their faces...as part of aspergers is the fact that he cannot imagine how another feels...or that things he says may be hurtful or even that he will get teased.

hope that makes sense?

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cat64 · 11/05/2006 23:44

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MrsEff · 12/05/2006 00:01

yes that is a help...and you are so right about it not really mattering about 'what others think' ..as he has 1 true frien...and really only cares what he thinks.

also the 'wording of questions' you mentioned is spot on!

He DOES struggle with 'word questions'...so has no probs with a whole series of numerical questions...but hates the ones where they say "jane has 70p...she spends half of it and gives 7 friend an equal ammount of the change"...but 'write it in numbers"...eg (70p x1/2 )divided by 7 = 5p for each friend...and he does it effortlessly.

so from what you say..it would do no harm as he could still do it the following year???

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snorkle · 12/05/2006 08:39

Ask about what they plan to do with him in year 6. Will he have to repeat the year 6 maths work, or will they make special provision for him to do year 7 stuff (unlikely in my opinion)? It sounds to me like a very ad-hoc and not well thought through plan they are offering. Usually the line is to provide 'enrichment' within the curriculum rather than accelerate because otherwise you end up treading water at some point. Unfortunately the current education system doesn't provide well for gifted mathematicians. If the acceleration might cause social rift as well I'd be cautious.

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Celia2 · 12/05/2006 08:43

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