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DD is very bright, y1 in y1/2 class, very advanced reading, I did think she was slightly above with numeracy from what I see at home but no where near as advanced as her lieracy skills.

She has just told me she is in an els group for numbers, but could not really tell me what she does other than help yr6 stack chairs in the hall .

are els groups used specifically for children who need extra input to catch up or who are struggling or would schools use them for children who are attaining high? The school have not informed me of this so not too sure if dd is just saying it. I have no problem obviously if she is in an els group for either reason.

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Never heard of an ELS group. Your time would far more profitably be spent finding out what this stands for from the school.

Remember that different initials stand for different things, depending on the context... It would be REALLY silly to think it means one thing and to find out later on it means something else entirely.

ELS could start with extended learning or I know of one school where they run an elves programme for those needing social support - have to agree with rabbit here.

yes I agree rabbitstew, i just posted last night for a quick responce, to see if anyone knew what it means.

I also posted in primary education seems its an early years language program to help with phonix, so cant imagine dd would be on this programme as she is way beyond early phonix.

not sure dd is actually telling the truth, I asked her this morning what she does in this els group and although she could tell me who was in the group she didnt have a clue what she does and said she isnt sure if she is in the group. The children she said are in the group are mostly her friends so I think she is maybe just saying to identify with her friends and see if she could find out from me what the group is.

So I will leave it for now, if she mentions it again I will talk to teacher.

Could she have meant ENS? I vaguely remember something about ELS being Early Literacy Strategy and ENS being Early Numeracy Strategy, but I'm not a teacher so don't know for sure.

ELS was usually aimed at those who were doing well but where the teachers thought that they had the potential to do even better. If ENS is/was run in the same way then it might be that they think your dd has the potential to do even better.

ELS was actually 'early literacy support', for children identified as needing additional literacy support.
Don't know about any other els!

ELS was a wave 2 literacy intervention group for year one children some years back-I don't know of any other ELS?

I thought it meant Extra Literacy Support but I could be wrong. There are Year One children that do it at my son's school. They do it in a small room where there is a big notice board with "We are In ELS" and below it there are pictures and phonic sounds etc. There seem to be quite a few bright kids in there so I wouldn't be alarmed. It's good that they are picking up and giving the extra help.